Benefits
The benefits of a pallet straightener
In a pallet straightener, you press a crooked stack of empty pallets straight with your forklift. Those are the benefits of a pallet straightener: a straight, stable stack that is safer and ready for the lorry or the palletiser, with a steel frame that needs no drive.
What a pallet straightener does for you
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Straight, stable stacks
In the Palletframe, you press the stack straight with your forklift. The result: straight, stable stacks.
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A fixed place
If you leave the stack in the frame, empty pallets have one agreed place instead of being spread across the floor.
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With a forklift
You place the stack in the frame with a forklift and press it straight with the forklift. No power supply is needed.
Straight, stable stacks
A stack of empty pallets soon ends up crooked, with pallets sticking out on the left and right. A stack like that is unstable and can topple over. It also does not fit on a lorry, in an automated warehouse or in a palletiser.
A pallet straightener puts that right. You place the stack in the frame with a forklift and push it in with the forklift, which presses the stack straight. The lead-in funnel at the entry side centres the pallets as they go in. How high you stack empty pallets is set by your company in its risk assessment. How to stack empty pallets straight and stable is explained in Stacking empty pallets.
Ready for the next step
A straight stack is safer than a crooked one. You take the straight stack out of the frame and put it where it is needed: in the warehouse, directly onto the lorry, at the palletiser or on the conveyor into the automated warehouse.
A fixed place and a clear floor
Empty pallets pile up wherever goods are unpacked: at the loading bay, in the warehouse and at the production line. Without a fixed place, loose stacks appear where they do not belong, for example in a walkway or next to a traffic route.
A pallet straightener can also be that fixed place. You can leave a straight stack in the frame for a while, and several frames side by side give each type of pallet its own place. That fits the idea behind workplace methods such as 5S: a fixed place for everything. Walkways and traffic routes stay free of loose stacks.
A pallet straightener is a steel frame without any drive, electronics or controls: the forklift does the work. No power supply is needed. You can see where pallet straighteners are used under applications: in the warehouse, in outdoor storage and in transport and logistics.
Basic or Auto?
The benefits apply to every model. In both Palletframe Basic and Palletframe Auto, you press a stack of empty pallets straight with a forklift. Both are made for a pallet width of 800, 1,000 or 1,200 mm and are 2,350 mm high. The difference is at the entry side: Palletframe Auto has a deeper lead-in funnel, which makes the stack straighter.
If Basic and Auto do not offer the solution, there are the Specials: the Store S1200, the low version, and the Flat F1200, the flat frame. Every line is also available made to measure. We are happy to discuss which version suits your workplace. Describe your situation in the quote request and we will help you choose.
Frequently asked questions about the benefits
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Why use a pallet straightener instead of loose stacks?
Because in a pallet straightener you press a crooked stack straight with your forklift. A crooked stack is unstable, can topple over and does not fit on a lorry or in a palletiser; a straight stack is safer and can go on directly. You can also leave it in the frame for a while, so empty pallets have a fixed place.
What is the difference between Palletframe Basic and Palletframe Auto?
The difference is at the entry side: Palletframe Auto has a deeper lead-in funnel, which makes the stack straighter. In Palletframe Basic, the standard model, you also press the stack straight with your forklift. The benefits apply to both: a straight, stable stack, ready for the next step.
Is a pallet straightener available galvanised?
Yes. Every Palletframe is blue as standard and available in another colour or galvanised as an option, in every line and also made to measure. Let us know your choice in the quote request.
Want straight stacks of empty pallets?
Tell us which pallets you use and how many frames you need. You will receive a no-obligation quote.