A stretch hood as a mean to facilitate safe indoor transport of palletized goods

Abstract

Inertial forces occur during the internal transport of a pallet with palletized goods. Therefore, transport packaging must guarantee that the goods resist these destructive forces. The effectiveness of a stretch hood as a transport package is researched in this study. Firstly, it is determined if a stretch hood can be applied accordingly without it being damaged by the forks of a forklift or an AGV when being picked up. Secondly, the resistance to horizontal inertial forces during the internal transport of a stretch hooded pallet load is researched. The performed study shows that many parameters influence the sleeving process. A well‐chosen stretch hood, applied with the correct machine settings, can guarantee both minimum requirements for internal transport.