How to choose your pallet interlayer?

• Constraints linked to the nature of the products and their packagingForexample, liquid, powdery or pasty loads move during transport, making them more difficult to stabilize. Very light products are more difficult to stabilize than heavy ones, while small, heavy loads tend to shear the interlayer. Certain geometric shapes present a risk of perforation for neighboring batches: bottles, cartons, bags, cans, jerrycans, buckets, Big-bags, etc.

The type of pallet must be taken into account: a cardboard pallet will lack rigidity and will be flexible and unstable. A plastic pallet will be slippery, especially if the palletized products are also made of plastic. The base of a molded wood composite pallet will have asperities that are a potential source of instability. A one-way wooden pallet will have large gaps between each slat, potentially damaging your products.Wooden, composite, plastic, cardboard pallet…

• Logistics and transport constraints are your products placed on wooden pallets, plastic pallets or cardboard pallets?Are your pallets intended for travel or simply for internal storage handling?You’ll also need to analyze the route taken by the pallet: Does it undergo multiple loading and unloading? Are the pallets stacked during storage and/or transport?

What modes of transport will the pallet have to withstand: road, rail, sea, air, mail?

• Constraintslinked to your quality and environmental requirementsPalletsmust also meet your quality and hygiene standards: ISO 22000, HACCP. They must comply with specific regulations: FDA, CE 1935/2004, CE 2023/2006 and meet the environmental requirements deployed within your company: eco-design, FSC …