Pallet Cages
HERMEQ pallet cages are steel wire mesh containers for storing and moving materials on jobsites and in warehouses. The open mesh walls keep the contents in view and let air through. The range includes cages that stack when loaded and models that fold flat when empty, in galvanized, zinc-plated and painted finishes.
The cages are used in logistics, retail, manufacturing and construction. Alongside collapsible and rigid wire containers, HERMEQ supplies goods carrying cages with crane lugs and a lockable forklift crate for moving loose, non-palletized or high-value loads around a site.
Collapsible, rigid and crane-lift wire mesh pallet cages
The range divides into wire containers handled by forklift or pallet jack, and heavier goods cages and crates built with lugs or lifting eyes for a crane hook.
Collapsible wire containers
Collapsible wire containers fold flat when empty. The heavy duty collapsible pallet cage takes dense loads such as tools, surplus stock and demolition debris, and the collapsible wire mesh pallet cage covers lighter parts, gear and boxed material. Both stack when open, so loaded cages use the height of a store or yard.
Rigid wire containers
Rigid wire containers keep a fixed steel frame and stay assembled. The rigid steel mesh containers with drop-front doors come in several sizes, from small parts bins up to pallet-sized cages, each with a choice of door. The stackable mesh bin is a plain fixed cage for bulky fittings and materials on site or in a yard.
Gitterbox containers
A gitterbox is the European pattern of mesh pallet box, with mesh walls on a corrugated steel deck, stacking feet and a half-drop front gate for picking. The rigid gitterbox container carries the heavier load of the two and stays stacked in a warehouse or factory. The folding gitterbox keeps the same deck and gate and folds down. It is built for operations that send gitterboxes out to suppliers or other sites and need the empties back.
Crane-lift goods carrying cages
Goods carrying cages are heavy steel cages with crane lugs and fork pockets, used to lift loose, non-palletized materials to the upper floors of a multi-level site. The crane-lift goods carrying cages have mesh sides, so tools, cable and parts stay visible and contained on the lift. The heavy duty goods carrying cage with ramp adds double-length versions with a ramp on the long or short side, so wheeled loads roll in and out without a second lift.
Lockable forklift crates
The lockable forklift crate is an enclosed steel crate for high-value equipment, test kits and tools that move between sites or stay in a yard. It lifts by forklift or by crane from its lifting eyes.
Collapsible vs rigid wire containers
The decision turns on what happens to a cage once it is empty. Collapsible containers make sense when empties travel back on a truck or sit in storage between jobs. Folded heights across the range run from 7.9 in to 13.8 in, so several empties stand in the height of one open cage and a return load takes a fraction of the truck space. Rigid containers suit cages that stay loaded in one place and are stacked and picked from week after week. Their fixed frame has no walls to raise and secure before each load, and the rigid models come with the widest choice of door formats.
Some operations need both a picking door and a cage that folds. The folding wire containers combine a full panel drop with a collapsible frame, and the folding gitterbox pairs a half-drop gate with a frame that folds down.
Pallet cages for warehouse, jobsite and event storage
Warehouse parts and overflow stock
In a warehouse or stockroom, the mesh walls let stock be counted and checked without unloading the cage. Stacked cages put overflow stock, returns and spare parts into height that would otherwise go unused. Match the mesh opening to the smallest item stored, and line the cage with a carton or tote where small parts could pass through. The zinc-plated stackable pallet cage is a general-purpose cage for this work.
Jobsite materials, fasteners and debris
On a jobsite, mesh cages stage fasteners, cable, pipe fittings and surplus material close to the work. They also hold irregular items that will not stay put on an open pallet. Demolition debris collected in a cage goes to the dumpster by forklift in one lift.
Event and production gear
Event and production crews use cages to stage cable, pipework, staging parts and AV cases between load-in and load-out. The foldable stackable pallet cage packs down once the show is struck, so the empty cages return on the same truck as the rest of the equipment.
Steel pallet cage load ratings, handling and fit
Load rating
Ratings across the range run from 1,320 lb for the lighter folding and rigid mesh containers up to 6,600 lb for the largest goods carrying cage. Choose on the heaviest load the cage will carry. Weigh dense items such as fasteners, fittings and steel parts, because a cage of small hardware reaches its rating long before it looks full. For dense loads in a cage that still folds, the heavy duty collapsible wire container has the highest rating among the collapsible models.
Forklift, pallet jack or crane
Every cage in the range moves by forklift, and the wire containers are also handled by pallet jack on a level floor. Only the goods carrying cages and the forklift crate have crane lugs or lifting eyes, so they are the only cages to rig to a crane hook.
Door and access
A cage that is picked from while it sits in a stack needs a front door, because the cage above closes off the top. A half drop front gives reach into a stacked cage and keeps the lower part of the load contained. A full panel drop opens the whole front for bulky or long items. Full sides suit cages that are loaded once from above and emptied in one go. A top opening with front doors, as on the forklift crate, suits loads placed by crane or hoist and removed at ground level.
Footprint and fit
Check the footprint against the racking bays, the truck bed and the pallets already in use, so cages share aisles and rack beams with the rest of the stock without overhang. Many of the wire containers are built on pallet-sized bases. The double-length goods carrying cages need a longer truck bed and a crane with the capacity at radius for the full loaded weight.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A pallet cage is a steel container with mesh walls and a forklift-ready base, used to store and move loose, bulky or irregular items as one unit. The same product is sold as a cage pallet, wire container, wire mesh container or metal pallet box. Folding versions are usually called collapsible wire containers.
The cages in this range do not need one. Each is a complete steel container with its own base and goes straight onto the forks. Pallet collars and retention units that fit over a wooden pallet are a different product.
Once the cage is empty, the hinged mesh walls fold inward onto the base, with the front panel lowered first and the sides after it. This leaves a flat frame that stacks with other folded cages of the same model. To set one up, the walls are raised and secured upright before the cage is loaded or stacked.
Several models in the range, including the collapsible wire mesh pallet cages and the stackable mesh bin, stack up to four high, and each product page gives the limit for its model. Stack only cages of the same model on a level, firm floor. Put the heaviest loads at the bottom and make sure every cage is seated in the one below.
The forklift crate is the cage in the range that is made to lock. Its full-width doors and top opening close over the contents, so equipment stays secure in a yard or in transit. The wire containers are built for open access and visible stock.
The galvanized, zinc-plated and zinc-coated cages in the range are listed for indoor and outdoor use, and the heavy duty goods carrying cages are painted for weather resistance. Outdoors, set cages on firm, drained ground so the base does not stand in water. Keep loads that must stay dry under cover, since mesh walls do not keep out rain.