Category: Pallet
Base Pallet
Definition: What is a Base Pallet? Stringer and some block pallets that have single-directional bases are called base pallets. Their bottom boards are oriented in one direction. They are a part of pallet family, flat transport structures that help keep the loaded product stable when it is lifted by the appropriate warehouse machine, including forklifts, …
Nestable Pallet
Definition: What is a Nestable Pallet? Nestable pallets can fit inside one another. This makes stacking very efficient and better than so-called stackable pallets. Stackable pallets, on the other hand, have solid platforms on the bottom. They permit double-stacking of pallets with goods and other pallets. The advantage of these pallets is easy to see …
Block Pallet
Definition: What is a Block Pallet? A block pallet, together with stringer pallet, forms the basis of the class of flat transport structures used to support materials and/or goods that are lifted or otherwise manipulated by material handling equipment such as forklift, pallet jack, or front loader. Usually stronger than stringer pallets, block pallets are …
Blow Molded Pallet
Definition: What is a Blow Molded Pallet? A pallet that has been made by heating a plastic material and extruding it into tubing is known as the blow-molded pallet. A section is cut to the desired length to create a parison. The parison is defined as a partially shaped mass of molten glass. It is …
Yield Strength
Definition: What is Yield Strength? A most important calculation in the design of warehouses (both as buildings and as internal structures), yield strength or yield point of a material is defined in engineering and materials science as the stress at which a material begins to deform plastically. This applies especially to all kinds of beams …
