Are published load ratings accurate?
Recently the Nelson Technical Center compared two 48”x 40”plastic pallets for a racking application. The pallets needed to support a plastic film roll, weighing 1000 pounds and banded to the pallet horizontally, in open span racking.
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Do packaging aesthetics really matter? Let’s think about that wine you bought for your New Year’s Eve party last night.
What is the perception of the wine in a box vs. the wine in the bottle? What does cubing out mean?
Cube out refers to efficiently optimizing the amount of space to ship or store products. The products are properly organized to reduce the costs of freight per piece: Lower Freight Expenses = Higher Profits Now that summer is winding down, let’s think back to last winter as a reminder of what's to come.
The winter of 2013-2014 will go down as a winter to remember, though we’d all like to quickly forget! The cold temperatures, snow and ice affected us all. The weather caused all sorts of logistical nightmares for not only our industry but many others. In talking with many companies in a variety of industries, I discovered that the most common winter issues were:
How do you know if a pallet design is going to be successful? You test it of course!
The goal of a pallet test is to compare different pallet designs, materials and their performance. There are numerous laboratory tests for evaluating all aspects of the pallet. However, the most important pallet tests fall within three parameters for pallet design:
Most people probably don’t consider pallets as complicated structures. But believe it or not, there is actually a Research Lab at Virginia Tech that has been dedicated to the testing and research of pallets for over 40 years! Launched in 1976, the Lab was funded by a true partnership of pallet companies and the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA). Its mission over the years was to conduct research, most of it very applied to the industry and pallet users
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