Ensuring the stability and safety of goods that are palletised during transportation and storage, is crucial to preventing damage and losses. In the UK where shipping conditions can be unpredictable, proper packaging, and proper palletising techniques are essential. Here’s a guide on how you can achieve pallet stability:
Firstly, choose the right pallet:
Wood: This is a common and versatile option, and works especially well with heavy loads.
Plastic: Plastic pallets are lightweight and extremely durable, businesses will often use them for sensitive goods.
The material of the pallet you use will depend on the size and weight of the products(s) you are transporting.
Securing your load when you have palletised your goods is also important, there are a range of packaging materials available:
Strapping: Plastic, steel, or for the eco-conscious, paper strapping provide strength, binding products together on the pallet. Make sure you are using the right equipment to ensure straps are tensioned correctly to preventing any shifting.
Shrink Wrapping: Using a Ripack heat gun, shrink wrap the pallet, encasing the entire load within the plastic shrink, to create a protective barrier around your goods.
Stretch Film: Can be applied either by hand or machine. Stretch film provides excellent stability and protects from weather and damage potentially caused in the handling/storage process as well as in distribution.
Pallet loads come in all shapes and sizes, as well as different weights. You will need to consider these factors when finding ways of stabilising.
Where are you sending your goods? Are you familiar with the rules and regulations of where your pallets are going?
Here are some more tips on how you can stack and store your loaded pallets better.
To find out more about pallet stability and how to ensure safety, efficiency and loss of products, contact us today.
