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TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.42
inserted from either the front or rear of the pallets. The
They can be stackable, nestable, and modular to
accommodate various applications (fig 4-80).
four-way pallet is so constructed that the forks of a
forklift truck may be inserted from any of the four sides.
Flat pallets are constructed of either softwood or
(2) Application. Tote pans are primarily used
hardwood. Expendable pallets are four-way entry and
to move the supplies from a loose issue operation to
are composed of either fiberboard, polystyrene, or a
packing, shipping, or maintenance operations. The
combination of these. A box pallet is constructed with a
pan's design enables the stock selector to place the bare
framework and crossmembers extended up from the
or packaged item into the pan with the stock selection
pallet platform, the front side normally being left open
document. The pan will enable an odd-shaped item to
for loading or unloading.
glide over the rollers of a conveyor, and is especially
helpful when the conveyor is of the skatewheel variety.
(2) Application. Figures 4-81 through 4-83
are hardwood pallets which permit transporting, storing,
or issuing of quantities of material with a minimum of
manual handling. Material is placed manually on the
pallet at time of receipt and remains on the pallet for
mechanical handling throughout the complete cycle of
storage and issue operations. The efficiency of the
operation is greatly increased, since the pallet system of
storage provides for the transportation of packaged
items in unit loads and increases the volume and
tonnage of materials which may be handled per man-
hour.
MIL-P-15011 pallets are used for NATO
shipments (fig 4-83). Softwood pallets, type I, two-way,
flush, and type II, two-way, wing are intended for use in
storage operations. Type IV, four-way (partial) wing (fig
palletized material is contained by means of pallet
Figure 4-80. Tote pans.
support sets and for shipment world-wide regardless of
the mode of transportation. The expendable buckboard
b. Pallets.
pallet (fig 4-85) is used for air, CONUS, and Direct
Support System shipments. The buckboard pallet stand
(1) General. A pallet is a low, portable
platform constructed of wood, metal, or fiberboard, built
shrink tunnel.
to specified dimensions, on which supplies are loaded,
transported, or stored in units. Flat pallets are either
single faced or double faced. Single-faced pallets have
one platform with stringers underneath on which the
weight of the load rests. Double-faced pallets have two
platforms separated by stringers. Pallets may afford
two or four-way entry. The two-way entry pallet is so
constructed that the forks of a forklift truck may be
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