Kiln drying can also help to avoid warping and fungal growth.
Heat treated pallet symbol.
Ispm 15 markings signal to government border inspection services that a solid wood pallet or solid wood packaging has been treated with heat or methyl bromide treatment in accordance with the standard.
This pallet has been heat treated to eliminate parasites and insects.
Ispm 15 affects all wood packaging material pallets crates dunnages etc requiring that they be debarked and then heat treated or fumigated with methyl bromide and stamped or branded with a mark of compliance.
Mb db type of treatment ht heat treatment mb methyl bromide db debarked heat treated pallet stamp standards via.
The wood is heated to a minimum of 56 c 60 c for hardwoods for at least 30 minutes.
They don t treat the pallets with methyl bromide.
The heat treatment process is critical to the safety of consumers.
Our michigan kentucky indiana and ohio plants have the capacity to produce large numbers of heat treated pallets for our clients throughout the midwest.
These stamps typically include.
Kd kiln dried.
Yes your pallet should be safe it is an heat treated pallet.
Rental pallets are sometimes used for international shipping so there can be.
Only our heat treated.
Ht heat treated.
The method of sterilization by heat treatment seems like the only safe option for sterilizing wooden pallets and wood cases.
These pallets are used for domestic transport within the country and most are not chemically treated.
In the heat treatment process wpm must be heated until its internal temperature reaches 56 degrees celcius or more for 30 minutes.
Ippc symbol code of the producer or company carrying out treatments region and license de nw 49xxxx ht o.
Chemical traces from the fumigation process were found leaving a moldy smell.
Pallets with an ippc international plant protection convention stamp are used for international shipping.
There has been food and pharmaceutical industry recalls as a result of fumigation.
Colored pallets blue pallets brown pallets red pallets are controversial.
This mark of compliance is colloquially known as the wheat stamp.
Kamps pallets is certified to perform the heat treatment process necessary to be in compliance with ispm 15 or international standards for phyto sanitary measures no.
According to ispm 15 all solid wood and wood packaging materials wpm over 6 mm in thickness used for export such as wooden pallets dunnage and crating must be treated.
Rental companies own colored pallets.
These pallets have been heated in a kiln to kill off any wood pests.
Looking at the marking the left hand portion is the symbol for ippc or international plant protection convention which oversees ispm 15.
