I have never seen a cardboard pallet. If it's in the shape of a "normal" pallet that being the air spaces and radiant feedback then I'd say at least treat like pallets. Now you say encapsulated so that is another issue. Sounds like one should treat like exposed plastics maybe. The only other thing that comes to mind is does the cardboard delaminate under fire and the glue. If so may be worse than wood or plastic pallets i.e. rolled paper. Perhaps you are really outside the standard? Got a match then? Field testing - outside of course.
Chris Cahill, P.E. Fire Protection Engineer Sentry Fire Protection, Inc. 763-658-4483 763-658-4921 fax Email: [email protected] Mail: P.O. Box 69 Waverly, MN 55390 Location: 4439 Hwy 12 SW Waverly, MN 55390 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Brooks Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Cardboard Pallets Would a stock of encapsulated cardboard pallets be a stored Class III commodity or are they considered idle pallets? In other words, is a pallet always "idle" no matter how it is configured? Are cardboard pallets the same as wood pallets for NFPA 13 application? Bill Brooks William N. Brooks, P.E. Brooks Fire Protection Engineering Inc. 372 Wilett Drive Severna Park, MD 21146-1904 410-544-3620 410-544-3032 FAX 412-400-6528 Cell _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
