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| Annular nail -
pallet nail with annular (circular ring) threads rolled
onto the shank. |
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| Bin -
four-sided superstructure to be mounted on a pallet base,
with or without a cover; also known as a box or container
bin pallet. |
| Block -
rectangular, square or cylindrical deck spacer, often
identified by its location within the pallet as corner
block, end block, edge block, inner block, center or middle
block. |
| Block pallet -
a type of pallet with blocks between the pallet decks
or beneath the top deck. |
| Butted deckboard -
an inner deckboard placed tightly against an adjacent
lead deckboard during pallet assembly. |
| Bottom deck -
assembly of deckboards comprising the lower, load-bearing
surface of the pallet. |
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| Captive pallet -
a pallet intended for use within the confines of a single
facility, system or ownership; not intended to be exchanged. |
| Chamfered deckboards -
deckboards with edges of one or two faces beveled, either
along the full or specified length of board or between
the stringers or blocks, allowing easier entry of pallet
jack wheels. |
| Collar -
collapsible wooden container or bin which transforms a
pallet into a box. |
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| Deck -
one or more boards or panels comprising the top or bottom
surface of the pallet. |
| Deck mat -
assembly of deckboards and stringerboards, forming the
deck of a block pallet. |
| Deckboard -
element or component of a pallet deck, oriented perpendicular
to the stringer or stringerboard. |
| Deckboard spacing -
distance between adjacent deckboards. |
| Deckboard span -
distance between deckboard supports (stringers, stringerboards
or blocks). |
| Deflection -
the amount of deformation or bending in a pallet or pallet
component under load. |
| Double-face pallet -
a pallet with top and bottom deckboards extending beyond
the edges of the stringers or stringerboards. |
| Drive screw nail -
helically (continuous spiral) threaded pallet nail. |
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| Economic life -
output from program which identifies the number of trips
the pallet will make, provided it is properly repaired,
which maximizes a return on investment. |
| Exchange pallet -
a pallet intended for use among a designated group of
shippers and receivers where ownership of the pallet is
transferred with the ownership of the unit load; common
pool pallet. |
| Expendable pallet -
a pallet intended for a series of handlings during a single
trip from shipper to receiver; it is then disposed; Go
to shipping pallet. |
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| Fastener -
a mechanical device for joining pallet components such
as nails, staples, bolts or screws. |
| Fastener shear
index - relative measure of shear resistance
of the pallet fastener. |
| Flush pallet -
a pallet with deckboards flush with the stringers, stringerboards
or blocks along the sides of the pallet. |
| Fork entry -
opening between decks, beneath the top deck or beneath
the stringer notch to admit forks. |
| Four-way block
pallet - a pallet with openings at both pallet
ends and along pallet sides sufficient to admit hand-pallet
jacks; full four-way entry pallet. |
| Free span -
the distance between supports in a warehouse rack. |
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| Hand (wheel)
jack opening - space provided in the bottom
deck to allow pallet jack wheels to bear on the floor. |
| Hardened-steel
nail - heat-treated and tempered steel pallet
nail with a MIBANT angle between 8 and 28 degrees. |
| Hardwood -
wood from broad-leaved species of trees (not necessarily
hard or dense). |
| Helical nail -
helically (continuous spiral) threaded pallet nail; Go
to drive screw nail. |
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| Inner deckboard -
any deckboard located between the end deckboards. |
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| Joint -
intersection and connection of components, often identified
by location within the pallet as the end joint, center
joint and corner joint. |
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| Length -
refers to the stringer or stringerboard (in block pallets)
length; also refers to the first dimension given to describe
a pallet, e.g., 48" x 40", where 48" is
the pallet stringer/stringerboard length. |
| Life to first
repair - output from PDS program which is equivalent
to the number of trips the pallet will last before needing
repair. |
| Line load -
the weight of a unit load concentrated along a narrow
area across the full length or width of the pallet. |
| Load-bearing
surface - actual area of material in contact
with and supporting a unit load. |
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| MIBANT angle -
the bend angle in a fastener shank when subjected to a
MIBANT test. |
| MIBANT test (Morgan
Impact Bend Angle Nail Tester) - standard impact
nail tester used in the pallet and lumber industry as
an indication of impact bend resistance of nails or
staples. |
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| Nail -
fastener made from endless wire by cutting a point and
forming a head at the shank end opposite the point. |
| Nonreversible
pallet - a pallet with bottom deckboard configuration
different from top deck. |
| Notch -
cutout in lower portion of the stringer to allow entry
for the fork tine, usually 9" in length, 1-1/2" in
depth. |
| Notched stringer -
a stringer with two notches spaced for fork-tine entry
(partial four-way entry). |
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| Opening height -
the vertical distance measured 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 distance measured from the floor to the top
side of the top deck. |
| Overhang -
the distance the deck extends from the outer edge of the
stringer or stringerboard; wing; lip. |
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| Pallet -
a portable, horizontal, rigid platform used as a base
for assembling, storing, stacking, handling and transporting
goods as a unit load, often equipped with a superstructure. |
| Pallet dimensions -
when specifying pallet size, the stringer or stringerboard
(block pallet) length is always expressed first, e.g.,
a 48" x 40" pallet has a 48" stringer or
stringerboard and 40" deckboards. |
| Pallet jack -
hand-propelled, wheeled platform equipped with a lifting
device for moving palletized unit loads. |
| Pallet
life - the period during which the pallet remains
useful, expressed in units of time or in the number
of one-way trips. |
| Panel deck pallet -
pallet constructed with composite or structural panel
top deck. |
| Partial four-way
stringer pallet - a pallet with notched stringers. |
| Post pallet -
a pallet fitted with posts or blocks between the decks
or beneath the top deck; Go to block pallet. |
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| Quality -
consistent performance of a uniform product meeting the
customer's needs for economy and function. |
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| Racked across
deckboards - output from PDS program describing
the maximum load-carrying capacity and deflection of
a pallet where the rack frame supports the pallet only
at the ends of the deckboards. |
| Racked across
stringers - output from PDS program describing
the maximum load-carrying capacity and deflection of
a pallet where the rack frame supports the pallet only
at the ends of the stringers or stringerboards. |
| Returnable/reusable
pallet - a pallet designed to be used for more
than one trip. |
| Reversible pallet -
a pallet with identical top and bottom decks. |
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| Shipping pallet -
pallet designed to be used for a single one-way trip from
shipper to receiver; it is then disposed; Go to expendable
pallet. |
| Shook -
cut-to-size pallet parts to be assembled into pallets. |
| Shook grade -
the classification of the quality of pallet parts relative
to performance characteristics based on size and distribution
of defects, independent of wood species. |
| Single-wing pallet -
a pallet with the deckboards extending beyond the edges
of the stringers or stringerboards with the bottom deckboards
flush (if present). |
| Skid -
a pallet having no bottom deck. |
| 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 a MIBANT angle equal to or greater than
47 degrees. |
| Softwood -
wood from coniferous or needle-bearing species of trees
(not necessarily soft or low density). |
| Solid deck pallet -
a pallet constructed with no spacing between deckboards. |
| Span -
the distance between stringer or block supports. |
| Stevedore pallet -
a pallet designed for use on seaport shipping docks, normally
of heavy-duty, double-wing construction. |
| Stiff-stock steel
nail - pallet nail made of medium-high carbon
steel without heat treatment and tempering with MIBANT
angle between 29 and 46 degrees. |
| Strap slot -
recess or cutout on the upper edge of the stringer or
the bottom of the top deckboard to allow tie-down of a
unit load to the pallet deck with strapping/banding; also
called the banding notch. |
| Strapping -
thin flat bands used to secure load to pallet. |
| Stringer -
continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched-beam component
of the pallet used to support deck components, often identified
by location as the outside or center stringer. |
| Stringerboard -
in block pallets, continuous, solid board member extending
for the full length of the pallet perpendicular to deckboard
members and placed between deckboards and blocks. |
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| Top cap -
panel to be placed on top of a unit load to allow for
tight strapping without damaging the unit load. |
| Top deck of the
pallet - the assembly of deckboards comprising
the upper load-carrying surface of the pallet. |
| Trip -
consists of four to six handlings of a pallet. |
| Two-way entry
pallet - a pallet with unnotched solid stringers
allowing entry only from the ends. |
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| Warehouse pallet -
a double-face, multiple-trip returnable pallet intended
for general warehouse use. |
| Wing -
overhang of deckboard end from outside edge of stringer
or stringer. |
