Pallet Industry Definitions

Block Pallet - a type of pallet with blocks rather than stringers between the pallet decks

Chamfered Deckboard - a deckboard with the edges of one or two faces beveled, either along the full or specified length of board or between stringers or blocks, facilitating entry of pallet-jack or forklift

Deckboard - a single element or component of a pallet deck, placed perpendicular to the stringer or stringer board

Flush Pallet - a pallet with deckboards flush with the stringers or blocks at the ends and sides of the pallet

Four-way Block Pallet - a pallet with openings at both opposite pallet ends and sides sufficient to permit hand-pallet jack entry; full four-way entry pallet

GMA or Grocery Pallet - a generic reference to a pallet used in grocery manufacturing, distribution and retailing; historically it meant a "GMA" which was originally specified by the Grocery Manufacturers Association

Hardwood - a wood from broad-leaved tree species (not necessarily hard in texture or density)

National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA) - an international association with the goal of promoting the design, manufacturing, distribution, recycling and sale of pallets, containers and reels

Notched Stringer - a stringer with two or more notches spaced for fork-tine entry (partial four-way entry)

Opening Height - the vertical dimension measuring between decks, from the floor to the underside of the top deck, or from the floor to the top of the stringer notch

Overall Height - the vertical dimension measured from the pallet bottom to the pallet top

Pallet Design System (PDS) - a reliability-based computer-assisted design CAD program for wood pallets for determination of the safe load-carrying capacity, performance and economic life of wood pallets

Repaired Pallet - pallet with damaged components replaced with new or recycled components,in order to reuse it
Remanufactured Pallets - a pallet that has been used, discarded, salvaged, repaired or rebuilt in order to pass through other cycles of use … environmentally responsible

Skid - a pallet without bottom deckboards or deck

Stringer - continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support and space the deck components, often identified by location as the outside, interior or center stringer, bearer or runner

Wing - overhand of deckboard or deck end from the outside edge of the stringer or stringerboard, to increase unit-load area, to add pallet load-bearing capacity, to reduce deckboard-end splitting by fasteners and to facilitate the lifting of a pallet with bar slings hanging from a crane

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Phone: (305) 324-1021

Fax: (305) 324-7880

Email: Info@nationalpallets.net

3053241021
Info@nationalpallets.net
2160 NW 8th Avenue, Miami, FL 33127

ISPM-15 (International Regulation) Requirements
Compliance with ISPM-15 for wood packaging materials allows for two treatment processes:

Heat Treatment (HT): Wood packaging material should be heated in a schedule that achieves a minimum core temperature of 133ºF for a minimum of 30 minutes. The American Lumber Standards Committee administers the U.S. certification program for heat treatment.

Methyl Bromide (MB) Fumigation: The wood packaging material should be fumigated with methyl bromide.

NOTE: ISPM 15 requirements apply to all solid wood packaging of coniferous (softwood) and non-coniferous (hardwood) materials.

Required Max. Load Capacity: The maximum weight for which the pallet is being used to carry.

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National Pallets
Phone: 305-324-1021
Email: info@nationalpallets.net
Fax: 305-324-7880
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2160 NW 8th Ave
Miami, Florida 33127

3053241021
info@nationalpallets.net
2160 Northwest 8th Avenue, 33127, Miami, FL, US