A block-style corrugated pallet
Different sizes of corrugated pallets with paper cores elements
A paper pallet or ecopallet is a shipping or display
pallet
A pallet (also called a skid) is a flat transport structure, which supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, a pallet jack, a Loader (equipment), front loader, a Jack (mechanical), jacking device, or an erect cra ...
made from
paperboard
Paperboard is a thick paper-based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker (usually over 0.30 mm, 0.012 in, or 12 Inch#Equivalents, points) than paper and has certain superior ...
.
Construction
Paper shipping pallets come in
corrugated fiberboard
Corrugated fiberboard, corrugated cardboard, or corrugated is a type of packaging material consisting of a fluted corrugated sheet and one or two flat linerboards. It is made on "flute lamination machines" or "corrugators" and is used for maki ...
, partial wood decks or engineered with
laminated paperboard
Paperboard is a thick paper-based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker (usually over 0.30 mm, 0.012 in, or 12 Inch#Equivalents, points) than paper and has certain superior ...
. Some are made of paperboard
composite honeycomb. Several designs have been developed.
See also
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Unit load
References
Further reading
* Fiedler, R. M, "Distribution Packaging Technology", IoPP, 1995
* McKinlay, A. H., "Transport Packaging", IoPP, 2004
* Soroka, W, "Fundamentals of Packaging Technology", IoPP, 2002,
* Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009,
Pallets
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