WHAT IS A SLIP SHEET?

WHAT IS A SLIP SHEET?

A slip sheet is a thin, pallet-sized sheet made from laminated heavy-duty paperboard, durable plastic, or corrugated fiberboard. Lixiang Packaging Slip sheets are several inches longer and wider than a standard pallet to allow a push-pull forklift attachment gripper to grab the sheet.

Slip sheets offer some key benefits compared to pallets:

• Much lower material cost – a slip sheet can cost 10% of the price of a pallet.

• Lower transportation cost – a slip sheet weighs 5% of the weight of a pallet and eliminates 4” of height, resulting in a considerable saving in transportation costs.

• Space-saving –  ship sheets require less storage space leaving more room for inventory

• Environmentally friendly –  you can easily reuse, recycle and safely discard slip sheets at the end of their life cycle. Slip sheets also create less demand on landfills than pallets. On the other hand, pallets take up more space and need to be returned and repaired if damaged. They must also be disposed of properly at the end of their useful life.

• Less susceptible to contamination – Pallets can become contaminated with spilled product, compromising their reuse. They are also the ideal nesting spots for insects and rodents.  A contaminated slip sheet can just be discarded or recycled.