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A pallet collar is a modern and highly efficient wooden packaging solutions for compact, bulky or friable products of different types, that works together with the classic wooden pallet or various types of custom pallets. This solutions works as a substitution for the classic wooden boxes.
Contents
- Overview
- Design
- Benefits of pallet collars
- Pallet collars construction
- Standardisation
- Customisation
- Materials
- Avoiding risks
- References
The main difference in comparison to the wooden boxes is the possibility to collapse them when they are not in use. As such factors are highly important in professional logistics this solution has gained growing popularity world wide in the past 20 years, with approximately 20,000,000 new collars manufactured each year worldwide.
Each of the pallet collars is stacked on one another in order to form a box type of packing, but be-cause of the convenient design they provide several important benefits that have high value in the storage and transportation industry.
Overview
Along with the growing popularity of container transportation solution, the use of classic wooden pallets spurred. To provide better transportation opportunities for more types of products the pallet collars where introduced to the market.
Design
A single pallet collar consists of four or six wooden boards (plastic boards are also used) and four or six metallic hinges that are used to hold the boards together. These hinges allow to collapse every pallet collar in order to save space, which is one of the most important factors in successful logistics.
Pallet collars work together with classic and different types of pallets.
Benefits of pallet collars
When quality pallet collars are used in the right way it is possible to optimise space in both ware-houses and when they are transported. They provide fast and easy handling and assembling. Also, the access to the goods that are stored is ensured to be faster and easier.
When pallet collars are not used and there are no products in this packaging it is possible to collapse them and in comparison to wooden boxes it allows to save up to more that 80% of space.
Different types of products can be stored on pallets without the pallet collars, but they are still used in order to ensure safe multi-level both shelf and non-shelf storage which ensures warehouse optimisation.
Using pallet collars ensure the possibility to store more types of products on pallet which would usually be stored in classic wooden boxes. For example, different friable products, can be stored when customised pallet is used.
Pallet collars construction
The simple, flexible construction is what allows pallet collars to stand out from other storage and transportation solutions. And it ensures the usage of pallet collars that differ in heights and sizes in order to adjust the needed capacity of every individual packaging.
Standardisation
Standard pallet collars are manufactured in four heights: 100, 200, 300 and 400 mm. By using the needed heights and combining them together it is possible to closely match every single package to particular products.
Three standard sizes are manufactured: 600x800, 800x1200 and 1000x1200 mm. These standard sizes fill compliment the majority of most commonly used standard pallets.
Customisation
In order to provide quality working conditions and efficient it is possible to manufacture any custom height and size, which can provide precise packaging for any type of products.
Hinges can be customised too in order to provide better working conditions. For example, to ensure the possibility to open one of the sides of the collar as a door, to provide easy access to stored goods.
Materials
Standard pallet collars are manufactured from wood plywood which provides the necessary quality. At the same time plywood, OSB or plastic pallet collars are also often used as an option. Each of the materials has advantages and disadvantages if compared to others.
Avoiding risks
In order to form the needed packaging from pallet collars only collars from one manufacturer should be stacked on one another. While the majority of manufacturers use standard sizes, minor differences can occur due to the technology used in manufacturing. Such minot differences can cause significant safety issues when pallet collars are used.