UPS was Re: Need Burroughs Tape Spec's

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Tue Apr 16 23:57:58 2002

They have conveyors that go way up high in some of there distribution
centers. If something heavy falls off, it's toast. Also,
noncompressible isn't all that great. You need some compression to
absorb the shock.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Sridhar the POWERful wrote:
> I once had shipped by UPS a 27" Trinitron monitor. It was heavy. It was
> double boxed, with 8" of noncompressible spray-foam between the two boxes,
> and another 3" of rigid foam between the inner box and the monitor itself.
> The monitor was shattered. They must have dropped it from several feet up
> in the air.
>
> Peace... Sridhar
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Received on Tue Apr 16 2002 - 23:57:58 BST