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Packaging film

Packaging film can produce a tightly wrapped package and is particularly useful in unitizing smaller packages on pallets. There are two types in common use: shrink film and stretch film. Shrink film, also called shrink wrap, contracts when heated after…

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Pallet

A shallow portable platform used to facilitate handling of goods by forklift trucks. Often, packages are packed together on a pallet and then over-packed or shrink-wrapped to form a unitized load. Pallets are commonly made of wood, plastics or fiberboard….

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Pallet loader

Device employing one or more vertical lift platforms for the mechanical loading or unloading of palletized freight at planeside. See also pallet.

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Pallet transporter

Vehicle for the movement of loaded pallets between an aircraft and the freight terminal or truck dock. Sometimes the functions of a pallet loader and a pallet transporter are combined into a single vehicle. See also pallet.

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Palletizing

The loading and securing of a number of sacks, bags, boxes or drums on a pallet base. See also pallet.

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