Structural Design for Improving the Strength of Flat Wooden Pallets

The purpose of this study is to develop a new pallet structure using the inexpensive hinoki wood, which is produced in the Ehime Prefecture, having the same strength as the conventional Oregon pine wood. A new pallet structure was proposed for achieving high-strength by improving the flexural stiffn...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 2287; no. 1; pp. 12043 - 12048
Main Authors: Zhu, X, Toyota, H, Ito, D, Doi, K
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2022
Subjects:
Compressive strength
Molds
Pallets
Physics
Rigidity
Stiffness
Structural design
ISSN:1742-6588, 1742-6596
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Summary:The purpose of this study is to develop a new pallet structure using the inexpensive hinoki wood, which is produced in the Ehime Prefecture, having the same strength as the conventional Oregon pine wood. A new pallet structure was proposed for achieving high-strength by improving the flexural stiffness and compressive stiffness and achieving high-cost performance by using the inexpensive hinoki wood. The results obtained in this study are summarized as follows: deflection of the new type is reduced compared to the standard type, due to the increased bending rigidity of the edge board and deck board; compressive displacement of the new model decreases, as the compressive stiffness of the pallet legs increases; new mold pattern 6 made is higher in strength and rigidity than the standard mold; cost of the new type #6 is 72% of that of the standard type pallet, and cost can be reduced by 28%.
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ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/2287/1/012043