--- title: "Pallet Flow Rack in Boston, MA | Boston Pallet Rack" url: https://bostonpalletrack.com/products/pallet-flow-rack description: "Pallet flow rack for date-sensitive inventory in Boston. Gravity lanes sized to your pallet weight, FIFO you can document. Call (617) 404-1171." lang: en --- Image: Pallet Flow Rack system in an industrial warehouse (https://bostonpalletrack.com/assets/pallet-flow-hero-DopNMGK8.jpg) # Pallet Flow Rack in Boston, MA Pallet Flow Rack in Boston, MA should solve a measurable storage problem, not simply add another row. Boston warehouses around Newmarket Square and the South Boston waterfront often have more pressure on floor space than on inventory demand. Across the I-93 and Route 128 corridors, the right storage choice also depends on your dock schedule, building columns and how many products must remain immediately accessible. Before you order steel, compare a layout against your actual pallet or case list. Our free design consultation gives you a place to start: available positions, usable aisle widths and a scope you can discuss with your operations lead. Call the existing Boston number to work through those decisions. Pallet flow rack solves a problem no other system does cleanly: proving first in, first out instead of hoping the crew rotates stock correctly. Pallets load at the high end of a lane and travel down gravity rollers or wheel tracks, braked to a controlled pace, so the oldest pallet is always the one presented at the pick face. Choose it when dates, lots, or shelf life aren't negotiable, or when a handful of high-turn SKUs eat a disproportionate share of your building. Lanes commonly run five to twenty pallets deep, so a few pick faces represent a large amount of stored product - which is also why it costs more per position than selective or pushback and needs two aisles instead of one. We lay out flow lanes around your throughput, pallet condition, and ceiling height, then price it position by position against the alternatives. (617) 404-1171 ## Why Boston Warehouses Work With Us From Newmarket Square and the South Boston waterfront to the I-93 and Route 128 corridors, a pallet flow rack plan needs to match the building you operate in. Boston receiving yards can leave little room to stage steel, and an older floor plan may hide columns, low overhead services or narrow dock approaches. We review those constraints with the load dimensions and your busiest working day before suggesting a configuration. The objective is usable storage and a clear handling route, not simply more components on a drawing. Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co. is the business behind this Boston contact. Your free design consultation brings the rack options, CAD layout and itemized scope into one discussion. We explain where direct access matters, where depth is useful, and which loads need a different support arrangement. Delivery and installation responsibilities are established before work starts. Our team handles the permit side for you. ## How Pallet Flow Rack Works 1 ### Load end Pallets enter at the high end of the lane. Each new pallet stages behind the one before it, so put-away is a single move made from the load-side aisle. 2 ### Gravity conveyor Full-width rollers or skate-wheel tracks, set on a pitch calculated for the pallet weight, carry loads forward under control rather than free rolling. 3 ### Braking and separation Brake rollers and pallet separators regulate travel and stop pallets from bunching, protecting both the product and the structure underneath it. 4 ### Pick end Pickers work a face of first-in pallets. Pull one and the next indexes forward automatically, so the pick aisle stays organized without anyone re-facing stock. Image: Pallet flow rack lanes with gravity rollers installed (https://bostonpalletrack.com/assets/pallet-flow-rack-2-IPjxgmn1.jpg) Image: Flow racking system loaded with pallets at the pick face (https://bostonpalletrack.com/assets/pallet-flow-hero-DopNMGK8.jpg) ## Where It Fits Best Date-coded food, beverage, and pharmaceutical inventory High-volume SKUs with steady, predictable turns Cold storage where every cubic foot carries a cost Staging finished goods coming off a production line Operations that need FIFO documented, not just assumed ## What We Need to Design It - Do you need strict pallet-level FIFO, or is lane-level rotation enough? - How many pallets per SKU move through in a typical week? - What's the pallet weight range, and what condition are pallets usually in? - How deep can lanes run in your footprint? - Is the storage area ambient, cooler, or freezer? ## What a Project Includes Flow racking is sized per lane, not pulled off a shelf. Pallet weight, deck condition, bottom-board orientation, and desired lane depth all drive the roller or wheel selection and the pitch calculation, so the first step is pinning down exactly what's moving through the lane. From there we set lane count and depth against your throughput. Fewer, deeper lanes maximize storage; more, shallower lanes give the pick face more SKU variety. Both versions get modeled with position counts so the tradeoff is visible before you buy, not found after. The itemized quote covers frames, beams, rail and roller assemblies, brakes, entry and exit guides, and guarding. At installation the crew sets pitch, tests loaded travel in every lane, and tunes brakes before the system goes live. Afterward you have documented capacities, a lane map your team can hand to new hires, and a point of contact for planning new lanes as storage needs change. Before finalizing the Boston installation plan, we review receiving access, rack protection and usable clear height. Our team handles the permit side for you. The agreed scope identifies installation responsibilities, delivery timing and any work by other trades, so your operations team can prepare the space before the steel arrives. 1 Phone consultation 2 CAD layout 3 Itemized quote 4 Delivery & installation ## Warehouse Racking Systems Image: Pallet flow rack system inside a distribution center (https://bostonpalletrack.com/assets/pallet-flow-hero-DopNMGK8.jpg) ## Get a Pallet Flow Rack Quote Send the basics and we will come back with a layout and pricing. Prefer to talk? Call (617) 404-1171. ### What's Included: - Free warehouse consultation - CAD layout drawings - Itemized project quote - Rack type recommendations - Installation timeline ## Pallet Flow Rack Questions We Hear Most ### Can new bays connect to my existing rack? ### Can you supply and install my pallet rack? ### How is pallet rack load capacity determined? ### What determines the price of pallet rack? ### Can you handle permits for my rack project? ## Pallet Flow Rack by Service Area Delivery and installation across Greater Boston and surrounding Massachusetts cities. Boston: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/boston/pallet-flow-rack Cambridge: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/cambridge/pallet-flow-rack Worcester: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/worcester/pallet-flow-rack Lowell: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/lowell/pallet-flow-rack Quincy: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/quincy/pallet-flow-rack Newton: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/newton/pallet-flow-rack Somerville: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/somerville/pallet-flow-rack Brockton: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/brockton/pallet-flow-rack Lynn: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/lynn/pallet-flow-rack Waltham: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/waltham/pallet-flow-rack Framingham: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/framingham/pallet-flow-rack Woburn: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/woburn/pallet-flow-rack Peabody: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/peabody/pallet-flow-rack Haverhill: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/haverhill/pallet-flow-rack Taunton: https://bostonpalletrack.com/service-area/taunton/pallet-flow-rack ## Other Rack Systems We Supply ### Pallet Rack Every pallet reachable, every time. The baseline we size everything else against. https://bostonpalletrack.com/products/pallet-rack ### Pushback Rack Two to six pallets deep from one aisle, without giving up much reach. https://bostonpalletrack.com/products/pushback-rack ### Drive-In Rack No aisles. The forklift enters the structure, and the floor holds more pallets per square foot than any other system. https://bostonpalletrack.com/products/drive-in-rack ### Cantilever Rack Arms with nothing in front of them, built for lumber, pipe, and anything a pallet can't hold. https://bostonpalletrack.com/products/cantilever-rack ### Carton Flow Rack Cases advance to the picker instead of the picker hunting for cases. https://bostonpalletrack.com/products/carton-flow-rack ### Warehouse Relocation Teardown, labeling and reinstallation planned around the day your new warehouse needs to ship. https://bostonpalletrack.com/warehouse-relocation ## Where We Work Located in downtown Boston, we serve all of Greater Boston with industrial pallet racks and warehouse storage solutions. ### Boston Pallet Rack #### Address 535 Albany St. Ste #5C Boston, MA 02118 #### Phone (617) 404-1171 #### Business Hours Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed ## Ready to Price Pallet Flow Rack? Call (617) 404-1171 or request a quote and we will start a layout. 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