Nowadays, the use of plastic pallets is becoming more and more common. Many friends who use wooden pallets are slowly switching to plastic pallets. The model of plastic pallets is quite different from that of wooden pallets. For most people who have never known about plastic pallets. In other words, choosing the right plastic pallet is an urgent problem to be solved! Let's talk about the classification, loading, application scenarios, service life and price comparison of plastic pallets. I hope to help you choose the most suitable pallet for everyone.
1. Classification: Plastic pallets are divided into injection pallets and blow molded pallets.
Injection pallets are the first plastic pallets that appear on the market, and they are also relatively common on the market. The production process is injection molding machine injection molding, and the finished product has sharp edges and corners. Because it has no burrs, is clean and hygienic, corrosion-resistant, light in weight, and heavy in load, it does not have to tolerate the protruding nails and moldy wood of the wooden pallet, so it is favored by the market after it appears. In addition, there are four types of injection pallets: Chuan-shaped structure, nine-leg structure, Tian-shaped structure, and double-sided structure (bottom structure shape), all of which are four-way forks.
Blow-molded pallets are plastic pallets that have just appeared in recent years. The production process is blow molding and extrusion molding, and the finished corners have a certain curvature. Blow-molded pallets concentrate all the advantages of injection-molded pallets, and in addition, they improve the load-bearing capacity, anti-drop ability, and low-temperature resistance. There are two types of blow molding trays: double-sided and nine-pin.
2. Load: (Dynamic load is the load picked up by the forklift, static load is the load of the pallet on the ground, rack load is the load of the rack on the pallet, and the load of the standard weight pallet is listed here)
3. Applicable scenarios:
Injection molding and blow molding pallets are basically the same in usage scenarios. Except that the upper shelf must be injection molding pallets, blow molding pallets can be used in other situations where injection molding pallets can be used. Because blow-molded pallets have better drop resistance, toughness, corrosion resistance, and load-bearing capacity, more and more customers tend to use blow-molded pallets in harsh environments (such as harsh weather areas, chemical, logistics, etc.) ).
It should be noted that double-sided pallets (injection and blow molding) cannot be used with manual hydraulic forklifts.
4. Service life:
The service life of injection-molded pallets is generally more than 5 years, and the service life of blow-molded pallets is generally more than 7 years (we have a three-year warranty, one replacement within three years, three replacements after three years, and lifetime replacement).
Regarding the service life, it is necessary to tell everyone: the service life of a pallet made of recycled materials is different from that of a new material pallet. No matter what the industry is, you get what you pay for, especially plastic products are recyclable, so many recycled waste plastics will flood into the plastic pallet market, resulting in a big difference in the price of pallets of the same model. When everyone buys After buying cheap recycle pallets, I found that they are not as durable as brand new pallets. Of course, recycling is a good thing. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not only consider the price when choosing a pallet, but consider the immediate needs, comprehensively compare, and choose cost-effective higher! (For revolving use, the price-performance ratio of the return pallet is also higher than that of the wooden pallet. Export is for one-time use. If the customer does not require it, it is recommended to choose a wooden pallet, which is cheaper!)
5. Price:
As for the price, I have also told you that there is a difference between the return material tray and the new material tray, which is in general. In addition, blow molding is slightly more expensive than injection molding, but the price/performance ratio is definitely higher than that of blow molding!
The main cost of pallet production comes from the cost of raw materials (PP and HDPE are generally used). In recent years, the price of raw materials has soared, so the price of pallets has also increased. However, compared with the increase in raw materials, the increase in pallets has been very low, which has virtually reduced manufacturers Now we are still relying on traffic to maintain the profit, and I hope everyone will understand! Another part of the cost is the operation of the factory and the investment in equipment.
