In all generation of wooden pallets, the development of the fastest and most market potential is plastic pallets, in recent years the average annual rate of renewal and growth are about 10%, among which petrochemical, tobacco, food, medicine and transportation industries using plastic pallets is doubled and doubled.
Plastic pallet can be used repeatedly, water resistant, resistant to the sun, save freight, conducive to open operations and storage, no need to occupy the turnover warehouse.Compared with wooden pallet, hardness and turnover rate increased 3-5 times, in line with the requirements of saving wood resources.
The development of plastic tray benefits from several factors, first of all, the plastic tray itself performance superior;Secondly, in recent years, the country has strengthened the control of deforestation, which has greatly increased the cost of wood.Moreover is the plastic pallet processing equipment automation degree is high, the output is large.With the improvement of the mechanical properties of plastics in China and the decline in the price of raw materials, the cost of plastic pallets is no longer a bottleneck restricting the use.
The dimension standard of plastic pallet is an important standard of logistics unit.Pallet and storage shelves, handled products, containers, transport vehicles, unloading platform and handling facilities have a direct relationship, so the pallet size is to consider other logistics equipment size of the basis point.For example, the most common beam width dimensions of pallet beam shelves are 2300mm and 2700mm, with the former housing two 1,200mm × 1,000mm pallets and the latter three 1,200mm ×800mm pallets.Here, it is particularly worth mentioning that to establish an effective pallet public system, must use a unified specification of the pallet, pallet standardization is the pallet operation consistent premise.The following factors should be taken into account when choosing the pallet size:
1. Take into account the dimensions of the vehicle and transportation equipment
The suitable pallet size should be in line with the size of the transport vehicle, which can make full use of the space of the transport vehicle, improve the loading rate and reduce the transport cost, especially considering the size of the container and the container for the transport of commercial vehicles.
2. The packing specification of pallet-loaded goods should be considered
Choose the right pallet according to the packing specification of pallet-loaded goods, maximize the surface area of the pallet and control the height of the center of gravity of the goods.A reasonable indicator of pallet load is to achieve 80% surface area utilization of the pallet and the height of the center of gravity of the pallet load should not exceed two thirds of the pallet width.
3. The versatility of pallet size should be considered
Should choose international standard pallet specification as far as possible, facilitate the pallet exchange and use.