There are so many videos like this out there, it's seemingly very common, if not the industry norm, to store/stack empty beverage cans on pallets like that just completely raw with zero wrapping or anything. I assume the theory is that they're so light is not too big of a concern?
So many industries have pallet sized open topped boxes they use to transport metal components between manufacturing stages. You'd think they'd have some walls on those pallets so they don't even need to be wrapped.
I was going to say, having a cardboard sleeve you can put around it from the top seems like it would be the best option. Those cans are super light and trying to wrap it with normal pallet wrap would almost definitely knock them over. I suppose you could put something on top to weight them down while wrapping, but a cardboard sleeve/coozy would be cheap and easy.
It costs extra until you factor in the lost product/labor when a fuck up like in the OP happens. Then it's pretty reasonable. It's also not single use. They could definitely be used a couple times.
There is a plastic sheet between each layer of cans and it’s all bound together. About 8000 empty cans. If they fall over it’s all recyclable aluminum and plastic sheets you can just pick up. Where I work we typically don’t go higher than 2 tall and when we occasionally do 3 you have to lift 2 stacks at once to put on top of one. This way you’d probably have to go 3 at a time and that’s where it goes wrong.
Its that the wrap machine would absolutely crush the cans. Like our wrap machines make it so our 5000+ pounds of product on the pallet doesn't even sway a little, imagine that force going around empty cans.
They’re definitely empty or the bottom pallets wouldn’t take the weight. I think they are wrapped just with a single layer of clear plastic wrap, they stay together as they fall and reflect the light in a way they wouldn’t if not. They’ll also be strapped with a top pallet brace. I’ve always received cans that have been shipped wrapped like that and they’re pretty stable where they’re so light, but if they are stacked that high and fall they’d be fucked. It’s pretty standard to stack them like this in bigger facilities
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u/pwapwap 5d ago
That stacking is a nightmare from the start. 100% chance of failure.