PDS Version 6.8 Product Release (Dec 2023)

PDS 6.8 represents a milestone in the development of system-level unit load design tools provided by PDS.
Research sponsored by the Pallet Foundation and jointly conducted by NWPCA staff engineers and VA Tech
has led to a breakthrough in the understanding of how plastic pails buckle when subjected to stacking loads on
flexible wooden pallets. Plastic pails can now be analyzed in conjunction with the pallet to determine how highly
the loads are concentrated on individual pails and the resulting safety factor against buckling failure. This
provides an important check to ensure that plastic pails are adequately supported by the pallet and facilitates
an opportunity to optimize the pail grade specification along with the pallet design.