UPS was Re: Need Burroughs Tape Spec's

From: Sridhar the POWERful <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Wed Apr 17 01:29:10 2002

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> 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.

Actually, you want noncompressible foam so that it doesn't get compressed,
making empty space into which your equipment can fall. The main reason
why newspaper is a bad packing material. You want something that will
absorb shock *without* compressing.

Peace... Sridhar

> 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.
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> > Peace... Sridhar
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Received on Wed Apr 17 2002 - 01:29:10 BST