Drinks crate

As a bottle case or crate , (in Austria and southern Germany also crate or frame ; in Switzerland Harass , bairisch Tragl ), with appropriate content and beer crate or beer box is a container which the transport of beverage bottles used. Originally it was made of wood , today it is usually made of plastic , mostly HD-PE . Beverage crates are mainly used for returnable bottles , whereby a deposit is also charged for these separately according to type.

The crates commonly found in retail today are built in such a way that the lower surface engages on the surface of an identical crate when the crates are placed on top of one another. This makes the boxes stackable and suitable for transport. This property also forms the basis for the game of box stacking .

This means that they can be stacked and transported efficiently and without losing transport space on Euro pallets with a footprint of 1200 mm × 800 mm. In the format 400 mm × 300 mm, Euro pallets are loaded with 40 boxes, in the box format 300 mm × 200 mm 60 to 80 boxes are stacked on the pallet in an offset manner. A Euro pallet filled with empties weighs around 200 to 400 kg. With a full container, it can weigh between 550 and 1200 kg.

Dimensions

Mineral water boxes ("well box") for GDB glass returnable bottles ( standard well bottle ) have a base area of 353 mm × 275 mm and a height of 345 mm. 48 or 60 pieces of them are stacked on so-called well pallets with an area of 1100 mm × 1070 mm (no euro size).

Beer crates with 20 bottles of 0.5 liters each have a footprint of 400 mm × 300 mm and a height of between 260 and 300 mm, with 24 bottles of 0.33 liters they have a footprint of 400 mm × 270 mm and a height of 271 mm .
Mineral water boxes with 12 0.75 liter bottles have a base area of 355 mm × 270 mm, with 6 1.5 liter bottles a base area of 300 mm × 200 mm.
Juice crates with 6 bottles of 0.75 or 6 bottles of 1 liter and milk crates have a footprint of 300 mm × 200 mm.

Crowds

Fitted with 48 boxes of empties, a well pallet has a mass of approx. 350 kg, with 60 boxes approx. 440 kg. When loaded with full goods, the pallets have a mass of 815 to 1050 kg.