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By Pallet wrapper | 12 September 2022 | 0 Comments

What's the solution for skid conveying during stretch wrapping

I think there might be still a lot of people don't know the difference between pallets and skids. The terms of pallets and skids are often used interchangeably but there is still a distinct difference between the two substrates. So what is the real difference between pallets and skids?
wooden skid
First let's see the structure of skids. Skids have no bottom boards and often comprised of top deck boards and stringers. Wooden skid is often used as the permanent foundation of some heavy equipment. Also, a skid can be dragged more easily than a pallet. Because of this, during the second world war, skid is commonly used to transport supplies because the lack of bottom boards means the skids could be dragged through sandland.
Wooden skid has 7 top deck boards and 3 stringers. The stringers are notched to allow the skid to be picked up from the sides with forks with no bottom deck boards.
wooden pallets
After seeing the skid, let's see the pallets then. Pallets are often comprised of top deck boards, stringers, and bottom deck boards. They are more stable than skids because of the bottom boards and it's much more commonly used than the skid. 
Wooden pallet has 9 top boards, 3 stringers, and 4 bottom boards (2 on each end and 2 butted up against each other in the middle). The stringers are notched to allow the pallet to be picked up from the sides with forks.

So, even though the skid is much less used than pallet, but there are still producers who may have the need for this kind of substrate. But on the conveyorized pallet stretch wrapping machine, the skid is often gets stuck on the roller conveyors. So how to tackle this problem to make the skid to pass through the whole line and complete the wrapping successfully?

This customized online pallet stretch wrapping machine might be the solution. It chose the chain type conveyor both for the in-feeding and out-feeding, but also used on the turntable. It will support the skid loads by the 3 stringers on the 3 lines of chain. No barrier to occure during the forwarding of the goods and doing the pallet wrapping smoothly and time saving.

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