Paper pallet

{{Short description|Pallet made from paperboard}}

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A paper pallet or ecopallet is a shipping or display pallet made from paperboard.

Construction

Paper shipping pallets come in corrugated fiberboard, partial wood decks or engineered with laminated paperboard. Some are made of paperboard composite honeycomb. Several designs have been developed.{{ cite patent | country = US | number = 5269219 | title = PALLET DESIGN USING PAPER MATERIALS | pubdate = 1993 | inventor = Juvik-Woods | url = https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/b0/0a/10/d6a57c1aa72e94/US5269219.pdf }}{{ cite patent | country = US | number = 5176090 | title = RECYCLABLE PAPER PALLET | pubdate = 1993 | inventor = Roberts | url = https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/a6/02/df/a247b4648fe487/US5176090.pdf }}{{ cite patent | country = US | number = 5934202 | title = STRUCTURE OF PAPER PALLET | pubdate = 1999 | inventor = Lai | url = https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/d5/2b/6252dc63544e37/US5934202.pdf }}

See also

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Further reading

  • Fiedler, R. M, "Distribution Packaging Technology", IoPP, 1995
  • McKinlay, A. H., "Transport Packaging", IoPP, 2004
  • Soroka, W, "Fundamentals of Packaging Technology", IoPP, 2002, {{ISBN|1-930268-25-4}}
  • Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-470-08704-6}}

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Category:Pallets

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