A Comparison of Hand Nailed, Machine Nailed, and Airgun Nailed Pallet Joints

摘要

The paper compares the effects of hand nailing, machine nailing and air gun nailing on the delayed joint separation resistance of pallet joints nailed up in both the green and kiln dried conditions. It was found that the maximum applied load to failure was increased among the joints constructed by air gun nailing and that a greater amount of nail pullout and nail head pullthrough occurred among those samples nailed up in the green condition.