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You wouldn't use injection molding for a pallet - it's too big. However compression molding is an option. It's not as accurate as injection molding, but it's si
by mbreese 12y ago
You wouldn't use injection molding for a pallet - it's too big. However compression molding is an option. It's not as accurate as injection molding, but it's significantly cheaper. Or at least it is at the scale my father-in-law works at when he makes plastic pallets :). His pallets are custom designed for a specific industry to fit in their manufacturing and logistics workflow.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoI thought about this from reading about some of the materials the architect Shigeru Ban works with. He has skinned buildings with board made from hot rolling a mix of plastic and paper from packaging waste.
- Avshalom 12y agoThe real problem is that "plastic packaging scrap" is not A) unlikely to be a single type of plastic B) unlikely to be the type of plastic you would want to use for a pallet
- lotsofmangos 12y agoPlastic export pallets are already made from low grade mixed waste.