There's no way to correct what happened in the shipment process when the product arrives. And cartoned goods can't be as easy to handle on a flat deck as they are on a slatted one. Continuous plywood decks constructed by HH Enterprises are counted among the most trusted plywood pallet manufacturers in Noida, India, especially for loads for which a gapped surface is not suitable. From electronics to precision components, everything is transported from Noida, India on a daily basis, and the pallet under all that is making the difference in whether it arrives in one piece or not, is in the NCR. We size each pallet to the carton footprint, out of Noida, India, to ensure that there is no overhang and no sagging in the middle of the trip. This page discusses what a plywood pallet is, where it is supposed to go and why the additional layer of plywood is worth it.

A plywood pallet is a standard Pine bearer pallet with a continuous sheet of plywood on the top deck as opposed to gapped slats. The boards that the bearers carry are what provide the strength to the pallet, and the plywood that sits on top of them is what changes from one flat surface to boards with spaces between.

A full sheet is not required for all loads. Part-plywood decks are also constructed with panels installed only in the areas where cartons are placed and the rest slatted for mixed pallets that contain drums or machinery in addition to cartons. It's not as drastic as it sounds, but it does affect what happens to the load when it is in motion.

The requirement of full plywood construction is seldom required in a mixed warehouse. A continuous deck on pine bearers provides the surface where it counts and maintains an affordable price, anywhere else.

Having a supplier in or near your dispatch area will reduce freight cost and turnaround. Manufacturers packing cartoned electronics and precision components for daily dispatch choose HH Enterprises as their plywood pallet suppliers Noida, India, and so do suppliers and distributors moving mixed-carton loads across the NCR belt. This is where the guys who need ISPO-15 compliant pallets for export orders to overseas cartons, or wholesalers who stock industrial plywood pallets for orders as they are needed, come back to HH Enterprises.

The deck/bearer combination remains the same regardless of volume of load, just the size and plywood need vary with load size.

Drums and sacks are OK for a slatted deck. The problem with gaps is that it is only when the carton has moved that it presents an issue:

• Carton sag: the bottom carton bridges the gap and deflects under the stack above it, and within days in storage the stack is out of plumb
• Handling damage: slat edges will pick up stretch film during handling and ESD bags are typically found to be punctured at the customer end, not at despatch.
• Point loading: weight is concentrated along the slat lines rather than across the slat panels — opposite of a carton that is intended to carry weight along the edges.
• Small item loss: items with loose parts or fasteners drop directly through the opening.

All four problems can be addressed with a single change, with no need to start constructing a new pallet.

Don't work within the carton, work from the outside. Spread the carton pattern out on paper and count the number of boxes per layer and then size the pallet so that no edge of the carton protrudes over the edge of the deck – this is the no.1 cause of crushed bottom layers, since any carton edge which extends beyond the deck ends up supporting the weight of the stack above it. If a layout has a late hole, we'll adjust the size of the pallet, not you need to redesign the carton as changing a cutting list on our end is a lot faster than reworking a carton spec on yours.

Plywood is exempt as this pest risk is already eliminated at the time of manufacture by the heat and adhesive used to make the sheet. The pine bearers under the deck are not off the hook – they also require heat treatment and the standard IPPC mark. They are combined correctly and the resulting pallet consists of plywood-deck material, which is usually more economical than an all-solid-timber pallet of equal carrying capacity, and is fully compliant for export. It is often overlooked by first-time exporters, and should be verified on the shipping documentation before a container is detained at the port.

HH Enterprises is plywood pallet dealers in Noida, India and supplies pallets to the units that require them in a matter of time in the correct size and not from a generic catalogue. This equates to same week dispatch for repeat orders on normal sizes and the ability to cut custom lists of cartons without having to wait for a new production planning cycle, for orders with unusual footprints. It also includes heavy duty plywood pallet builds for stacked multi-layer storage and smooth deck pallet for electronics runs where ESD packaging is placed on the top layer, with a dealer who is standing behind the build.

If your pallet now got crushed corners or film ripped when it arrived, it is likely a deck issue and not a strength issue – which is easily solved.

Out of Noida, India, HH Enterprises manufactures, supplies, and sells plywood pallets, having all the activities of design, custom size, treatment, and dispatch under one roof so that you don't need to go in search of three vendors for one pallet. Most suppliers will sell you a size from a catalogue, we work from your carton pattern, starting from the centre and spreading outwards, since it is an unsupported carton edge, not a weak pallet that will crush the bottom layers.

1. Pallets sized to actual carton size, not a “best guess” size.
2. Specially slatted pallets and built to order plywood and part-plywood decks.
3. Genuine plywood that is exempt from ISPM-15; bearers heat treated and marked separately.
4. Cutting lists change on request, no waiting for a new production run.
5. Real answers as to what plywood will and won't do — not ESD on its own — and we'll tell you that now!

That last point matters. A flat deck eliminates surface and splinter issues. It doesn't make the pallet ESD-rated, but your own ESD packaging will need to do that part as well. It would be much easier for HH Enterprises to say that right away than have you find out after you ship.

From there most of our plywood pallets are shipped to units where the flat deck is more important than the price of the sheet:

• ESD packaging on top of the pallet on electronics and component assembly lines
• Parts and instrument despatch where a bag is punctured or the corner of a carton is dented is an item that is rejected as being too damaged to ship. Precision parts and instrument despatch, where a bag is punctured or the corner on a carton is dented, is an item that is rejected as being too damaged to dispatch.
• Several layers of cartons of pharmaceuticals and FMCG products are stacked in storage awaiting shipment.
• Export consignments requiring paperwork at the port to be completed.

In many cases the plywood deck will pay for itself in the first few shipments for damage claims alone.