Custom Crates
Atlas provides crating, packaging and pallets for your shipping needs. Whether you need basic pallets or custom crates, we are ready with engineered solutions to meet your requirements.
If you are looking for resources for unique packaging, if you need experts to help with designing a way to ship your product that will protect it, look good, and save you money, this is a job for us.
We work with our customers to find their most pressing packaging issues. Looking for minimal lead-time? Need to cosolidate your many packaging suppliers down to one? Having trouble with damage to your products when shipping? We are ready with engineered custom solutions.
Custom crating is necessary if you are shipping inventory and can’t use a standard lift van. All our crates are built to each customer’s needs, but below is a sampling.
Frame Crates
Our frame crates are a protective cage about the shipped product. Frame crates are useful for allowing visibility because manufacturers, shippers, and customers can inspect the products without having to remove any lids or walls.
These are an attractive option for shipping products that are unusual shapes or sizes, and can’t be shipped bare. They also are helpful with reducing weight, waste, and cost.
Frame crates can be built as minimistically or robustly as needed.
Export crates:
For domestic or international shipping, we have you covered. Our export crates are made with a frame of heat treated dimensional lumber and plywood walls & floors. The frame provides strength and structural stability, while the plywood protects the products from accidental damage.
Our export crates can be shipped pre-assembled, or can be delivered as a knockdown kit, with the four sides & lid strapped to the pallet bottom.
Corrugated crates:
Our corrugated crates, called Ecorrcrates, are a popular option when weight and ease of assembly are a priority. Ecorrcrates can be built to any size, and assemble quickly. A single person can assemble even our largest crates in minutes.
Ecorrcrates are some of the most sustainable crating alternatives out there. They can be completely recycled with the other corrugated scrap.
The walls of the Ecorrcrates are made with alternating layers of double corrugations that run perpendicular to each other, for added strength. Wall thicknesses range from 2-ply to 4-ply.
Film Covers & Wrapping
Shipping via flatbed poses its challenges, not the least of which is exposure to the elements. Stop using that tattered tarp. Don’t spend 35 minutes and three rolls of stretch film turning it into a plastic modern art sculpture. We have the film for your needs.
Our Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor covers and films are the best option for preventing rust. VCI covers release a vapor that binds with the surface of metals and prevents oxidation reactions like rust. VCI is more effective than oil-based solutions, easier to handle, less messy, and more environmentally friendly. Our VCI products include covers, stretch films, papers, foams, and package inserts.
Machinery Skidding
If you are moving across the street or to another state, keep your equipment protected in transit. Atlas Pallets will design a custom skid or crate that will allow the machinery to be lifted safely and without damage.
If you manufacture and regularly ship heavy mechanical components, it’s often best to bolt them to the skid and assemble any crating around them. Each skid and crate is developed with our customer, and is built to their needs.