CHEP builds a better pallet
-- Modern Materials Handling, 1/11/2007
There’s an old saying: Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
CHEP (Booth 3968) is betting that adage also applies to wooden pallets. The pallet leasing company is introducing Blue Step, a redesign of CHEP’s standard 48-inch by 40-inch pallet.
In addition to the use of Chilean pine for some components and improved fastener technology, the pallet features a new notched block design. "Notching the block allows us to use a thicker lead board on the top and bottom of the pallet that takes most of the abuse," says Per Ohstrom, CHEP’s director of marketing. "We have also designed in a space between the board and the block to absorb shock when the pallet is hit by a lift truck."
When struck by a lift truck, the lead board will bump up against the notch in the block, rather than tear away and damage the next board in or the product on the pallet.
CHEP will begin introducing the new design into its pool of 75 million pallets in the late spring. CHEP is also introducing the Blue Guardian, a rubber bumper that can be retrofitted to lift trucks. The bumper distributes the force of impact from a lift truck across a pallet.
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