Article | REF: AG7301 V1

Pallets, crates, containers, bins - Plastic materials

Author: Louis RANOUX

Publication date: October 10, 2002

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4. Handling bins

Injection molding is the manufacturing technique most widely used for this material. It makes it easy to obtain worked shapes, and in a single operation produces a product at very high output rates.

4.1 Definitions and overall structure

The container may or may not have the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. It may or may not be hermetically sealed, and its walls may be solid or perforated. It is designed to receive a variety of loads, and can be used for manual or automatic handling. Its dimensions and performance depend on its use: while a bin designed to be handled by one or two people by hand is not usually designed to hold more than around 40 kg, some bins used on automatic systems are capable of holding more than...

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