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The
Loadek Solution
You might ask, Aren't
there corrugated pallets already on the market? The answer is
Yes. About 15 patented corrugated pallets are on the market
today. But three problems have prevented the wider acceptance of any of
them.
First, they're all
structurally complex, requiring a minimum of ten different corrugated
components to create one pallet.
Loadek uses only two patented
corrugated blanks.
Second, they all have
to be hand-assembled, a time consuming process that requires extra labor,
increasing the cost per pallet, decreasing economies of scale and preventing
current designs from being able to effectively satisfy large demand users.
Loadek is automatically machine assembled at over 250 per hour.
Third, having to be
pre-assembled and shipped to end-user, freight charges and storage requirements
make current corrugated pallet designs less attractive than wood pallets
to the end-user.
Loadek can be assembled on demand by machine
at end-users facility, requiring only shipping and storage of flat blanks,
a 30 to 1 savings in space.
These factors have
prevented all previous corrugated pallets from competing seriously in
the pallet marketplace.
The development of the
Loadek
Pallet addressed
all of these issues. With its unique patented design (US Patent Number 6,029,582),
the
Loadek Pallet
is made of only two pieces of corrugated and the entire pallet can be formed
from blanks and assembled by machine at a rate of over 250 per hour in the
end-user's facility. In addition, the blanks can be printed or custom cut,
so the same manufacturing machine can produce a variety of pallet sizes
and designs.
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The Loadek Pallet
is machine-assembled from two corrugated blanks. |
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