Crates
ICA manufactures all types of oversized and heavy-duty wooden pallets and skids in sizes to meet custom and industry specifications.
Load reliability is just a part of the solution. You need unit load planning and design coupled with cost-effective solutions plus ease of handling. Regardless of your industry or products, we know that manufacturers often need custom pallets designed with very specific and critical measurements. For most products, there just isn’t room for error. Our experienced professionals custom design and manufacture the best pallet solutions to meet your needs for domestic or international shipping. ICA manufactures all types of new and custom pallets from heavy load standard size pallets to complex skids for ultra-heavy oversized machinery. ICA can handle it all. Testing and verification are available upon request via our testing labs.
Industrial Crating and Boxes Specifications:
ICA offers a multitude of different container types; custom, open/closed, slat, collapsible/knock down, reusable/returnable, multi-material/hybrid, reusable Hardy-Built containers , highly engineered, low and high volume production.
| PPP-B-601 | Federal Specification for Lite Duty Panelboard Boxes, Wood, Cleated Plywood Crates superseded by ASTM-D-6251 but still commonly referenced. |
| PPP-B-621 | Federal Specification for Boxes, Wood, Nailed & Lock-Corner |
| ASTM-D-6251 | Standard Specification for Lite Duty Panelboard Boxes, Wood, Cleated Plywood Crates / Shipping Boxes |
| MIL-B-26195C | Military Specification – Boxes, Wood Cleated, Skidded, Load-Bearing Base. Medium Duty panelboard sheathed wood shipping containers. Primarily used for loads of less than 2500lbs. Superseded by ASTM-D-6256, but still commonly referenced. |
| ASTM-D-6256 | Medium Duty panelboard sheathed wood shipping containers. Primarily used for loads of less than 2500lbs. Capacities are based on a combination of standard specifications and common industry practices. |
| ASTM-D-6039 | Standard Specification for Wooden Shipping Crates, Wood, Open & Covered |
| MIL-B-2427 | Military Specification for Boxes, Ammunition Packing: Wood, Nailed |
| MIL-C-104 | Military Specification: Common rigid wood shipping containers / wood packing crates. Primarily used for loads of greater than 2500# / 1100K and higher than 48″ / 1200 mm. Typically will not exceed 20′ / 6000 mm in length and a width not to exceed that dictated by common transport methods. Capacities are based on a combination of standard specifications and common industry practices. Mil-C-104 was recently superseded by ASTM-D-7478, but is still commonly referenced. |
| ASTM-D-7478 | Common rigid wood shipping containers / military wooden crates. Primarily used for loads of greater than 2500# / 1100K and higher than 48″ / 1200 mm. Typically will not exceed 20′ / 6000 mm in length and a width not to exceed that dictated by common transport methods. Capacities are based on a combination of standard specifications and common industry practices. |
ICA also produces specific crate and box items for industry including:
Glass A-Frames and L-Bucks – Modular and traditional A-Frames, Assembled and knocked-down options, heavy-duty glass crates
Lift Vans – SDDC Type II Lift Vans, IATA Air Containers, Pre-Built Bulk Heads, Motorcycle Containers
Storage Vaults – 3Hi and 4HI household goods storage containers , 8’ & 10’ (single & double) sofa storage
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