GB/T 3716-2023Pallets for materials handling - Vocabulary (English PDF)

1 Scope

This document defines general terms related to pallets for unit load material handling and defines flat pallets, pallets with upper members, pallet tops

Components, pallet components and features, pallet accessories, mechanical fasteners, pallet usage, pallet size terms and their definitions:

This document applies to the application of terminology in pallets and related fields:

2 Normative reference documents

This document has no normative references:

3 Common terms

3:1 pallet pallet

A kind of equipment used to assemble, carry, store, load and unload, stack, transport or display goods and loads: The minimum height meets the requirements of pallet trucks, forklifts and

Other horizontal rigid boards suitable for handling requirements of loading and unloading equipment: see picture 1:

Note 1: The pallet may be provided with or equipped with upper members:

Note 2: The terminology of unit cargo handling is defined in Appendix A, and the terminology of sliding pallets is defined in Appendix B:

Figure 1 Pallet

3:2 nominal load

The minimum safe load value under specific support conditions regardless of the type of load (excluding concentrated loads):

Note 1: "Specific support conditions" refers to the range of service conditions specified in 7:1 of ISO 8611-2:2011:

Note 2: The rated load is used to compare the performance of different pallets and does not represent the actual payload of the pallet in use: