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[QUOTE="Colin, post: 125628, member: 5507"] Hi, Nice one MoonShadows I like your style. (y) Whilst I was working one of my departments was the timber department where we made pallets; crates and boxes etc. Our product was electric motors of all sizes which were very easily damaged in transit so I designed lots of special pallets. I also designed palletizing tables these being heavy angle iron stands with 2" x 1" channel iron tops with the open channel uphill; this then allowed Signode steel strapping of motors from all four sides of the pallet; we used to use so much steel strapping we always had a large stock and weekly the rep would visit to do a stock take because to run out of strapping would have shut production down. [ATTACH=full]29846[/ATTACH] The strapping tools shown above were on hire and were very reliable indeed any problems with a tool a phone call had a replacement one with us in less than a day. I also designed an all metal very heavy pallet making table with adjustable arms to accommodate 3 pallets at a time with overhead counterbalanced nail guns; pallets were a big part of my life and the pallets we bought in the standard Euro's we ordered in loads of 300. There are many excellent YouTube videos showing pallet projects; pallets make good fencing and should last around 15 years; I know because I've used pallets for fencing. A bit over the top for this forum but there are pallet dismantling machines used in industry; here's just one of many types; [MEDIA=youtube]5HyCIkfNQ1Q[/MEDIA] A neighbour friend years ago came up with a very good idea regarding adding an electronic chip into each pallet for identification he being a CEO of a company; I mentioned how pallets are assembled using nail guns and would this damage such a chip? Please be advised regarding the familiar blue "Chep" pallets; you could end up in court by using or even breaking one of these pallets because they belong to Chep; [ATTACH=full]29847[/ATTACH] Brook Motors are renowned the world over and at its peak the headquarters where I worked could produce around 1,300 motors per day; we became a central despatch hub for all our other factories and the range and size of motors was enormous; I certainly was close up and familiar with pallets. [URL]https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=brook+crompton+motors+images&rlz=1C1MSIM_enGB700GB700&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2mZr1xtnXAhXnApoKHc_-DUgQsAQIJw&biw=1920&bih=949[/URL] Sorry to hijack your thread MoonShadows but pallets played a big part in my working life at all levels; imagine the stress in despatching a product like these. Kind regards, Colin. [/QUOTE]
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