Does pallet flow racking handle mixed pack sizes?

Mixed sizes work when pallet footprints and weights stay within the tested range and each SKU gets its own lane. A Fowler packing house usually dedicates lanes by product and reassigns them between seasons with a documented changeover.

How deep should our lanes be?

Depth follows the pallets per SKU you hold between packing runs and trailer loads. Shallow lanes suit smaller batches; deeper lanes consolidate high-volume products. We size from your records rather than filling a wall with the longest option.

What if a lot is placed on hold?

Pull the held pallets from the lane face and move them to a quarantine position outside the flow block. A lane cannot isolate a middle pallet, so holds are managed at receiving and at the pick face.

Will our existing pallets work?

Only travel testing answers that. Bring representative pallets, including your most worn examples; broken boards and inconsistent spacing are the usual reasons a lane misbehaves, and acceptance standards at receiving prevent most issues.

Pallet Flow Rack warehouse storage system

Fowler, California

Pallet Flow Rack in Fowler, CA

Pallet flow rack in Fowler keeps packed fruit and food cases moving in the order the packing house released them, which matters when every pallet carries a production date. Around Adams Avenue and Merced Street, output can fill floor faster than trucks take it away. Gravity lanes loaded from the rear present the oldest released pallet at the pick face, so dispatch sequence stops depending on memory.

A gravity flow rack lane suits the SKUs a packing line produces day after day. Odd lots, held product and mixed orders still need directly reachable positions. We draw both, because a dense FIFO block beside the wrong staging aisle only relocates the congestion.

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How Gravity Flow Rack Handles Dated Pallets

Every component in a pallet flow rack lane exists to protect one promise: the pallet that entered first reaches the pick face first, at a controlled speed.

Rear loading

The forklift places pallets at the high end of the lane, one behind another. Loading discipline matters, because a pallet loaded out of sequence stays out of sequence until the lane empties.

Roller travel

Full-width roller tracks or wheel rails carry the load toward the low end. Track spacing follows the pallet base construction, which is why we ask for photographs and sample pallets before quoting.

Braking

Speed controllers and brake rollers keep descent steady across the weight range you actually ship. Testing with light and heavy sample loads confirms the setting before the lanes go into service.

Front retrieval

At the low face, a separator can isolate the lead pallet so the driver lifts it without drag from the load behind. Withdrawal always happens from the same face, which keeps the picking aisle predictable.

A Fowler Pallet Flow Rack Project, Scoped

Start by gathering receipt and shipment records for your repeated SKUs, pallet dimensions and weights, and the tightest rotation requirement you manage. Add forklift specifications and the clear height in the area you are considering. We turn that into a pallet flow rack layout showing dedicated lanes, the selective positions that remain, and the working aisles both ends require.

The scope lists new frames, beams, roller tracks, braking components and separators, with the structure anchored to the floor. Experienced installation crews we schedule and manage coordinate staging around your packing calendar, since harvest windows leave little room for disruption. Loaded travel is demonstrated with your pallets before we hand the system over.

Compare options on the Fowler service area page and the pallet flow rack overview. Where rotation allows last-in retrieval, Fowler pushback rack uses a single aisle; for case-level picking, see Fowler carton flow. Call (559) 620-5206 to schedule a consultation.

Date-coded packed fruit

Repeat SKUs at volume

Two-aisle load and pick

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Fowler Pallet Flow Racking Beside the Packing Line

During harvest peaks, the gap between packing and shipping narrows to hours. We ask which products repeat at volume, how many pallets of each accumulate between trailer loads, and which lots carry the tightest ship-by dates. Lane depth comes from those records, so the system matches your real throughput rather than an idealized even flow.

Buildings along the SR-99 corridor through Fowler are often older packing sheds with lower clear heights than the newer distribution stock elsewhere in the valley. That affects level counts and lane fall. We measure heights, door positions and the transfer route from line to storage before proposing an arrangement.

Our company is a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., which has been supplying and installing since 1997. The written proposal explains what the lanes will hold, what stays in selective rack, and exactly which installation tasks are included.

Free warehouse consultation

CAD layout with position counts

Installation by trusted installation partners

Pallet flow rack lanes with gravity rollers installed

Flow racking system loaded with pallets at the pick face

Adams Avenue Packing Transfers and Dispatch

Adams Avenue and Merced Street packing buildings need clear separation between line output, held lots and outbound assembly, with SR-99 freight access shaping trailer scheduling.

Fruit packing

Food processing

Agricultural distribution

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Racking projects completed for warehouses across Fresno and the Central Valley.

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