Back in 2009, Dave Carroll, lead musician in a Canadian band called “Sons of Maxwell” had a bad experience on a United Airline flight connection inChicago. His expensive guitar was broken as it was being loaded onto the airplane. Dave and his band watched in horror from the airplane as...
ProAct provides 100’s of mentally disabled people opportunities for meaningful employment, social activities, education and training. These special adults can work in the facility doing light assembly work, or they can go out in the community and do various jobs such as cleaning, laundry, stocking shelves and busing tables. ProAct...
A product that is shipped internationally or stored for an extended period can be exposed to a number of elements that can cause corrosion. Most corrosion is “rust” and is formed when moisture comes in prolonged contact with a metal surface. There are other types of corrosion that are not...
What can you do if you need to protect a very large object during extended storage or during shipment across the ocean? How big is large? How about 30 ft yacht, or a tractor, or even something as large as a house? Just because a structure is extremely large doesn’t...
There are numerous issues to review when designing export crating and packaging for your product. The Height and width of your crate may the biggest determinant of shipping cost and time. For air shipments, the aircraft door sizes will determine which type of aircraft is used for your shipment. The...
Here are some definitions of terms that we commonly use in the industrial packaging area: Flute: The undulation or corrugation pressed into medium paper as used in the construction of corrugated fiberboard. Flute sizes are designated from largest to smallest as A, C, B & E flute. Flutes are classified by...
More foam isn’t always the answer to protecting your product during shipping and handling. We commonly hear the question or suggestion…”let’s use more foam”. The best approach is based upon a review of the product fragility, the amount of foam and the density of the foam. A good example of...
Is there any one universal solution that addresses all packaging needs? Obviously not; a packaging solution that works great for one product may be a complete failure for another type of product. Product size and weight, shipping methods, temperature and chemical sensitivity and many more variables affect the handling dynamics. ...
What does packaging and crating have to do with lean manufacturing? To answer that question one first must consider what lean manufacturing is. There are many tools that tend to fall under the umbrella of lean manufacturing such as 5-S work place organization, total productive maintenance, statistical process control, kan...
You have probably heard about FED EX and UPS employees getting caught on camera mishandling packages. We have provided 2 You Tube videos below for your entertainment. I think you can see that “mishandling” is an understatement. https://youtu.be/qGCdOmykOOg https://youtu.be/Z1mhz1-biEY The FED EX driver was tossing packages from inside the truck to the ground. ...