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OTHER REFERENCES 



Chapter 22 



Readers needing additional information on pallet design, performance, and 

 specifications are referred to the bibliographic listings ^^ periodically published 

 by the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis. and to the series of 

 bulletins issued by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Wood 

 Research and Wood Construction Laboratory, Blacksburg, Va. 



22-8 CRATES AND CONTAINERS 



Virtually all of the growth in production of pallets and containers is attribu- 

 table to increased use of pallets; wooden crate production, while industrially 

 very important, is not expected to increase substantially (fig. 29-18AB). Produc- 

 tion of nailed wooden boxes and both tight and slack cooperage has declined 

 significandy since the advent of kraft linerboard to make strong corrugated- 

 paper boxes, and plastic, glass, and metal containers for liquids. Wire-bound 

 and nailed veneer crates continue to be made in considerable volume, but face 

 stiff competition from paper products. Veneer overlayed on both sides with kraft 

 paper, however, can strongly compete with corrugated-paper boxes for some 

 applications. This section is limited to supplying a few key references for readers 

 interested in the manufacture of crates and containers. 



M-1 20691 

 Figure 22-42. — Typical open crate. (Drawing after Anderson and Heebink 1964.) 



'*^U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1975. Forest Products Laboratory list of 

 publications on wood containers and pallets. 10 p. U.S. Dep. Agric. For. Serv., For. Prod., 

 Madison, Wis. 



