The pallets skids of a palette are chanfreinées from both directions to facilitate the passage of the wheels of the transpallet on these boards as well in ascent as in descent.


chanfrein


If the thickness of the bottom deck is superior to 15 mm, the edges of the pallets skid should be chamfered. Indeed, to allow the passage of a transpalette, the height of the deck should not exceed 15 mm. With chamfers, the total thickness of the bottom deck should not exceed 28 mm.



  chamfer
wheel of the transpallet
wheel of the transpalette



The angle of the chamfer is generally 45 °. It can not exceed 50 °.



Decks are mostly chanfreinées 4 times: two chamfers on each side, placed on both intervals between three blocks or three stringers.

chamfer






transpallet
Palettes in 4 blocks or 4 stringers can contain 3 chamfers on each side. However, the space of blocks or stringers should correspond to the space of the forks of the transpalette.


In certain cases, to facilitate the manufacture of the palette, decks are chamfered on all their length, it avoids realizing stopped chamfers, operation which asks for a special machine with fixed chamfers.



chamfer
chamfer