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Annular Groove Nail - Pallet nail with annular (circular ring) threads rolled onto the shank.
Block - Rectangular, square or cylindrical deck spacer, often identified by its location within the pallet as corner block, end block, edge block, inner block, center or middle block.
Block Pallet - a type of pallet with blocks between the pallet decks or beneath the top deck.
Bottom Boards - Assembly of deckboards comprising the lower, load bearing surface of the pallet.
CAD - Computer-aided-design software that allows the design of the "right" pallet at the best value.
Chamfered Deckboards - Deckboards with edges of one or two faces beveled, either along the full or specified length of board or between the stringers or blocks, allowing easier entry of pallet truck wheels.
Double-Wing Pallet - A pallet with top and bottom deckboards extending beyond the edges of the stringers or stringerboards.
Flush Pallet - A pallet with deckboards 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.
Helical Nail - Helically (continuous spiral) threaded pallet nail.
Inner Deckboard - Any deckboard located between the end deckboards.
Joint - Intersection and connection of components, often identified by location within the pallet as the end joint, center joint and corner joint.
Load Bearing Surface - Actual area of material in contact with and supporting a unit load.
Oneway Pallet - A pallet intended for a series of handlings during a single trip from shipper to receiver; it is then disposed.
Pallet Life - The period during which the pallet remains useful, expressed in units of time or in the number of one-way trips.
Pallet Trolley - Hand-propelled, wheeled platform, equipped with a lifting device for moving palletized unit loads.
Quality - Consistent performance of a uniform product meeting the customer's needs for economy and function.
Recycled Pallet - a pallet that has been used, discarded, salvaged, or repaired and which passes through the cycle again.
Recess - the position of a bottom board back from the leading end of a pallet stringer or bearer.(usually used for bag pallets to ensure that the pallet is stackable with bagged content)
Returnable/Reusable Pallet - A pallet designed to be used for more than one trip.
Reversible Pallet - A pallet with identical top and bottom decks.
Single-Wing Pallet - A pallet with the top deckboards extending beyond the edges of the stringers or stringer-boards with the bottom deckboards flush (if present).
Skid or Skip - A pallet having no bottom deck.
Primarily used with a pallet trolley.Solid Deck Pallet - A pallet constructed with no spacing between deckboards.
Strap Slot - Recess or cutout on the upper edge of the stringer or the bottom of the top deckboard to allow tie-down of a unit load to the pallet deck with strapping/banding, also called the banding notch.
Stringer - Continuous, longitudinal, solid or notched beam-component of the pallet used to support deck components, often identified by location as the outside or center stringer.
Two-Way Entry Pallet - A pallet with unnotched solid stringers allowing entry only from the ends.
Warehouse Pallet - A double-face multiple trip returnable pallet intended for general warehouse use.
Wing - Overhang of deckboard end from outside edge of stringer or stringer-board.