glossary
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| Fastener |
A mechanical device for joining pallet components such as nails, staples, bolts or screws |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hand (Wheel) Jack Opening |
Space provided in the bottom deck to allow pallet jack wheels to bear on the floor |
| 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 |
| Inner Deckboard |
Any deckboard located between the end deckboards |
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