Slip Sheets & Palletless Packing

Paul HAYWARDFebruary 2011

Our collegue’s pallets….

Slip sheets are thin pallet-sized sheets made of plastic, heavy laminated kraft paperboard or corrugated fiberboard used in commercial shipping. In the US, these often replace the traditional wooden pallet. The unit load is usually stretch wrapped or shrink wrapped for stability.

What is a Slip Sheet ?

How to use a Slip Sheet ?

The slip sheet is placed on the ground, the merchandise placed on top of the slip sheet.A fork lift truck with specially adapted forks, slides it’s thin blades between the floor and the slip sheet. The merchandise is then carried to the lorry or sea container. Once the slip sheet is lowered to the floor, the blades are withdrawn from underneath whilst the hydraulic ram holds the merchandise in place.

Avantages

- A slip Sheet is 80% cheaper than a pallet

- A Slip sheet = 3% of the thickness of a pallet – up to 9m3

- A Slip Sheet is 20 times lighter than a pallet

- A Slip Sheet is Ecological (the trees stay where they belong)

- No pallet fumigation issues

Disadvantages

- The Supplier and the customer need to invest in special equipment

- Change of working method for drivers

- Complicated if the merchandise is not of a uniform shape

Dimensions 40’ HC

Door Opening Interior

Width Height Length Width Height

2340 2585 12035 2340 2679

Optimisation of loading weight

  Door Interior

P7

P8

D8

D9      

SS7

SS8

SS9

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6 – 8 cm

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AS = 8 TO BE = 8

10 – 12 cm

Optimal Bobbin DiametreThe US standard slip sheet for shipping containers is 114cm x 114cm :

Bobbins de 28 cm

4,5 kg

11520 kg

Bobbins de 22,5 cm

3 kg

12 000 kg

AS IS = 13120 kg

Slip Sheets can be made to measureWe can keep the 100 x 120 if we want to

Width of a shipping container Width of a shipping container

How to use a Slip Sheet

Uniform & Stable loads

Variable Shaped & unstable loads

How to use a Slip Sheet

Slip Sheet – Démo 1

How to use a Slip Sheet

Special Equipment Required

Cascade make a “quick change” unit that fits on to a standard truck

Types of Slip Sheets

Special ApplicationsMake to Stock - Poodle

AS IS

LCD = 320 kg

TO BE

LCD = 160 kg

Cost Savings

ROI