How Many Blanks per Lift?
Enter a blank and the most your dock can handle, up to our 5,000 lb production lift limit. See how many pieces fit on each lift, what it weighs, how tall it stands and how many lifts the order takes.
How It's Calculated
- One blank
- area × gauge × 0.2836 lb per cubic inch
- Pieces by weight
- ⌊(lift limit − pallet weight) ÷ one blank⌋
- Pieces by height
- ⌊(height limit − pallet height) ÷ gauge⌋
- Pieces per lift
- the smaller of the two
- Lifts per truck
- the smaller of ⌊truck load ÷ lift weight⌋ and the lifts that fit on a 636 × 102 in deck
Related: How Blanks Are Packed · Value-Added Services
Questions About Lifts
What is a lift of steel blanks?
A lift is one stack of blanks on a pallet or skid, capped and strapped so it can be moved by forklift and shipped as a unit. How many blanks go on each lift is set by the weight the customer's dock and racks can handle and how tall the stack can safely be.
Why limit how much a lift weighs?
Forklifts, cranes, racks and press-line feeders all have a rated load. A lift heavier than the receiving plant can handle has to be broken down by hand, so the weight limit usually comes from the customer's equipment, not from ours.
Is weight or height usually the limit?
For heavy gauges and large blanks, weight runs out first. For thin, small blanks the stack gets too tall before it gets too heavy. The calculator shows which one is limiting your lift.
How many lifts fit on a truck?
A flatbed's legal load in the United States is typically around 48,000 lb, so steel usually fills a truck by weight long before it fills the deck. Light, bulky lifts can run out of floor space first. Set the truck load to what your carrier allows.