Where it is
On the steel spacers of the EPAL 7 half pallet, in place of branded wooden blocks.
What it proves
That the EPAL 7 half pallet comes from the EPAL system; read it with the control staple.
In detail
The EPAL 7 is built differently from every other flat pallet in the EPAL range. EPAL lists 13 boards, 42 nails, only 3 wooden blocks, 6 steel angle brackets 3 mm thick and 21 tubular rivets, plus a plastic block. Because there are fewer branded wooden blocks to carry the trademark, EPAL's marking list for this pallet describes items 1 and 2 as steel spacers bearing the embossed markings of the European Pallet Association.
That matters when you are sorting mixed half pallets on a dock. An 800 × 600 mm half pallet with no branded wooden blocks is not automatically a generic one: look at the metal parts. If the spacers carry the embossed mark and the pallet also has the IPPC mark and a control staple, you are most likely looking at an EPAL 7. If the spacers are blank, treat it as an unbranded half pallet until a licensed party says otherwise.
The IPPC treatment mark, licence number with year and month, and the control staple still sit on wood, just as on the EPAL 6.
Common misreadings
- Do not confuse the EPAL 7 (800 × 600 mm, 163 mm high) with 600 × 400 mm quarter pallets. EPAL lists the EPAL 7 as 800 × 600 mm.