Table 3 The comparison of stored onion amounts in cold packinghouse between the developed wire-steel pallets and a practice pallet. Amount of stored onion is based on the volume of 165 m2 (13 m×11 m)

Division Type Ⅰ (A) Type Ⅱ (B) Type Ⅲ (C) Practice pallet
1,200×1,000×950 1,100×1,100×1,100 1,600×1,000×1,300 1,350×1,200×1,700
Loading layers 5 5 4 3
Quantity (EA) 440 400 288 168
Weight of onions (kg/EA) 500 560 850 1,200
Total amount of onion (kg/volumn unit) 220,000 224,000 244,800 201,600