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Since 1969, PDQ Plastics has been a quality manufacturer of plastic pallets, export pallets, stackable pallets and rackable pallets. Since the beginning, PDQ has never wavered on the quality of our plastic pallets. We make durable pallets as well as provide superior customer service.
We offer a vast selection of plastic pallets to provide the best material handling solution. Neatable, Stackable, Rackable & Drum pallets. Our Export Pallets meet the European, Australian, Chinese emergency packaging measures, and are a low-cost, hassle-free alternative to chemical-treated wood pallets.
TranPak is a Western USA based independent wholesaler of plastic and corrugated pallets and bins. We offer a wide selection of reusable plastic and corrugated pallets and bins to be used in variety of sectors, including agriculture, textile industry, food and beverage industry and others.
TMF Corporation manufactures the Protech 4048 heavy duty plastic pallet. With inventory on hand, we quickly deliver both the standard and the FM Approved Protech 4048. Features include: one-piece structural foam construction, thick legs for impact protection and cleanable, flow through design.
Tough, long-lasting, economical industrial plastic pallets. Our line of standardized reusable then recyclable plastic pallets includes single or twin sheet thermoformed and structural foam pallets, our new low profile export pallets, etc. Superior pallets with custom options for every application.
Our plastic pallets are likely to suit most of your shipping and storage needs, and if not, we can help you out with custom plastic pallets. Some of our durable, quality and dependable products include rackable pallets, nestable pallets, shipping pallets, can pallets and export pallets.
Plastic pallets are platforms which are used for the storing
and transporting of products. They are designed to be long-lasting, requiring
little maintenance or repair. Plastic pallet manufacturers mold their products
to be rackable, nested or stacked. They are water resistance, and therefore,
are perfect for outdoor storage, for use in automated warehouses and to store
or transport products that must remain dry. Plastic pallets can also withstand
below-freezing temperatures. They are also very hygienic because they are easy
to clean, can be sterilized at temperatures reaching 120 degrees centigrade
and can be high-pressure washed.
Plastic pallet manufacturers typically offer sizes from 20” x 28” to
48” x 72” but can easily meet uncommon specifications. Plastic
pallet configurations allow pallet jacks to pick them up from all four sides.
The top deck of a pallet can be either open or closed. A closed deck is basically
solid with a continuous surface; an open deck has slots, holes or a grid. The
bottom deck configurations are as follows: full, full perimeter, three-stringer
or legs only. A full deck is fully covered or has grid-work. The perimeter
of a full perimeter deck is completely covered. Three-stringer decks have three
stringers, or boards, running parallel from front to back, either length- or
width-wise. Some plastic pallet manufacturers have overcome the problem of
slippery surfaces by adding sand to the mix of plastic or placing a non-skid
strip on the top deck.
Plastic pallets hold a distinct advantage over wooden pallets. Although the
initial cost of plastic pallets is a great deal more than wooden pallets, plastic
pallets have a much longer lifespan. While wooden pallets last just a few trips,
plastic pallets may be used for years. Plastic pallets are also lighter than
wooden pallets by about 30 to 40% and can hold just as much weight. They are
safer than wooden pallets, as there are no splinters, nails or sharp corners
to consider. Plastic pallets are made of recycled feedstock and are 100% recyclable.
Plastic pallets, unlike wooden pallets, are non-absorbent and impervious to
odors, acids, fats or solvents. Thus, plastic export
pallets are unlikely to
be delayed or quarantined due to issues of infestation that plague wooden pallets.
Many international industries—such as food, pharmaceuticals, rubber,
electronics, building and construction, automotive, freight forwarding, agriculture
and nurseries—have embraced the use of plastic pallets. Companies that
have closed-loop distribution systems benefit greatly from the reusable plastic
pallets, as the trucks drop off and pick up supplies on a frequent basis. Non-closed
loop companies, which were hesitant to make such a huge initial investment,
have saved a large amount by using a bar-coding system to track hundreds of
thousands of plastic pallets. Smaller companies have used a deposit system
or imprinted the company name on the plastic pallet itself.
Custom plastic pallets are designed to accommodate
special requirements of size, handling and storage.
Export
pallets are used to ship products overseas and are usually
made of wood.
Pallets are usually wooden platforms on which products are placed and wrapped for transportation and storage.
Plastic crate pallets have walls or a basket to better stabilize
and contain products.
Plastic racking pallets can be held on pallet racks for storage.
Plastic shipping pallets are used to stack and transport products
or materials.
Plastic
skids are pallets with wheels for easier movement.
Rackable pallets can be edge supported for indefinite periods of
time on either the width or the length side.
Shipping pallets are platforms used in packaging on which goods are placed for transportation.
Used
plastic pallets have been used to ship or store a product but
are still in working condition.
Plastic Pallets Terms
Automatic Palletizers – Assemble products on
pallets by themselves or with little assistance; often part of a larger
shipping system.
Bag Palletizers – Devices with gripping modifications specifically
designed to arrange bags on pallets for shipping and/or movement; may
be in-line or robotic.
Captive Pallet – A pallet which stays within a facility and is
not exchanged, traded or delivered off-site.
Corrugated Plastic – A product typically extruded from polypropylene
that has been fluted in a way that is similar to corrugated board and
is waterproof, durable, resistant to chemicals, available in a variety
of transparent and translucent colors and has a good strength to weight
ratio.
Deck – The side of the pallet that faces upward or downward.
Fork Entry – The entry place for forks to move the pallet, usually
between decks or under the top deck.
Hygienic – Promoting health; sanitary.
Manual Palletizers – Speed the stacking goods onto a pallet and
aid with layer organization.
Nesting – The capability of containers of different sizes to be
placed one inside another.
Racked Across Deckboards – The maximum load carrying capacity and
deflection of a pallet where, at the ends of the deckboards, the rack
frame sustains the pallet.
Racked Across Stringers - The maximum carrying capacity of a pallet where,
only at the ends of the stringers or stringer boards, the rack frame
sustains the pallet.
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) – A device that ranges in
size from small enough to be inserted into a label on a package to a
paperback book that is attached to an object and transmits data to a
receiver; able to hold more data than barcodes, does not require line-of-sight
to transfer data and is highly effective in harsh environments.
Rotationally molded plastic- Common
form of production for plastic pallets because of the resulting strength,
seamlessness and availability of custom designs.
Slave Pallet – A panel used to support the base of a palletized
load in rack-storage facilities.
Stringers – Boards located between the bottom and top deck boards
of a pallet.
Unit Load – The collecting of goods to be moved or shipped onto
a pallet.
