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Technical glossary

Pallet
A rigid horizontal plateform of minimum height compatible with handling by pallet trucks, and/or forklift trucks and other appropriate handling equipement, used as a base for assembling, staking, storing, handling or transporting goods and loads.

Rrating
Designated load capacity of the pallet, in kilograms, assuming an evenly and uniformly distributed load.

Types of pallets

Single-deck pallet
Flat pallet with only one deck.

Double-deck pallet
Flat pallet with a top deck and a bottom deck.

Rreversible pallet
Double-deck flat pallet with similar top and bottom deck, either of which can take the same load..

Non-reversible pallet
Double-deck flat pallet with only one load-carrying surface.

Two-way pallet
Pallet permitting the entry of the fork arms of fork-lift trucks or palett trucks from two opposite directions only.

Four-way pallet
Pallet permitting the entry of the fork arms of fork-lift trucks or palett trucks from all directions.

Notchet stringer pallet
Pallet with stringers in each of which there are 2 notches.

Overlap pallet
Pallet with stringer boards in both top and bottom deck.

Free-entry pallet
Pallet having entries through which the fork-arm wheels of a pallet truck can pass without leaving the ground.

Perimeter-base pallet
Window pallet which has the outer bottom deck boards arranged as a complete frame with one or two centre boards.

Crucifourm perimeter-base pallet
Perimeter-base pallet with 2 centre boards at right angles to each other.

Elements of pallets and characteristics

Top deck
Flat horizontal load-carrying surface, either slatted, close boarded or solid.

Top deck sub-assembly, top deck mat
An assembly of top deck boards and stringer boards.

Bottom deck
Flat horizontal mass distributing surface, either slatted or solid.

Wing
Portion of the deck which projects beyond the stringers or blocks, designed for lifting by crane attachement.

Lip
Projection of the top deck intended for load-retention puposes (e.g. shrink or stretch wrap).

Lumière (opening)
Aperture provided in the bottom deck of a double deck pallet to allow the fork-arm wheels of a pallet truck to bear on the ground.

Entry
Side aperture provide to permit the passage of the lifting devices of handling equipment.

Free entry
Entry through which the fork-arms wheels of a pallet truck can pass without leaving the ground.

Deckboard
Individual member of a top or bottom deck.

Lead board
Deck board located at the edge of the pallet.

Butted lead board
Lead board with the next board butted up to it for extra strength against horizontal forces.

Chamfer
Bevel on the top edges of the bottom deck or bottom boards to facilitate the passage of fork-arms wheels of a pallet truck.

Ccontinuous chamfer
Bevel along the complete length of the board.

Stop chamfer
Bevel of limited length.

Corner chamfer
Bevel on the corner of a pallet.

Stringer, bearer
Continuous longitudinal member underneath the top or between the top and bottom deck, which provides space for the entry of fork-lift forks and pallet-truck fingers.

Notch
Cut-out in the lower part of a stringer providing an entry at right angles to the stringer for the fork-arms of a fork-lift truck.

Stringer chord depth
Distance between the uppermost point of the notch and the top of the stinger.

Stringer foot
Short bottom part of a notch stringer between notches and between notches and stringer hands.

Centre cluster
Centre bottom deck boards of a partial 4 way pallet.

Block
Short column (commonly rectangular or circular in section) underneath the top deck asembly or between the top and bottom deck assembly or between the top and bottom deck assemblies, which provides space for the entry of the fork arms or fork-lift trucks and pallet trucks.

Sstringerboard
Horizontal member linking the blocks and deck boards.

Pallet skid
Assembly unit of one bottom deckboard and 2 or more blocks.

Dimensions

Length
Deck dimension in the direction of the top deck boards.

Width
Deck dimmension at right angles to the length.

Height
Overall dimension vertical to the deck plane.

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