Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.

Plasticos Tecnicos Mexicanos S.a. De C.v.

Marshall Spencer White

Alejandro Gómez Caudillo

Zhangjing Chen

Jose Ricardo Peña Zapata

Juan Pedro Baca Sänchez

William H Robinson

Jose Ricardo PEÑA Zapata

The present invention is to provide a plastic pallet with reinforcements with a great resistance to bending caused by the placing of mechanisms used for transport and storage thereof, such as those caused by racking load. Likewise, the present invention is to disclose a plastic pallet with reinforcements such as inserts, which support a larger load compared with the conventional pallets without substantially incrementing the total weight.

Reinforced plastic pallet

Insect pests can be transported around the world in wooden shipping containers. To prevent the spread of wood-borne insect pests, it is necessary to kill insects within the wood. The wood is placed in a vacuum container having a flexible wall. The flexible wall presses against the wood and enables the wood to be heated by conduction. The wood and flexible wall can to be heated by contact with ambient or heated air, for example. Desiccant or dry air can be used to increase the rate of dehydration. Insects in the wood are typically killed after losing 25-50% of their body weight by dehydration. This technique will kill beetle larvae, nematodes and other invasive and destructive insects that live inside solid wood, and is particularly applicable for rendering wood acceptable for use in pallets and other containers shipped internationally.

Killing insect pests inside wood by vacuum dehydration

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Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

Marshall Spencer White