Can flow lanes fit an older West Allis building?

Often, with shorter lanes placed between columns. The main requirement is room for both a load aisle and a pick aisle.

Why do pallets hang up in flow lanes?

Usually broken boards, wrong board direction or mixed pallet sizes. Restacking onto sound pallets before loading prevents most stalls.

What aisle width do I need?

Your truck sets it: about 12 to 13 feet for counterbalance, 8 to 10 for reach trucks. Flow needs two aisles per lane block.

Can I add flow lanes to existing rack?

Sometimes, if frames carry the lane load and connectors match. A picture of the beam end and frame sticker lets us check fit.

Pallet Flow Rack warehouse storage example

West Allis, Wisconsin

Pallet Flow Rack in West Allis, WI

Name: Milwaukee Pallet Rack
Address: 7311 W Greenfield Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53214, US
Telephone: (414) 260-3593
Price range: $$

Pallet flow rack in West Allis can work even in older shops where room is tight, as long as lanes are planned around the building. Pallets go in one end, roll down a slight grade on rollers, and come out the other end in the order they arrived.

That keeps material rotating without anyone shuffling pallets. We are a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., in the business of supplying and installing since 1997.

(414) 260-3593

Fitting Pallet Flow Rack Into West Allis Shops

West Allis has some of the oldest industrial stock around, often 16 to 24 feet clear with irregular column bays. Along Greenfield Avenue and National Avenue, we keep lanes shorter so they fit between columns.

Industrial supply houses here move consumables in steady volume. Gravity flow rack keeps the oldest stock at the pick face, which matters for coated or packaged goods with shelf life.

Near I-894, some light assembly shops feed work cells from flow lanes, loading from a back aisle so pickers never wait on a forklift.

Shops near Greenfield Avenue sometimes have a single dock and limited yard space. In that case the load aisle often doubles as the receiving lane, and we keep the pick face on the production side so material reaches the floor in one short move.

Short lanes between columns

Oldest stock always at the face

Sectional installs around production

Pallet flow rack lanes with gravity rollers installed

Flow racking system loaded with pallets at the pick face

Greenfield and National Avenue Firms

Metal fabrication, industrial supply and light assembly near I-894 work in older, tighter buildings.

Metal fabrication

Industrial supply

Light assembly

What Older Buildings Need From Gravity Flow Rack

Fit and pallet condition decide success here more than anything else.

Find two aisles

Load and pick aisles must both fit around existing columns.

Keep lanes short

Two- to four-deep lanes suit tight bays and lower ceilings.

Check pallets

Sound bottom boards in the right direction keep loads rolling.

Brake heavy loads

Steel pallets need speed control even in short lanes.

West Allis Pallet Flow Rack Projects, Quoted and Installed

Flow lanes need two aisles, so the footprint has to work in an older floor plan. We measure columns, doors and overhead obstructions first, then decide where load and pick aisles can run.

Pallet condition matters more than in static rack. Rollers need sound bottom boards running perpendicular to them. Mixed or damaged pallets should be restacked before they enter a lane.

Shorter lanes still need speed control. Even a three-deep lane with heavy steel pallets benefits from a brake mid-lane.

Sections go up one at a time with experienced installation crews we schedule and manage, keeping fabrication and shipping open while each zone is built.

Many West Allis shops ask whether flow beats pushback. If oldest-first matters or you want a refilling pick face, pallet flow rack wins; if density with one aisle is the goal, pushback usually does.

Before ordering, I like to watch a shift. How drivers handle pallets and where they set them down tells me as much about lane placement as any drawing.

Compare the storage choices for your operation: West Allis rack layouts; flow rack details; West Allis pushback; West Allis carton flow.

Consumables with shelf life

Work-cell feeding

Older 16-24 ft buildings

Steady-volume supply SKUs

Call (414) 260-3593