Terms |
Definition |
Annular Nail |
Pallet nail with annular (circular ring) threads rolled onto the shank |
Banding notch |
Bottom Inner Lead Board |
Bin |
Four-sided superstructure to be mounted on a pallet base, with or without a cover |
Block |
Rectangular, square or cylindrical deck spacer |
Block Pallet |
Pallet with blocks between the pallet decks or beneath the top deck |
Bottom Deck |
Deckboards Assembly comprising of the lower, load bearing surface of the pallet |
Buttered Deckboard |
Inner deckboard placed tightly against an adjacent lead deckboard during pallet assembly |
Captive Pallet |
Not intended for exchange or trade. Use within a single facility. |
Chamfer |
Cut made in wood at a 45° angle |
Chamfered deckboards |
Deckboards with edges of one or two beveled faces, either along the full length of board or between the stringers blocks, allowing entry of pallet jack wheels |
Closed distribution system |
Shipping system restrictive of movement goods between specific plants and facilities |
Collar |
Wooden container that transforming a pallet into a box |
Cost-per-trip |
Cost for one way single trip for pallet |
Custom Pallet |
A Pallet built to specific design requirements |
Deck Matt |
Forming deck portion of pallet. Consists of assembly of deckboards and stringerboards. |
Deckboard |
Component of a pallet deck, perpendicular to the stringer or board |
Deckboard spacing |
Distant between deckboards that are adjacent to the deckboard |
Deckboard span |
Distant between supports of deckboard |
Deflection |
A pallets bending or deformation in a pallet. |
Double-face pallet |
Top and bottom decks pallet. |
Double-wing pallet |
Top and bottom decks extending passed the edges of the stinger or boards. |
Drive screw nail |
Threaded pallet nail that continuously spirals. |
Fastener |
Joining pallet components nails, staples, bolts etc. |
Flush pallet |
Deckboards that is flush with stinger or boards. |
Fork entry |
Deck opening between the top deck or underneath stinger board. |
Free span |
Space between supports in the warehouse rack. |
Hand (wheel) jack opening |
Space on bottom deck to allow pallet jack wheels to bear on the floor |
Handling |
Pick up, movement, and setting down of loaded or empty pallet. |
Hardened-steel nail |
Nail that is heat-treated and tempered steele. |
Hardwood |
Hardwoods provide reuse. The can be returned to the pallet company or resold as used pallets |
Heat Treatment |
Pallets are ISPM 15 treated for international treatment |
Helical nail |
Threaded pallet nail that continuously spirals. |
Inner deckboard |
Deckboard located between the end deckboards |
International Standards For Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) |
Directly addresses the need to treat wood materials of a thickness greater than 6mm, used to ship products between countries |
Joint |
Location where connection and intersection of components. They are called center joint, end joint, and corner joint. |
Lead boards |
Length |
The stinger/stingerboard length |
Life to first repair |
Line load |
Weight unit load concentrates along the narrow area across the full length or width of the pallet |
Load bearing surface |
Pallet area that actually comes in contact with and supports the product. |
Non-reversible pallet |
Top and bottom deckboards are different. |
Notch |
Area that is cutout in the lower portion where the fork lift enters the pallet. |
Notched stringer |
Stinger and two notches spaced for the forklift to enter pallet. |
Overhang |
Distance deck extends from outer edge of the stringer or board, wing, lip, or distance the unit load extends beyond the deck. |
Pallet |
Portable, horizontal, rigid platform set as a base for assembling, storing, stacking, handling and transporting products as a unit load. |
Pallet Design System (PDS) |
Computer-aided design program determining the safe load capacity, performance, life and economy of wood pallets. |
Pallet jack |
Propelled by hand wheeled platform, lifting device equipped for moving palletized loads |
Pallet life |
The time period that a pallet is usable for lifting and moving. |
Pallet-dimensions |
48″ x 40″ pallet that has a 48″ stringer or stringerboard and 40″ deckboards |
Panel deck pallet |
Composite or structural panel top deck of constructed pallet. |
Partial four-way stringer pallet |
Notched stinger pallets. |
Post pallet |
Fitted pallet with posts or blocks between the deck or underneath top deck. |
Racked across deckboards |
Deflection of pallet where rack frame supports only at the ends of the deckboards |
Racked across stringers |
Deflection of pallet where rack frame supports only at the ends of the stringers or boards |
Recycled Pallets |
A pallet that is reused, or salvaged, repaired. |
Rental pallet |
Pallet that is owned by a third party not the actual owner of the pallet. |
Repair |
Repair pallet for use again. |
Returnable/reusable pallet |
Pallet used for more than one use. |
Reversible pallet |
The top and the bottom of pallet are identical. |
Shipping pallet |
This pallet is used for one shipment. |
Shook |
Pallet parts cut to size that can be assembled into a pallet. |
Shook grade |
Quality of pallet parts relating to the performance of the pallet based on size and defects. |
Single-wing pallet |
Pallet with the top deckboards extending beyond the edges of the stringers or boards and bottom deckboards flush. |
Skid |
No bottom deck on pallet. |
Slave pallet |
Pallet, platform or single, thick panel used as a support base for a palletized load in rack-storage facilities or production systems |
Soft nail |
Pallet nail with an angle equal to or greater than 47 degrees |
Softwood |
One-time use and often trashed after the first trip. Made from coniferous or needle-bearing trees |
Solid deck pallet |
No spacing between deckboards |
Span |
Distant between stinger or block. |
Stevedore pallet |
Seaport shipping pallet, heavy duty, or double wing construction. |
Stiff-stock steel nail |
Nail made of medium-high carbon steel no heat treatment angle between 29 and 46 degrees |
Strap slot |
Recess or cutout on the upper edge of the stringer. Allow tie-down of a unit load to the pallet deck with strapping/banding. |
Stringer |
Continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support deck components. Outside or center. stringer |
Stringer board |
Block pallets, continuous, solid board member extending for the full length of the pallet perpendicular to deckboard members and placed between deckboards and blocks |
Take-it-or-leave-it pallet |
Pallet fitted with fixed cleats on the top deckboards to permit fork truck tines to pass beneath the unit load and remove it from the pallet |
Top cap |
Panel placed on top of a unit load to allow for tight strapping not damaging the product. |
Top-deck of the pallet |
Deckboard assembly with an upper load carrying surface pallet |
Trip |
Handling of a pallet. |
Two-way entry pallet |
Unnotched solid stingers allowing only one end entry from the ends |
Unit load |
Product or assembled goods on a pallet for moving, storage, and stacking. |
Warehouse pallet |
Multiple trip pallets for warehouse use. |
Wing |
Deckboard end overhang from outside edge of stringer or board |