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SKID PLATFORM [1 record]

Record 1 2006-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Storage
  • Materials Handling
DEF

A low platform of wood or metal mounted on wheels, legs, runners, or combinations thereof on which material is mounted for handling and moving (as by a fork truck).

CONT

A skid platform has a deck surface and two runners, while a pallet has a deck and a bottom surface that is stackable. If a skid is to be stacked, it has to be placed in a storage rack. In general, a platform truck is used on skids and a fork truck is used on pallets.

OBS

There is a close similarity between skids and certain types of pallets. Skids, however, are not normally intended for stacking.

OBS

stillage: term standardized by the British Standards Institution and by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage
  • Manutention
DEF

Plateau de bois ou de métal utilisé pour déposer ou grouper des marchandises ou des objets, et muni de pieds permettant d'introduire par en dessous un chariot élévateur, en vue de son déplacement [...]

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

plate-forme : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR; plateau : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • plateforme

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Almacenaje de materiales
  • Manipulación de materiales
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