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Skids / Fab Shops

Equipment: Skids and Fab Shops. Skids, also called pallets, are flat transport structures that support goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift truck, a pallet jack, or other jacking device. A pallet is the foundation of a unit load design, which can be as simple as placing the goods on a pallet, and securing them with straps or stretch-wrapped plastic film. Fab Shops, fabrication shops, are fixed or portable facilities stocked with equipment and supplies required to maintain, repair, duplicate, or create components required for systems operation. The equipment stocked depends upon the process being serviced.

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SKIDS/PALLETS: Size and description, Schematic drawing with dimensions and component placement, Length x width x thickness of top deck and bottom deck and stringer (block) and stringer board, Number of components, Nail specification, Number of nails per connection, Quality of nails, Tolerances for pallet size and component sizes, Allowable lumber species, Minimum lumber grades, Moisture content of lumber, Load weight requirements, Maximum pallet deflection, Pallet durability, Equipment capability (rackable/conveyable/forklift and pallet jack entry), Destination (domestic or international), Markings, Manufacturer member of National Wooden Pallet and Container Association, Construction according to Uniform Standard for Wood Pallets (NWPCA) available at www.nwpca.com/IndustryStandardsSpecifications/UniformStandardforWoodPallets.pdf; FAB SHOPS: Bid, Project record, Capabilities: Engineering, Steel detailing, CNC machine programming, Raw materials sourcing, Cutting and burning, Forming, Machining, Welding, Final assembly, Specialty processes, Higher level specializations such as electrical or hydraulics or prototyping or sub-contract manufacturing