Please find the industry terms listed in alphibetical order.
E Economic Life – out put from program
which identifies the number of trips the pallet will make,
provided it is properly repaired, which maximizes a return
on investment.
Exchange Pallet - a pallet intended for use
among a designated group of shippers and receivers where ownership
of the pallet is transferal with the ownership of the unit
load; common pool pallet
Expendable Pallet - a pallet intended for
a series of handlings during a single trip from shipper to
receiver; it is then disposed; see shipping pallet
Euro Block Style - a 'block' pallet specifically
constructed to fill the requirements of the smaller, inner
city truck size used in Europe.
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top F Fastener - a mechanical devise for joining
pallet components such as nails, staples, bolts or screws.
Fastener Shear Index - relative measure of
shear resistance of the pallet fastener.
Flush Pallet - a pallet with deck boards
flush with the stringers, stringer-boards or blocks along
the sides of the pallet.
Fork Entry - opening between decks, beneath
the top deck or beneath the stringer notch to admit forks.
Four-Way Block Pallet - a pallet with openings
at both pallet ends and along pallet sides sufficient to admit
hand-pallet jacks; full four-way entry pallet.
Free Span - the distance between supports
in a warehouse rack.
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top G Grade # 1 - Pallets with small (<2")
gaps between top boards, 5 bottom boards, intact stringers
that haven't been repaired and the proper bottom board spacing
to safely sit on racking.
Grade # 2 - Pallets with sometimes larger
(up to 3") gaps between top boards, 3 or more bottom
boards, intact stringers that may have been repaired and bottom
board spacing that usually isn't suitable for racking.
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top H Hand (Wheel) Jack Opening - space provided
in the bottom deck to allow pallet jack wheels to bear on
the floor.
Handling - a single pick-up, movement and
set-down of a loaded or empty pallet.
Hardened-Steel Nail - heat-treated and tempered
steel pallet nail with a MIBANT angle between 8 and 28 degrees.
Hardwood - wood from broad-leaved species
of trees (not necessarily hard or dense).
Helical Nail - helically (continuous spiral)
threaded pallet nail, see also drive screw nail.
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top I Inner Deck Board - any deck board located
between the end deck boards.
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top J Jint - intersection and connection of components,
often identified by location within the pallet as the end
joint, center joint and corner joint.
