The essential equipment for manual palletising | RAJA

Large warehouses with large budgets and a large surface area choose to use a stretch wrapping machine to palletise their goods, but many others continue to palletise by hand.Palletising goods by hand is often not a simple task for the order pickers. It is an arduous task that requires a great deal of physical effort and no step should be overlooked. To make life easier for the order pickers and to increase the rate of manual palletising, you need to have the right equipment. That’s good news: we’ve thought of you, and have put together a list of the various elements that enable you to palletise by hand, with the minimum of physical effort, and with the best possible end result.

• The ideal boxes for manual palletising
• Tools for strapping the pallet
• Tools for filming a logistics pallet
• Tools to protect the pallet

the ideal boxes for manual palletising

Strong and stable pallets require suitable boxes palletisable cardboard boxestake into account

• The maximum weight that each of your boxes should be able to support, to choose the right flute
• The final size of your pallet, to choose the size of the different cardboard boxes to be integrated into the pallet, and thus limit the empty space in the pallet.

if you are not sure which size and type of pallet to choose for your goods, please consult our special guide on the subject, which will help you to make an informed choice, at the right price and according to your real needs.If you are looking for maximum stability, don’t hesitate to bring along cardboard boxesa pallet boxin cardboard, and at the exact size of the pallet you have chosen, it will allow you to respect the maximum dimensions of your pallet, and thus optimise the space your goods will take up inside. cta id=’305dc7f4-65c2-4d8a-b07c-3d6814881961′]

Tools for strapping the pallet

Have you finished preparing your logistic pallet? Prepare to strap your pallet, to stabilise the different cardboard boxes that make it up. You will then use strapping.Several tools may be possible to strap the pallet, according to your budget and your logistic needs

• A manual strapping machine allows you to tighten the pallet so that it does not open. It is recommended when you have very few pallets to strap on a daily basis, as it requires a certain effort from the operators.
• A manual strapping machine is of interest for smaller budgets, in warehouses that do a lot of manual palletising, as it allows the operator to join the two ends of the strap and secure them, using a strapping yoke.
• The semi-automatic strapping machine will be of interest to those with a small budget who palletise a lot and often, as it reduces the risk of RSI for operators and increases the speed of strapping.

Tools for strapping a logistics pallet

Once your pallet has been strapped, make sure you have all the equipment you need to strap it securely. Wrapping, stretch film: the choice is wide, but remember these two simple rules for simplified manual palletising

• Cast filmis suitable for most palletising requirements in companies. It is quiet, strong and transparent and is suitable for pallets of all sizes.
• Pre-stretched blown filmit can be a good idea if you are preparing medium-weight pallets with low-profile corners. Its great advantage is that it is half the thickness, allowing effortless manual palletising.

to make life even easier for your order pickers, equip their workstations with a film wrappera stretch film dispenserit allows you to film the pallets by improving the operator’s posture during the task, and the final result is only improved.Need to film a large number of pallets in record time? Opt for a polyethylene (PE) shrink film combined with a shrink gun. Once the film has been placed on your pallet, your operator only needs to activate the gun securely to film the goods in no time.Spacers improve the stability of the pallet or pallet box. Often used in large-scale distribution and industry.

Tools to protect the pallet

Make sure that you also get the necessary material to protect your logistics pallets from shocks and bad weather. Two elements will be essential for this

• The pallet coverthe pallet can be wrapped in a plastic bag, which protects the top of the pallet from the weather and dust after wrapping.
• Corner protectorsit also has the added advantage of being able to protect the corners of your pallets from bumps and reduce damage caused by the tightening of the straps.

homogeneous, stable, protected and secure, your hand-prepared pallets are now ready to be stored or dispatched with complete peace of mind