ASME_MH1.8M-1996.pdf

STD.ASME MH1.8M-EN6L199b=0759b700579756454ASME MH1.8MADOPTION NOTICEASME MH1.8M,Wood Pallets,was adopted on 7 February 1997 foruse by the Department of Defensc(DoD).Proposed changes by DoDactivities must be submitted to the DoD Adopting Activity:LOGSAPackaging,Storage,and Containerization Center,ATTN:AMXLS-TP-P,11 Hap Arnold Boulevard,Tobyhanna,PA18466-5097.DoD activities may obtain copies of this standardfrom the Defense Automated Printing Service(DAPS),Building 4/D,700 Robbins Avenue,philadelphia,PA 19111-5094.The privatcsector and other Government agencies may purchase copies from theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers,345 East 47th Street,New York,NY 10017-2392.Custodians:Adopting Activity:Army-SMArmy SMNavy-SA(Project3990-0010)Air Force 99DLA DH(MMBIEReview Activities:Army-AL,AR,AT,EA,GL4,ME,MI,MTNavy AS,MC,SH,YD1Air Force-69,84DLA CS,GS,ISCivil Agency Activity:GSA(FCOE)FSC 3990DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A.Approved for public release;distribution is unlimited.Copyright by the American Society Of Mechanical EngineersASME MH3.6M9b=0759b700574741477=ASME MI肚.896WOOD PALLETSAN AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDThe American Society ofMechanical EngineersASME MH1.BM9b0759b700574773TB7The American Society ofMechanical EngineersAN AMERICAN N ATION AL ST A N D A R DWOOD PALLETSAS证H1.8M-199BASME MH1.8M960759670057477585T=FOREWORD(This Foreword is not part of ASME MH1.8M-1996.)The extensive use of wood pallets in the United States and many other countrics created anecd for the standardization of wood pallets.According to statistics gathered by the NationalWooden Pallet and Container Association of Arlington,Virginia,hundreds of millions of woodpallets were manufactured in the United States during each of the past 30 years.In the lightof this and to prevent serious problems in the handling,storing,and transporting unit loadswithin the U.S.A.as well as the international trade,it became imperative that prescriptive aswell as performance standards for new and repaired.captive and exchange,wood pallets beestablished.With this in mind,The Pallet Association prepared and published a Uniform VoluntaryStandard for Wood Palletsduring 1994,to establish minimum quality requirements for themost common classes,types,and styles of wood pallets made of lumber of any wood speciescommercially available and suitable for this purpose.That Standard served as a basis for thisAmerican National Standard for Wood Pallets.To establish standard specifications and guidelines for pallets and other bases for unit loads,the American National Standards Institute(formerly,the American Standards Association)pro-ject on pallet standardization was initiated during October,1953.A Materials Handling Stan-dards Committee,MHI(initially,B69),was organized to coordinate information and preparestandards under the scope of standardization of nomenclature,types,sizes,materials,and com-ponents of pallets used in the unit-load method of assembling,stacking,storing,handling,andtransporting materials and products.The standards were to accomplish the following:(a)define terminology associated with pallets;(b)apply to pallets irrespective of components used in their fabrication:(c)provide a series of recommended pallet dimensions;(d)describe proccdures for pallet testing:and(e)indicate proccdures for designating pallet requirements.During 1967,the MIll Committee was reorganized.A Nominating Committee was estab-lished in compliance with the procedures of ANSI.The Nominating Committee selected officersfor the MHI Committee during 1968 and,in tum,became the nucleus for the new MHiExecutive Committee to guide the continuing revision activities and organize the task groupsto be formed.Five subcommittees were organized:(u)Advisory Liuison-to provide an effective two-way information flow between the MHIPallet Standards Committees,related ANSI standards committees.and other concemed orga-nizations;(b)Definirions-to prepare definitions of pallet terms.as outlined in the Style Manual forAmerican National Standards.and prepare for publication all standards developed under theprocedures of ANSI by the ASME Standards Committee MH:(c)Sizes-to define the minimum number of pallet sizes that provide the maximum ofefficiency.economy.interchangeability.and adaptability when used in all types of rail,high-way.and waterborne transports in the U.S.:(d)Testing-to assemble information on.submit recommendations for,and develop testprocedures:ii