[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":259},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Findustries\u002Fpharmaceutical-and-healthcare":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":159,"sources":160,"related":170,"plate":211,"form":212,"scene":211,"path":213,"crumb":214,"ruler":215,"answer":216,"title":217,"h1":217,"description":218,"type":219,"schema":220,"reviewed":222,"crumbs":223,"jsonld":229},3,[6,14,39,50,96,130],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"What matters",[9,12],{"t":10,"text":11},"p","Pharmaceutical plants and distributors want a pallet with a surface that cleans and does not shed. Plastic does not splinter, hold moisture or need a wood treatment. The harder question is documentation: where the resin came from, whether it is virgin or recycled, and whether the maker can show it.",{"t":10,"text":13},"One used 48 x 40 pallet listing is described as pharma and food safe but not approved for direct food contact. That wording is the model: a specific statement, carefully limited. Treat anything broader with suspicion.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Footprints and loads",[17,37],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":36},"table",[20,21,22],"Use","Footprint","Why",[24,28,32],[25,26,27],"General cases","48 x 40 in","The common rack and truck size",[29,30,31],"Bulk ingredients","43 x 43 in or 1100 x 1100 mm","Bags fill a square base",[33,34,35],"Export","Euro 1200 x 800 mm or 1200 x 1000 mm","The receiver's standard","",{"t":10,"text":38},"Pharma loads are usually light and dense. The static rating is rarely the limit; the dynamic rating on a high-speed conveyor and a clean deck are.",{"h2":40,"blocks":41},"Questions to put to a maker",[42],{"t":43,"items":44},"ol",[45,46,47,48,49],"What is the pallet made of, and is any of it recycled?","What cleaning methods does the maker support?","What documents come with each model?","Is the deck open or closed?","Does it nest when empty, and what is the increment?",{"h2":51,"blocks":52},"Trailers for your volume",[53,55],{"t":10,"text":54},"Suppose 3,830 empty pallets come back in a month. At the maker figures on file that is 4 trailers of Rehrig Pacific heavy-duty nestables (1,200 each), 2 of PHS Plastic's EXP 100 (2,340 each) or 8 of a rackable (540 each). The table runs the same sum for 6 volumes, from 3,830 to 20,100.",{"t":18,"head":56,"rows":64,"caption":95},[57,58,59,60,61,62,63],"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)",[65,71,75,80,85,90],[66,67,67,68,67,69,70],"3,830","4","3","2","8",[72,73,73,67,73,67,74],"7,080","6","14",[76,77,77,73,77,78,79],"10,340","9","5","20",[81,82,83,70,83,73,84],"13,590","12","11","26",[86,87,74,88,74,70,89],"16,840","15","10","32",[91,92,93,82,93,77,94],"20,100","17","16","38","Trailers = pallets ÷ the maker's per-trailer figure, rounded up. An example of arithmetic, not a quote.",{"h2":97,"blocks":98},"A stack worked out",[99,101],{"t":10,"text":100},"Take a stackable rated 20,000 lb static. The bottom pallet carries the pallets above it, so with each loaded pallet weighing 3,460 lb it can hold 5 above, a stack of 6. With 7,502 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":18,"head":102,"rows":107,"caption":129},[103,104,105,106],"Loaded pallet, lb","Pallets above the bottom","Stack height","Load on the bottom pallet, lb",[108,111,114,117,120,123,126],[109,78,73,110],"3,460","17,300",[112,78,73,113],"3,967","19,835",[115,67,78,116],"4,474","17,896",[118,67,78,119],"4,981","19,924",[121,68,67,122],"5,488","16,464",[124,68,67,125],"6,495","19,485",[127,69,68,128],"7,502","15,004","Example for an assumed 20,000 lb static rating; use the maker's figure for the exact model.",{"h2":131,"blocks":132},"Words on this page",[133],{"t":134,"rows":135},"dl",[136,139,142,145,148,151,154,157],[137,138],"Stretch wrap","Elastic film wound around a loaded pallet to hold the load together.",[140,141],"HDPE","High-density polyethylene, a tough resin used in many plastic pallets, valued for strength against its weight.",[143,144],"Closed loop","A route where pallets return to the sender after delivery, so the empty trip is a standing cost.",[146,147],"Nest ratio","How many empty pallets fit in the height of one: pallet height divided by nest increment.",[149,150],"UL","Underwriters Laboratories, a safety testing body that publishes fire test standards, including one for storage pallets.",[152,153],"GMA pallet","The 48 by 40 inch North American standard, named for the Grocery Manufacturers Association that popularised it.",[155,156],"Nest increment","The extra height each additional empty pallet adds to a nested stack, measured in inches. A small increment means a short stack.",[21,158],"The length and width of a pallet deck. It is chosen to fit the container, the drum, the bag or the receiving rack.",[],[161,164,167],{"label":162,"url":163},"Nelson Company, used 48 x 40 x 6.3 in HDPE pallet","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nelsoncompany.com\u002Fpallet.cfm?Pallet=203",{"label":165,"url":166},"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":168,"url":169},"Container Exchanger, plastic pallet dimensions","https:\u002F\u002Fblog.containerexchanger.com\u002Fplastic-pallet-dimensions\u002F",[171,175,179,183,187,191,195,199,203,207],{"path":172,"title":173,"blurb":174},"\u002Findustries\u002Ffood-and-beverage","Food and beverage","Food and beverage buyers want a pallet they can wash, with paper they can show an auditor. FDA does not approve pallet models, so ask the maker for resin and.",{"path":176,"title":177,"blurb":178},"\u002Fnestable\u002Ffootprints\u002F43x43","43 x 43 in","A 43 x 43 in nestable covers 12.84 sq ft, 96.3 percent of a standard 48 x 40 in pallet, and is the choice for bulk bags, sometimes sold as Super Sacks.",{"path":180,"title":181,"blurb":182},"\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":184,"title":185,"blurb":186},"\u002Findustries","Industries","Which pallet style food and beverage, pharma, automotive, chemical, export and warehouse buyers ask about.",{"path":188,"title":189,"blurb":190},"\u002Findustries\u002Fwarehouses-with-racking","Warehouses","Racks decide the order of questions. A pallet on beams needs a racking load that matches the span; a floor-stacked pallet needs a static load that matches.",{"path":192,"title":193,"blurb":194},"\u002Findustries\u002Fclosed-loop-manufacturers","Closed-loop manufacturers","A closed loop returns every pallet empty, so the return leg is a standing cost. Nesting cuts it: the same 6,000 pallets take 5 trailers nested and 12.",{"path":196,"title":197,"blurb":198},"\u002Fabout","About Nestable Plastic Pallets","How the company picks plastic pallets by style and rating, and works out the empty-trailer count before a request becomes a load.",{"path":200,"title":201,"blurb":202},"\u002Fnestable\u002Ffootprints","Footprints","Every footprint a nestable plastic pallet comes in, with the rating range and pallets per stack for each.",{"path":204,"title":205,"blurb":206},"\u002Fnestable\u002Fnestable-pallets-by-footprint","Nestable by footprint","Nestable pallets in 48x40, 48x48, 45x45, 43x43 and Euro footprints, with the rating range for each.",{"path":208,"title":209,"blurb":210},"\u002Frackable\u002Fbeam-span-guide","Beam span","Why a pallet that holds 10,000 lb at rest may hold far less across an open rack span, and what to measure first.",null,false,"\u002Findustries\u002Fpharmaceutical-and-healthcare","Pharma and healthcare",8,"Pharma and healthcare buyers care about a clean surface and a paper trail. 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