Cost-Effective Carton Flow Racking System with Widespread Application

FIFO Carton Flow Warehouse Racking System for Industrial Efficient Storage

Carton flow warehouse rack, also known as live picking rack, consists of slightly inclined platforms with wheels and rollers. The cartons/containers are placed on the platform at the back and then slid forward for removal. This type of warehouse racking system requires loading lanes and picking lanes.

Features and benefits of carton flow warehouse racking:

• Products are more organized and easier to find or select.

• Automatic rotation on a "first in, first out" basis.

• Up to 75% labor savings.

• Better stock tracking and product visibility at all times.

• Pick from the front case, and keep reserve storage in the rear cases.

• Wide rollers and full gurney optimize productivity.

• Pick faces of SKUs is maximized as only one box or carton per SKU is presented to the picker.

• The combination of pallet racking and mezzanine racking further improves pick faces.

• When carton flow racking is combined with pick-to-light system, order-picking accuracy is improved.

• Minimizes disruption to operators and picking as picking occurs on one side of the racking system and replenishment occurs at the other end of the racking system.

When to choose carton flow warehouse racking:

• Warehouses storing large quantities of consumption goods.

• pharmaceutical or cosmetic products.

• Articles for the information technology and automotive industries.

• Buffer warehouses between two workplaces.

• Areas involving assembly lines.

Carton flow rack is a racking system designed for maximum usage of space depth, using a slightly inclined conveyor that allows cartons to move easily along a ramp. Carton flow racking systems are gravity-driven and are often equipped with motion and braking systems to control the speed of the moving stock.

Carton flow racks can be implemented with rack pallets or modules to compose new or existing orders, thus allowing both pallet flow and carton flow racks to be utilized in the same structural rack system. Ironstone’s carton flow racking system is a high-capacity gravity flow rack order handling system. This allows goods to be rotated on a first-in-first-out basis and makes them visible and accessible at all times.

The main advantage of carton flow racking over static racking systems is that stored items remain better organized and are easier to find or pick up. Goods are stored at the back of the carton flow racks and moved to the front pick-up station via an inclined shelf equipped with specially designed roller tracks. As one stored carton is removed from the pick-up station, the next carton rolls forward. Items can be collected and stored without disturbance and with less travel.