[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":279},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Findustries\u002Ffood-and-beverage":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":166,"sources":170,"related":183,"plate":223,"form":224,"scene":223,"path":225,"crumb":226,"ruler":227,"answer":228,"title":229,"h1":229,"description":230,"type":231,"schema":232,"reviewed":234,"crumbs":235,"jsonld":241},3,[6,14,28,61,102,136],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"What food plants ask",[9,12],{"t":10,"text":11},"p","The buyer is usually a plant or sanitation manager. The questions come in order: can it be washed, does it hold the stack, and what documents come with it. A smooth moulded deck washes easily. Open decks drain, closed decks hold small product and keep debris from falling through; the [deck guide](\u002Fguides\u002Fopen-deck-and-closed-deck) sets out the choice.",{"t":10,"text":13},"Plastic pallets suit wet and cold areas because they do not absorb water. The maker's rating, not the material, is what governs the stack. Check the static load against the bottom pallet and the dynamic load against the forklift.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Paperwork",[17,24],{"t":18,"items":19},"ul",[20,21,22,23],"FDA does not approve pallet models. A claim of approval is a warning sign.","Ask for resin and colourant documents, and for cleaning guidance.","A used pallet listing from Nelson Company is described as pharma and food safe but not approved for direct food contact, which is the careful wording to expect.","If the pallet will touch food, say so to the maker in writing.",{"t":25,"title":26,"text":27},"note","Cold","A freezer changes the question. Ask for the cold figure, as in the [cold guide](\u002Fguides\u002Fplastic-pallets-in-the-cold), not the room-temperature one.",{"h2":29,"blocks":30},"Beverage",[31,33],{"t":10,"text":32},"Bottlers stack heavy and tall. A 56 x 44 in beverage pallet from PHS Plastic is rated 30,000 lb static, so the bottom pallet can carry a tall stack of cases, though dynamic and racking ratings are lower. Beverage plants run square-ish footprints for cans and glass, and ask whether the model takes a full stack without bowing.",{"t":34,"head":35,"rows":41,"caption":60},"table",[36,37,38,39,40],"Footprint","Millimetres","Area, sq in","Area, sq ft","Against 48 x 40",[42,48,54],[43,44,45,46,47],"56 x 44 in beverage","1422 x 1118","2,464","17.11","128.3 percent",[49,50,51,52,53],"48 x 40 in","1219 x 1016","1,920","13.33","100.0 percent",[55,56,57,58,59],"48 x 48 in","1219 x 1219","2,304","16.00","120.0 percent","Inches converted at 25.4 mm. Area is length times width, ignoring corner cuts.",{"h2":62,"blocks":63},"A stack worked out",[64,66],{"t":10,"text":65},"Take a stackable rated 12,000 lb static. The bottom pallet carries the pallets above it, so with each loaded pallet weighing 1,549 lb it can hold 7 above, a stack of 8. With 5,591 lb per pallet it can hold 2 above. This is a ceiling on a flat floor for a still stack, not a promise for a stack that moves or waits.",{"t":34,"head":67,"rows":72,"caption":101},[68,69,70,71],"Loaded pallet, lb","Pallets above the bottom","Stack height","Load on the bottom pallet, lb",[73,78,83,87,91,94,98],[74,75,76,77],"1,549","7","8","10,843",[79,80,81,82],"2,056","5","6","10,280",[84,85,80,86],"2,563","4","10,252",[88,89,85,90],"3,070","3","9,210",[92,89,85,93],"3,577","10,731",[95,96,89,97],"4,584","2","9,168",[99,96,89,100],"5,591","11,182","Example for an assumed 12,000 lb static rating; use the maker's figure for the exact model.",{"h2":103,"blocks":104},"Trailers for your volume",[105,107],{"t":10,"text":106},"Suppose 2,060 empty pallets come back in a month. At the maker figures on file that is 2 trailers of Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestables (1,200 each), 1 of PHS Plastic's EXP 100 (2,340 each) or 4 of a rackable (540 each). The table runs the same sum for 6 volumes, from 2,060 to 10,790.",{"t":34,"head":108,"rows":116,"caption":135},[109,110,111,112,113,114,115],"Pallets to return","Rehrig Pacific Heavy-duty nestable (1,200 per trailer)","Rehrig Pacific Standard-duty nestable (1,260 per trailer)","Nelson Company Nestable, stackable, rackable (1,800 per trailer)","PHS Plastic EXP 116 nestable (1,260 per trailer)","PHS Plastic EXP 100 nestable (2,340 per trailer)","Rackable (540 per trailer)",[117,120,122,125,128,131],[118,96,96,96,96,119,85],"2,060","1",[121,85,85,89,85,96,76],"3,800",[123,80,80,85,80,89,124],"5,550","11",[126,75,81,80,81,85,127],"7,300","14",[129,76,76,81,76,85,130],"9,050","17",[132,133,133,81,133,80,134],"10,790","9","20","Trailers = pallets ÷ the maker's per-trailer figure, rounded up. An example of arithmetic, not a quote.",{"h2":137,"blocks":138},"Words on this page",[139],{"t":140,"rows":141},"dl",[142,145,148,151,154,157,160,163],[143,144],"Dunnage","Loose material used to support or secure cargo inside a trailer or container.",[146,147],"GMA pallet","The 48 by 40 inch North American standard, named for the Grocery Manufacturers Association that popularised it.",[149,150],"Open deck","A deck with slots or a grid, which drains water, sheds dust and weighs less than a solid one.",[152,153],"Racking load","The weight a pallet holds when it rests on two rack beams with an open gap between them. It is usually the lowest rating and only exists for pallets built for racks.",[155,156],"Nest ratio","How many empty pallets fit in the height of one: pallet height divided by nest increment.",[158,159],"Nest increment","The extra height each additional empty pallet adds to a nested stack, measured in inches. A small increment means a short stack.",[161,162],"UL","Underwriters Laboratories, a safety testing body that publishes fire test standards, including one for storage pallets.",[164,165],"Recycled content","The share of a pallet moulded from reground plastic. Makers print it as a range, often by colour.",[167],[168,169],"Is a plastic pallet food safe?","Ask the maker for the documents on the resin and colourant of the exact model. Do not rely on a blanket claim.",[171,174,177,180],{"label":172,"url":173},"Nelson Company, used 48 x 40 x 6.3 in HDPE pallet","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nelsoncompany.com\u002Fpallet.cfm?Pallet=203",{"label":175,"url":176},"Nelson Company, what material is used for plastic pallets","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nelsoncompany.com\u002Fblog-post-what-material-is-used-for-plastic-pallets.cfm",{"label":178,"url":179},"PHS Plastic, stackable plastic pallets","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.phsinc.com\u002Fpallet\u002Fplastic-pallets\u002Fstackable\u002F",{"label":181,"url":182},"USDA NASS, cold storage","https:\u002F\u002Fesmis.nal.usda.gov\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Frelease-files\u002F795764\u002Frfwh0126.txt",[184,188,192,195,199,203,207,211,215,219],{"path":185,"title":186,"blurb":187},"\u002Fguides\u002Fplastic-pallets-in-the-cold","Guide: Plastic pallets in the cold","Freezing can make some pallet materials brittle. A rating taken at room temperature says little about a pallet that lives in a freezer, so ask for the cold.",{"path":189,"title":190,"blurb":191},"\u002Fguides\u002Fopen-deck-and-closed-deck","Open and closed deck","An open deck has slots and drains; a closed deck is a solid sheet. Open drains and washes; closed holds small items and keeps debris from falling through.",{"path":193,"title":43,"blurb":194},"\u002Fstackable\u002Ffootprints\u002F56x44","The beverage pallet is larger than the common size. A 56 x 44 in beverage stackable covers 17.11 sq ft and is judged by the load on the bottom pallet.",{"path":196,"title":197,"blurb":198},"\u002Findustries","Industries","Which pallet style food and beverage, pharma, automotive, chemical, export and warehouse buyers ask about.",{"path":200,"title":201,"blurb":202},"\u002Findustries\u002Fpharmaceutical-and-healthcare","Pharma and healthcare","Pharma and healthcare buyers care about a clean surface and a paper trail. 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