[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":313},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fnestable\u002Ffootprints\u002F45x45":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":188,"sources":195,"related":205,"plate":240,"form":252,"scene":253,"path":254,"crumb":49,"ruler":255,"answer":256,"title":257,"h1":257,"description":256,"type":258,"schema":259,"reviewed":261,"crumbs":262,"jsonld":270},3,[6,20,29,36,63,70,150,158,163,170],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"What rides on a 45 x 45 in pallet",[9,15,18],{"t":10,"items":11},"ul",[12,13,14],"Chemical bags, boxes and drums","The CP9 chemical standard","Container cubing, packing the floor of a shipping container",{"t":16,"text":17},"p","A 45 x 45 in pallet, 1140 x 1140 mm, is the CP9 chemical standard. It carries bags, boxes and drums, and it packs the floor of a shipping container neatly, which is why exporters of powders and resins use it.",{"t":16,"text":19},"Because the shape is square, a loaded pallet can go into a container in either direction, and the forklift does not have to turn to match the rack.",{"h2":21,"blocks":22},"Shape and size",[23],{"t":10,"items":24},[25,26,27,28],"Perimeter: 180.0 in (4,572 mm).","Diagonal corner to corner: 63.6 in (1,616 mm), which is the room a pallet needs to turn in an aisle.","Area: 1.306 square metres, 14.06 square feet.","Aspect: the long side is 1.000 times the short side, so the deck is square.",{"h2":30,"blocks":31},"In practice",[32,34],{"t":16,"text":33},"Squares of 45 in are about packing the floor of a shipping container. A container floor is a fixed rectangle, and a pallet that tiles it with little waste means more product per box and fewer boxes per order. That arithmetic belongs to the exporter, who should ask the forwarder for a tiling plan before choosing between this size and its neighbours.",{"t":16,"text":35},"Chemical bags and drums are heavy for their volume, so the ratings of a pallet in this size should be read against the full stack, not one bag. If the pallet nests, the empties come back short; if it does not, ask what the return costs, and remember a fire listing, if you need one, belongs to the model, not to the footprint.",{"h2":37,"blocks":38},"Against its nearest footprints",[39,61],{"t":40,"head":41,"rows":47,"caption":60},"table",[42,43,44,45,46],"Footprint","Millimetres","Area, sq in","Area, sq ft","Against 48 x 40",[48,54],[49,50,51,52,53],"45 x 45 in","1143 x 1143","2,025","14.06","105.5 percent",[55,56,57,58,59],"48 x 40 in","1219 x 1016","1,920","13.33","100.0 percent","Inches converted at 25.4 mm. Area is length times width, ignoring corner cuts.",{"t":16,"text":62},"The table orders the closest four by area. A 45 x 45 in pallet is 2,025 sq in; the nearest listed footprint differs by 105 sq in. Footprint is the choice the container makes for you, and a small difference in area is a large difference to a rack beam or a drum.",{"h2":64,"blocks":65},"Counting the empty trailer",[66,68],{"t":16,"text":67},"Few makers print per-stack or per-trailer figures for a 45 x 45 in nestable, so this site does not invent them. Ask for the two numbers, enter them in the [calculator](\u002Fnest-calculator) under another footprint, and the trailers follow.",{"t":16,"text":69},"As an illustration of the arithmetic only: if a maker printed 1,500 per trailer, 2,400 returning pallets would need 2 trailers, 5,000 would need 4, and 10,530 would need 8. 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A multiple above 1.000 means 45 x 45 in has more deck than the footprint named.",{"h2":151,"blocks":152},"Questions for the maker",[153],{"t":10,"items":154},[155,156,157],"Static load with a full stack of bags","Whether the maker lists the pallet for chemical storage","Per-trailer figures, since few sheets print them for this size",{"h2":159,"blocks":160},"A note on this page",[161],{"t":16,"text":162},"Automotive and chemical bins both pick this footprint, but for different reasons: bins because the container drawing demands it, chemical shippers because four-sided entry suits mixed handling. Know which reason applies to you before comparing models.",{"h2":164,"blocks":165},"From the dock",[166],{"t":10,"items":167},[168,169],"Spare capacity at a depot makes nesting less urgent; scarce floor space makes it the whole argument.","Warehouses with low ceilings find nested stacks fit under sprinkler lines that tall un-nested stacks would hit.",{"h2":171,"blocks":172},"Words on this page",[173],{"t":174,"rows":175},"dl",[176,179,182,185],[177,178],"Cube utilisation","How well loaded freight fills the volume of a trailer or container. Taller or wider-than-floor pallets waste cube.",[180,181],"Nest increment","The extra height each additional empty pallet adds to a nested stack, measured in inches. 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