Pallet Racking Planned Around Your Operation
What Does the Right Pallet Racking System Help You Do?
Add Pallet Positions
Use your warehouse's vertical space and available floor area more effectively with a pallet-racking layout designed around your inventory.
Improve Access and Flow
Plan rack placement, aisle widths and storage methods around your forklifts, picking needs and how products move through the facility.
Plan for What Comes Next
Build a pallet-racking system that can support changing inventory, equipment and operational needs.
WHAT DETERMINES A PALLET RACKING LAYOUT?
Clear Height
One factor in determining how high we can design the system, with another being the top reach of the forklift.
Beam Length
Product dimensions dictate the beam length and required capacity ratings.
Flue Space
The space between 2 frames. Maintaining proper flue space is important in order to stay compliant with local code.
Decking
Product dimensions and pallet type dictate what type of decking is used. It's imperative to understand this prior to adding to your system.
Upright Frame
The frame depth is determined by the depth of the product. Not every frame is the same - it should be tailored to your product mix and weights.
Vertical Beam Spacing
The vertical distance between each level. This is crucial to determining upright frame capacity. The wider the span, the heavier the frame!
Building Columns
It's nearly impossible to avoid having building columns in your space. However, "hiding" the columns within the flue space is the goal. Anything to keep the building columns from impeding forklift aisles.
Aisle Spacing
The forklifts determine the aisle spacing. Do not forget about the forklift when designing your racking system!
End of Aisle Guard
Protect the end of your racking aisles with End of Aisle Guards.
Post Protector
Be proactive when it comes to safety. It's common for forklift operators to damage upright frame. Reduce the impact on the frames and add post protectors.
RACKING PROJECTS PLANNED FOR REAL OPERATIONS
192,000 SQ FT DISTRIBUTION FACILITY FROM ABOVE
This drone video captures the scale of a large warehouse racking project in Sussex, WI. When complete, the 192,000 sq ft distribution facility will hold just shy of 10,000 pallet positions. The aerial perspective helps show how the system is coming together across the full footprint, giving the customer a clearer view of progress, layout, and scale than floor-level footage alone.
TURNKEY RACKING SYSTEM
This completed pallet racking buildout helped a medical furniture manufacturer add 2,200+ pallet positions across more than 30,000 sq ft in the Milwaukee area. With the customer now live, the catwalk surrounding the racking system gives a unique overhead look at the finished layout, wire decking, anchored rack rows, and organized storage capacity now supporting daily operation.
System in Action
A recent turnkey install included custom-specified pallet racking for their product, shelf-supported racking, carton flow, a secured wire cage for specialty items, and guardrail protection around the exterior of the build. The result is a layout built for higher-density storage and faster, cleaner access at the pick face, with added protection where impact risk is highest.
Pallet racking resource
Download the Pallet Racking Planning Guide
Use this two-page guide to review common rack system options, the warehouse and product factors that shape a layout, and how Two3 plans, sources and installs a pallet-racking system.
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