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FOR STA N D AR D I Z AT I ON
I NT ERN AT I ON A L O RG A N I2 AT I O N
IS0 RECOMMENDATION
R 198
DOUBLE-DECK FLAT PALLETS
FOR THROUGH TRANSIT OF GOODS
1st ED IT1 ON
May 1961
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BRIEF HISTORY
The IS0 Recommendation R 198, Double-Deck Flat Pallets for tlzrougli Transit qf
Goods, was drawn up by Technical Committee ISOiTC 51, Pallets for Unit Load Method
of Materials Handling, the Secretariat of which is held by the British Standards Institution
(B.S.I.).
Work on this question by the Technical Committee began in 1952 and led, in 1954, to
the adoption of a first Draft IS0 Recommendation, dealing with two pallet sizes. This
was circulated, in May 1954, to all the
first Draft IS0 Recommendation (No. 42)
IS0 Member Bodies for enquiry.
However, during its third meeting, held in Stockholm in June 1955, the Technical
Committee decided to complete the Draft so as to include a third pallet size, as well as the
specifications concerning the construction details of the pallets in question. In November
1959, the Draft thus completed was circulated to all the IS0 Member Bodies as a Second
Draft IS0 Recommendation (No. 42) and was approved, subject to some editorial amend-
ments, by the following Member Bodies:
Austria Ireland Romania
Belgium Italy Spain
Chile Netherlands Sweden
Czechoslovakia New Zealand Switzerland
Denmark Norway United Kingdom
France Poland U.S.S.R.
Greece Portugal
One Member Body opposed the approval of the Draft: Germany.
The Draft IS0 Recommendation was then submitted by correspondence to the 1SO
Council, which decided, in May 1961, to accept it as an IS0 RECOMMENDATION.
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iSO/R 198-1961 (E) B
IS0 Recommendation R 198 May 1961
DOUBLE-DECK FLAT PALLETS
FOR THROUGH TRANSIT OF GOODS
Throughout this IS0 Recommendation, dimensions are given both in inches and in millimetres.
The dimensions in millimetres and in inches are considered to be " corresponding values ".
although some of these are not exactly equivalent.
1. The nominal sizes of flat pallets for general purposes are as follows:
TABLE I.-Nominal sizes
32 x 48 800 x 1200
40 x 48 loo0 x 1200
32 x 40 800 x 1000
2. The actual overall sizes of the decks of these pallets, which are equal to the nominal
.
sizes given under clause 1, and their tolerances are indicated in Table II below :
TABLE II.-Actual overall sizes
Nominal dimensions
of the pallets
These tolerances should be regarded as extreme li
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