ANGULARLY THREADED NAIL - Pallet nail with annular (ring) threads rolled onto shank; ring nail; ring shank nail; ring-threaded nail
LIMITED USE PALLET- A pallet designed for an average of up to nine trips, assuming an average of five handlings per trip and an average handling environment, before first repair; shipping pallet
SKID - a pallet without bottom deck boards or deck
BASE- structured assembly designed to support unit load
LOAD CAPACITY - capability to support given test load consistent with performance criteria
SLAVE PALLET - rigid pallet or platform; single, thick panel used as a support base for a palletized load in warehouse rack-storage facilities or production systems.
SOFTWOOD - wood from coniferous or needle-bearing species of trees (not necessarily soft in texture or of low density)
BIN- multi-sided superstructure to be mounted on a pallet base, with or without a cover; also know as a pallet box
MIBANT ANGLE - fastener bend angle providing indication of (faster) toughness and bending resistance.
STAPLE - wire fastener formed by bending wire to form two legs of equal length and a crown connecting both legs a t ends opposite leg points.
BLOCK - rectangular, square, multi-sided, or cylindrical deck spacer
MIBANT DEVICE (Morgan Impact Bend Angle Nail) - a standard impact nail and staple tester used to determine impact-bending resistance and toughness of nails and staples.
STIFFNESS - resistance to flexural deformation in direction of applied force.
BLOCK PALLET - A type of pallet with blocks between the pallet decks or beneath the top deck.
MULTIPLE USE PALLET - a pallet designed for repeated uses for more than on unit load with an average minimum life to first repair of 10 trips or more.
STRENGTH - resistance to flexural deformation in direction of applied force.
CHAMFER - machined or molded inclined surface along part or full length of edges of deck boards between stringers or blocks to facilitate passage of fork arm wheels of pallet trucks and to guide tines of fork lift truck during entry into pallet; bevel
NAIL - straight, slender, wire fastener made from endless wire by cutting the point and forming the head at the shank end opposite the point, designed to be driven, to hold two or more pieces of wood packaging together
STRINGBOARD - in block pallets, the continuous, solid board member expending for the full length of the pallet, perpendicular to the deckboard and placed between the deckboards and blocks, to service as support of deckboards or deck.
COMBO PALLET - remanufactured pallet which contains a mixture of recycled and new components.
DECKBOARD - element or component of a pallet deck, perpendicular to the stringers or stringerboards.
NATIONAL WOODEN PALLET and CONTAINER ASSOCIATION - (NWPCA) an international association with the goal of promoting the design, manufacture, distribution, recycling and sale of wood packaging