Most companies spend a lot of effort on the planning of their product build, but often, once the product is ready to ship, businesses seem to forget about the shipping and just assume that the job is done. Unfortunately, the customer is not satisfied until they have the product in...
If you work for or are associated with a maintenance department, then you probably work on some sort of preventative maintenance program. Total Productive Maintenance is a step up from preventative maintenance. The lowest level of maintenance is “wait until something breaks”. While initially it seems to require the least...
Why can’t things be the way it was 30 - 40 years ago? Manufacturing jobs were abundant, wages and benefits were great! Unions had long term, safe contracts and layoffs were minimal. There seem to be many ideas floating around out there blaming corporate greed, poor taxation policies, NAFTA etc,...
J.C. Younger manufactures and refurbishes industrial chillers. They sell or rent chillers of different sizes and capacities for a variety of industrial applications and ship them to all parts of the US. Transporting chillers to the customer destination has been an issue as 20 % of shipments were sustaining some...
Long term storage can present a number of challenges for electro-mechanical systems such as aircraft or vehicles. Even under the most ideal storage circumstances, moisture will permeate into just about anything and ultimately cause problems. Often times with larger objects, outside storage is required.For Engines, one needs to consider moisture...
Most of our major allies are peace loving societies where going to war or conducting any major military action is the last thing that a nation wants. Yet most of these countries have substantial military assets that with good fortune will never be used in action. While having military assets...
Polyethylene resin, a major component of several types of plastic that Packnet purchases, has been increasing in cost throughout 2013. In September, prices for the resin jumped 5 cents per pound. They have increased a total 16 cents per pound since the first of the year.Several manufacturers of plastic products...
ShockWatch™ has introduced a new product called “ShockWatch 2”. Packnet is a distributor of ShockWatch™ products, which are monitoring and detection solutions for impact, tilt, temperature, vibration and humidity. These products may be single use or reusable indicators set at various thresh hold levels. ShockWatch 2 indicators help assign...
VpCI stands for Vapor Phase Corrosion Inhibitors; it comprises a unique family of corrosion protection products made by Cortec. The generic name for VpCI is VCI which stands for Volatile Corrosion Inhibitors. VpCI molecules react with metal in a way that prevents corrosion; it forms a thin barrier on the...
When shipping metal products overseas, one must consider the possibility of product corrosion. Corrosion is a chemical reaction that occurs when a metal surface is exposed to an electrolyte and moisture (and oxygen). Electrolytes are substances that carry free ions such as acids, bases or salts. The higher the level...
