Pallet Flow Lane Design

Snack Food Manufacturer Takes a Bite Out of Inefficient Processing with Pallet Flow Rack

By Mallard Mfg / May 23, 2023

Plastic & Wood Pallets Find Their Groove on Full-Roller Pallet Flow Americans are snacking more than ever these days as snack food availability and options increase significantly. The crunch is on for snack food manufacturers to streamline their processes to meet the demand, and gravity flow is ready to answer the call. The pallet flow…

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Pallet Flow Test Fail? What Can Go Wrong and How to Make It Work

By Mallard Mfg / October 9, 2020

It’s always important to test non-standard pallets before committing to a pallet flow lane configuration.  While the Mallard team has a large variety of products and features to apply to a pallet flow lane to ensure success, on rare occasions we come across pallets that present too many challenges to be able to recommend use…

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Preventing Pallet Flow Speed Controller Failure | Mallard Best Practices

By Mallard Mfg / August 18, 2020

No one wants to hear the words, “We have a system failure.” When you’re talking pallet flow racking, one component in particular that can cause the system to break down if it is not properly configured into the lane is the speed controller. Speed controllers are vital to the safe operation of the pallet flow…

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High-Volume & Heavy-Duty Case Picking –Flex Separator for Pallet Flow

By Mallard Mfg / June 16, 2020

Flex Separator for pallet flow has been updated and improved to meet a greater variety of customer warehouse challenges. A flex separator is installed in floor-mounted pallet flow to optimize high-volume case picking. The deep-lane configuration stores a ready reserve of 4-8 pallets deep; thus, the role of the pallet separator is crucial in removing…

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Building Pallet Flow for 2000 Pounds of Construction Supplies

By Mallard Mfg / April 2, 2020

Pallets weighing over 2000 lbs. are not something to be taken lightly. Ok, pun aside, maneuvering heavy pallets around a busy warehouse is a serious safety and productivity concern. Whether consisting of construction materials, frozen foods, auto parts or home décor, pallet flow rack is a valuable tool for protecting your inventory and warehouse staff…

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Which Way Do You Flow? Pallet Flow Rack Test Solves the Question

By Mallard Mfg / March 18, 2020

Engineering the various components of a pallet flow rack lane is a careful process and fundamental to its success. However, the type of pallet, pallet condition, and the pallet orientation all play pivotal roles in optimizing the effectiveness of the pallet flow rack system. Following is a helpful test video from our Engineering Testing Lab…

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Unconventional Design Unites Full & Split Roller Pallet Flow in Single Lane

By Mallard Mfg / March 12, 2019

Super sacks on pallet flow rack is nothing new in the Mallard engineering testing lab. In fact, in the past we’ve successfully used full roller, split roller and our Magnum wheeled pallet flow lanes to accommodate super sacks, but we’ve never combined two pallet flow styles in one lane… until now. This is one unique…

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Properly Planning Pallet Flow for the Pick Module

By Mallard Mfg / April 11, 2018

Thanks for dropping in to the Mallard “all things gravity flow” blog series. Consider this a public service announcement-type of topic that will hopefully save customers from an expensive warehousing design mistake… let’s talk about properly designing pallet flow rack for a pick module. Pallet flow is an excellent choice for pick modules. It is…

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