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There's No Gamble With Metaldice.wmf (2966 bytes)

When comparing metal and wood pallets there is virtually no contest. METAL PALLET designed as an alternative to wood and plastic pallets to advance and solve problems with modern manufacturing methods. Business is a serious game and profits and losses are determined according to the methods you presently use to operate your business.

Studies and comparisons have been made and the results in every category are unanimously in favor of METAL PALLETS. But don't take our word for it. Compare for yourself the advantages of METAL PALLETS over wood and plastic pallets. And you will decide as many other companies have, to use METAL PALLETS. We want to reduce your overhead and increase you profits. International Metal Pallet Co. "Better than Wood" has developed a product to eliminate the gamble and change your conventional warehousing methods into cost savings values for your operation.

METAL

WOOD

PLASTIC

SAFTEY
EXCELLENT
* Seldom Breaks
* Hard to Contaminate
* Easy to Decontaminate
 POOR
* Causes Splinters
* Breaks Easily
* Nails Protrude
* Will Contaminate Easily
* Hard to Decontaminate
 GOOD
* Breaks Moderately
* Will Contaminate Moderately
* Fairly East to Decontaminate
REPAIR
EXCELLENT
* 15 Year Guarantee
 GOOD
* Basically Inexpensive
 POOR
* Non-Existent at this time
WITH ASRS EQUIPMENT
EXCELLENT
* Works well with Conveyors Systems
 POOR
* Racks Out of Square
* Pieces Jam Moving Parts of High Priced Equipment
 FAIR
*Plastic Gets Chewed up by Chain Conveyors
DESIGN FLEXIBILITY
EXCELLENT
* Easy to Make Different Sizes and Shapes
 GOOD
* Easy to Make Different Sizes and Shapes
 POOR
* Very Costly to Make
* Dyes for New Models Normally limited to Existing Models(Dyes)
CLEANLINESS
EXCELLENT
* Excellent for all Clean Room Application
 POOR
* Due to high Breakage, Hard to Keep Warehouses Clean of Splinters and Pieces of Wood, Harbors Bugs, Fungus, Spores and Other Contaminates. Should not be Used in Clean Room Situations.
 GOOD
* Good for Some Clean Room Applications
FIRE
EXCELLENT
* Gets Hot		 POOR
* Adds to Fire
 POOR
* Adds to Fire
* Gives off Toxic Fumes
CLIMATE
EXCELLENT
* Cold-No Change
* Mild-No Change
* Hot-Becomes Hot
 GOOD
* Cold-Stiffens
* Mild-No Change
* Hot-No Change
 POOR
* Cold-Becomes Brittle
* Mild-No Change
* Hot-Becomes Soft
* Direct Sun-Loses Oil and Becomes Brittle

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