glossary
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| Overall Height |
The vertical distance measured from the floor to the top side of the top deck |
| Overhang |
The distance the deck extends from the outer edge of the stringer or stringerboard; wing; lip; distance the unit load extends beyond the deck |
| Pallet |
A portable, horizontal, rigid platform used as a base for assembling, storing, stacking, handling and transporting goods as a unit load, often equipped with a superstructure |
| PALLET DESIGN SYSTEM - (PDS) |
Reliability-based computer-aided design (CAD) program, for determining the safe load carrying capacity, performance, life and economy of wooden pallets |
| Pallet Dimensions |
When specifying pallet size, the stringer or stringerboard (block pallet) length is always expressed first; for example, a 48" x 40" pallet has a 48" stringer or stringerboard and 40" deckboards |
| Pallet Jack |
Hand-propelled wheeled platform, equipped with a lifting device for moving palletized unit loads |
| Pallet Life |
The period during which the pallet remains useful, expressed in units of time or in the number of one-way trips |
| Panel Deck Pallet |
Pallet constructed with composite or structural panel top deck |
| Partial Four-Way Stringer Pallet |
A pallet with notched stringers |
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