How quickly can carton flow rack be delivered and installed in Des Plaines?

Our Westmont warehouse is about 30 minutes from Des Plaines, so standard components often arrive within 48 hours of an approved order. Engineered carton flow rack parts can take longer, and we put the real lead time in writing with your quote. Most Des Plaines installations run one to four weeks depending on size.

Does carton flow rack work in Des Plaines buildings near O'Hare cargo area?

Usually, yes. In Des Plaines, older industrial buildings near O'Hare with limited height, plus air-cargo space where every square foot is expensive. We plan the carton flow rack around your column grid, clear height, and dock layout so pick faces land where the building allows, and we show you the position count before you order.

Which Des Plaines operations get the most out of carton flow rack?

We see it pay off most for air cargo & freight forwarding and manufacturing operations in Des Plaines, especially where case picks buried behind full pallets on static shelving is the daily headache. During a free warehouse consultation we compare carton flow rack with other options for your SKUs so you can see whether it is the right fit.

What is carton flow rack actually used for?

Case and piece picking. Cartons ride gravity wheel beds so the next unit advances to the pick face automatically, cutting walking time and keeping the line organized as SKU counts climb.

Do soft or lightweight cartons flow well?

Full-width wheel beds handle mixed and flimsy cartons far better than spaced roller tracks. If your cases vary in stiffness, that's the specification we'll recommend, and we test travel with your actual cartons at installation.

Can carton flow drop into racking we already own?

Frequently. Wheel beds and track can go into existing bays when frame depth and beam spacing allow it. We verify your current profile first and convert only the bays that fit.

How many lanes should each SKU get?

Fast movers often earn two or more lanes so the face doesn't run dry between replenishments, while slow movers can share a level. We assign lanes from pick data, not by splitting the bay evenly.

Carton Flow Rack system inside a Illinois warehouse

Des Plaines, Illinois

Carton Flow Rack in Des Plaines, IL

Name: Chicago Pallet Racks - Des Plaines
Address: 36 N. Cass Ave., Westmont, IL, 60559, US
Telephone: (312) 815-2445
Price range: $$

If your Des Plaines operation is dealing with air freight landing at O'Hare and sitting on the floor of an expensive building near the airport because there is nowhere to put it, you are not alone. In Des Plaines, older industrial buildings near O'Hare with limited height, plus air-cargo space where every square foot is expensive, and that usually shows up as case picks buried behind full pallets on static shelving.

Carton flow rack feeds cases down sloped wheel beds to a pick face, restocked from the back, so pickers stop waiting on replenishment and stop walking past empty slots. We work out the storage math for your Des Plaines footprint first, then hand you a CAD layout and itemized quote before a single beam ships. Call (312) 815-2445 to get started.

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Why Des Plaines Warehouses Work With Us

We have worked Des Plaines buildings from the O'Hare cargo area to the Oakton Street industrial strip for years, and they are rarely alike. Around here, older industrial buildings near O'Hare with limited height, plus air-cargo space where every square foot is expensive. A carton flow rack layout copied from another building almost always wastes pick faces.

Our team has quoted and installed racking for air cargo & freight forwarding and manufacturing work in Des Plaines for decades. With carton flow rack, the deciding factor is normally restocking from the back aisle so the pick line keeps moving, and we put the numbers for that in front of you up front.

Steel moves from our Westmont warehouse to Des Plaines in about 30 minutes over I-90, I-294, and Mannheim Road. Our own installation crews build the system, and the same person who drew your layout answers the phone when a beam gets hit two years later.

Free warehouse consultation

CAD layout with position counts

Installation by our own crews

Carton flow rack with gravity wheel beds and case lanes

Carton flow shelving in use on a warehouse pick line

Operations We Rack Around Here

Nearby areas we work in regularly include the O'Hare cargo area, the Oakton Street industrial strip, the Mannheim Road corridor, the Touhy Avenue business parks.

Air cargo & freight forwarding

Manufacturing

Distribution

Aviation parts

How Carton Flow Rack Works

Cases advance to the picker instead of the picker hunting for cases.

Inclined wheel beds

A full-width wheel bed or roller track sits on a slight incline inside a standard bay, so cases move forward under their own weight without power.

Pick from a fixed position

The picker always reaches for the same forward spot in the lane. Travel time drops, and so does the time spent searching for the next case.

Restock from behind

Replenishment loads the high end of the lane from a separate aisle, so restocking never blocks or slows the pick line, and rotation stays first in, first out automatically.

One lane per SKU

Lane dividers set the width for each case size, giving every SKU its own face - a width that can be resized as your product mix shifts.

What a Carton Flow Rack Project Includes

A Des Plaines carton flow rack project starts with a phone call or a few photos, not a sales pitch. We go through load size and weight, forklift type and lift height, usable clear height in the storage area, column spacing, and how fast product turns. That free warehouse needs analysis usually takes about fifteen minutes.

You get a carton flow rack drawing for your building with every position counted, every level rated, and an itemized price by frame, beam, and accessory. Because this system turns on gravity wheel beds feeding cases to a fixed pick face, we usually include an alternative layout on the same plan so you can compare storage against access.

Standard components ship from stock, often inside 48 hours, and delivery is timed to your Des Plaines receiving hours. Our own crews anchor, plumb, and level every frame, tag capacities, and phase the work by zone so shipping keeps moving. Afterward you keep one local number for parts, added levels, reconfigurations, or a future relocation.

Case and each picking operations

Order fulfillment lines carrying many active SKUs

Grocery, beverage, and consumer goods distribution

Kitting and light assembly feed lines

Bays that need reserve pallets stacked above the pick face

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Recent Installations

Racking projects completed for warehouses across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

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Chicago Pallet Racks

36 N. Cass Ave.

Unit #5170

Westmont, IL 60559

(312) 815-2445

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