This article explains what pallets are, their common sizes and how they are classified in warehouse storage.
1-WHAT IS A PALLET?
A pallet is a flat transport structure that stably supports goods while being lifted by a forklift, jack truck, jacking equipment, or standing crane. Pallets are the structural foundation of the unit load that allows efficient transportation and storage of goods. Since its invention in the twentieth century, the use of pallets has changed significantly with a greater variety of shapes, materials and sizes.
Organizations and businesses use standard pallets to transport and store goods for lower costs, with faster movement than businesses that do not use pallets. The exception is facilities that move small items such as gifts, jewelry or large items such as cars. However, jewelry and clothing distributors often use pallets in their warehouses, just as car manufacturers use pallets to move vehicle parts and accessories.
Heavy duty pallets are a form of reusable packaging and are designed to be used multiple times. Lightweight pallets are designed for single use. In some countries pallets are encouraged to be reused for transportation and storage of packaged goods. In the past, wooden pallets were the majority, but today pallets are made of plastic, metal, paper and recycled materials. Each material has its own advantages and disadvantages in manufacturing, cost, durability, and usage characteristics.
2-PALLET SIZE
2-1. Pallet size according to ISO standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) specifies 6 standards of standard flat pallet sizes in ISO Standard 6780:2003 in 2014.
2-2. European Standard Pallet Size (EURO Pallets)
2-3. North American Pallets
Of the top pallets used in North America, the most popular by far is the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) pallet, accounting for 30% of all new wood pallets produced in the United States.
3-PALLET CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO FORKLIFT ENTRANCE DIRECTION
3-1. Pallet types A, B, C are Two-way Entry types of forklifts.
3-2. Pallet types D, E, F,…I are 4-way Entry types of forklifts.
4-PALLET CLASSIFICATION BY MANUFACTURE MATERIAL
Pallets are made of wood (W), iron (M), and plastic (P).
5-PALLET CLASSIFICATION BY STRUCTURE AND DESIGN.
Pallets, sizes and classification of pallets in goods storage
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Pallets and pallet racking in warehouse storage
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