BS EN ISO 8611-3:2012

What is ISO 8611-3 –– Materials handling pallets about?   

The forces to which pallets are exposed during use vary significantly. Pallets intended for handling goods in racking and stacking are tested. For the determination of bending stiffness, use the test for the forklifting test and use test for the stacking test as given in ISO 8611-1 using the payload.  
ISO 8611 series discusses standards for flat pallets for materials handling . ISO 8611-3 describes tests for determining maximum working loads for known payloads. These tests help the pallet designer to establish an initial acceptable balance between the cost and the performance of a pallet design. It is intended that all results of tests performed using this protocol be confirmed ...