How a Simple Pallet Inverter Crossed the Sea

The Pallet inverter is different, because where by the end of the 50's most useful bits of large mechanical devices were already coming to the conclusion of their evolution and were now simply being refined, the pallet inverter was hardly on the horizon.

In fact the load turner, which had been no more than a machine that flipped over agriculture bags, was not seen in the warehouse and distribution environment for many years.

The first recognizable free-standing pallet inverter was developed in Norfolk in around 1976 built using the hydraulics salvaged from a dustcart! The concept proved very popular with ICI Fertilizers who bought at least 60 rotators for their distribution stores and factories throughout the country. The use of the machines cut their pallet losses enormously and helped to contain spillages in the warehouse.

But what is a pallet inverter and how did it cross the sea. Well it is a machine used when a pallet that has goods stacked on it needs to be removed without the goods themselves having to be unstacked and re-stacked. The idea is quite simple. A fork lift of hand truck is used to load the broken or unwanted pallet with it's load still intact into the inverter. A new pallet is then placed on top of the stack of goods and the whole lot is clamped and turned 180 degrees. This means the new pallet is now holding the weight of the stack and the old one can be removed and disposed of or used elsewhere.

It's true that pallet inverters of a type good be found in the United State but those from Norfolk were soon to cross the sea and capture the market. Premier Pallet Systems were one of the early companies to build on the need for a quality pallet inverter that didn't need replacing often. So they packed up their first machine with the love and care of sending off a loved one and so was born an international trade that has seen many hundreds of pallet inverters cross all seas to every continent and most countries in the world.

The truth is that as the developing world starts to flex its manufacturing muscle pallet inverters can be seen in countries as far from Norfolk England as Malaysia, India and Australia.

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Frank L Garsome has been writing about industrial machinery for many years. He as a particular interest in pallet inverters. He writes for the UK blog Pallet Inverters