Heat Treatment

Do You Need Your Pallets to be Heat Treated?
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What is Heat Treatment ?

The heat treating process for pallets, crates, or wood products is intended to kill any living organism in the material before export.

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Why Heat Treatment ?

Shipping to countries that are a part of the United Nations, require you to have a trustworthy, heat-treatment certificate.

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How its done ?

We use World Class Italian Heat Treatment kiln ensuring ISPM-15 STANDARDS. On the kiln woods core temperature is raised to reaches 56° Celsius for 30 minutes or more.

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What is Heat Treatment ?

Heat treatment is a form of pest control for wood products. Using a kiln, wood products are heated to a core temperature that will ensure the safety and cleanliness. AE Woods here maintains an on-site kiln to treat each of our new, reconditioned or remanufactured pallets and other wood products.

HEAT-TREATED PALLETS ARE THE BEST CHOICE

Here at AE, we prefer the heat treatment method that adheres to the ISPM standards. The use of methyl bromide has negative effects on the Earth’s ozone levels and potentialy its toxic. Also, heat-treated pallets create a far safer working environment for everyone that comes in contact with the pallets.

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Why Heat Treatment ?

International Requirements

Shipping to countries that are a part of the United Nations, you’ll want to make sure you have a trustworthy, certified source for heat-treatment.

IPPC: The International Plant Protection Convention is a resolution created by the Food and Agriculture Organization with the intended aim to establish global standards for plant health. The part of this resolution that pertains to pallets is referred to as ISPM-15.

ISPM-15: This is the set of regulations that specifically refer to the standards that govern wood greater than 6millimeters that needs to be heat treated when shipping products to different countries.

ISPM 15 affects all wood packaging material (pallets, crates, dunnages, etc.).

How its done ?

The goal of heat treating is to kill bugs and any living organisms so that they won't be given a free international cruise or flight, bringing their sicknesses and diseases with them. Heat treating does not increase the strength or durability of the pallet, it only protects it from bugs.

Exemptions for Heat Treatment

  • Anything 6mm or less
  • Any wood that has been processed in a way that kills pests, like a cigar or wine box
  • Any type of wood that uses glue, veneer, or processed strand board
  • Previously heat treated pallet that has not been repaired, remanufactured, or altered in any way with a valid certification stamp
  • Corrugate, plastic, other non wood items

    • Process of Heat Treatment

  • Both new and recycled pallets / wooden product / wooden log need to be appropriately debarked. Small isolated pieces of bark are allowed if they are less than 3cm wide or with total surface area less than 50mm, which is about the size of a credit card.
  • After a pallet, crate, dunnage piece or other wooden product has been appropriately debarked, it then enters the heat treater to be heated to 56 Celsius 132.8 Farenheit for 30 minutes. Then and only then can the heat treat stamp be applied.
  • If no structural changes are made to the pallet, the pallet should be able to retain their heat treat status indefinitely.

    • Stamp elements

  • Wheat stamp: The mark of compliance is colloquially known as the "wheat stamp".
  • Country of origin: The country code is always 2 letters. Its "AE" for UAE
  • Producer / treatment provider: This is a combination of digits and or letters that uniquely identify the producer
  • Treatment Code: This is either an "HT" or "MB" marking on the material signifying whether or not the it was heat treated or methyl bromide treated

    • AE Wood Ind LLC, Heat Treatment Certification

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