How are the standard specification dimensions for pallets determined?

First, the standard size of the pallet is how to determine the 

In the logistics system, the pallet standard with trucks, railroad wagons, warehousing racks and forklift forks to coordinate, the main purpose is to be able to smoothly loaded into the carrier equipment and have a high volume utilization rate. Therefore, truck cars, railroad wagons, containers and other internal width is to determine the size of the important constraints of the pallet assembly unit, because the container standards have been internationally recognized, so the size of the pallet cargo unit are generally based on container specifications. According to this principle, combined with the international standard specifications for sea containers, the decomposition of two forms of pallet unit size specifications, namely: square: 1100mmX1100mm and rectangular 1200mmX1000mm, as follows:

Why should we prioritize the recommended 1200mmX1000mm size specifications? Because, the pallet is the most basic loading unit of the logistics system docking, the pallet to put a variety of items, according to the actual survey, the international mainstream product packaging module is 600X400 specification series. Considering the tray size specifications and product packaging modulus coordinated principle, only 1200mmX1000mm specifications meet the requirements. 1100mmX1100mm although the most suitable for the container size, but with the world's mainstream product packaging modulus does not match.In the promotion of trade logistics standardization work, taking into account a country's logistics system can not appear two specifications, there is a standard inconsistency phenomenon, in order to unify China's trade logistics system of the interface of the pallet standard, determined by the Chinese pallet standard 1200mmX1000mm size specifications as a benchmark.

Second, why is the Chinese plastic pallet standard specification is the world's most universal specifications?

The determination of the world's pallet size specifications basically follow two conditions. One is to adapt to the container size, one is to adapt to the mainstream product packaging module.

Suitable for container size: As containers are mainly used for ocean transportation, so most of the island countries such as Japan and other countries, mainly used for product exports, so the standard specifications of the pallet is often based on the square 1100mmX1100mm, the size of the pallet, forklift loading and unloading of the pallet can be unidirectional into the fork, so the bottom of the pallet shape and structure of the simple, good quality and strength of the pallet, but also to facilitate the loading and unloading of containers. operation. However, the size of this type of pallet is incompatible with most of the mainstream product packaging modules, products on the pallet is difficult to put neatly, is the biggest problem of this type of pallet.Adaptation of product packaging module: As the world's mainstream product packaging module standard is 600mmX400mm, therefore, the international landlocked countries such as Europe and other countries of the mainstream specifications of the pallet standard is 1200mmX800mm, but this size specification is not coordinated with the size of the container, in the export of the product also need to adapt to the size of the container of the standard size of 1200mmX1000m pallet. Specifications of the pallet.

China's business logistics standardization of pallet standard specifications identified as 

1200mmX1000m, which is extremely close to the United States and other countries with the standard size of the pallet, but also the standard specifications for the export of products from mainland Europe pallet. This specification pallet both to adapt to the size of shipping containers, but also to adapt to the mainstream product packaging module, the world's most widely used, so this standard specification pallet is the world's most common standard specifications, is expected to become a unified global pallet size specifications of the standard.