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NWPCA Staff
President/CEO
Brent J. McClendon, CAE, brent@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Advocacy and External Affairs
Patrick S. Atagi, patagi@palletcentral.com
Senior Director, Business Partnerships
Mark A. Barford, CAE, mbarford@palletcentral.com
PDS and Membership Services Manager
Susan Cheney, scheney@palletcentral.com
PDS Structural Engineer
Kristen DeLack PE, kdelack@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Communications
Annette Ferri, aferri@palletcentral.com
Director of Science and Technology Integration
Brad Gething, PhD, bgething@palletcentral.com
Manager, Policy and Public Affairs
Grace Johnson, gjohnson@palletcentral.com
Advisor to the President
John A. McLeod III, jmcleod@palletcentral.com
PDS Software Engineer
Kevin Richey, krichey@palletcentral.com
PDS Associate Software Engineer
George Scharps, gscharps@palletcentral.com
PDS Finite Element Analyst
Farhad Shahabi, PhD, fshahabi@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Operations and Events
Isabel ("Mimi") Sullivan, msullivan@palletcentral.com
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NWPCA Releases PDS Version 6.2
N
WPCA released the latest version of the Pallet Design System™ in
November, 2020. PDS version 6.2 makes it possible to design overlap-
base block pallets with recessed bottom decks. It also contains an important
extension to our unit load for boxes analysis capabilities. Other improvements
and new features included in PDS 6.2 include filler boards and trenched
stringer boards can be added to overlap base block pallets; interlock stacked
boxes which can be analyzed for unit loads; forklifting from the end of stringer
pallets can be analyzed when there is no stringer between the fork tines. With
this release, the PDS installer is now available in all seven languages. Funding
in part for this release is made possible by the Pallet Foundation.
Learn more about the work of the Foundation at palletfoundation.org/
projects.