[Milsurplus] [ARC5] RAK RAL Shipping

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and  peanuts when loose are a  curse   when you unpack  the  box...  
peanuts in  bags are useful though... 
 
 
In a message dated 12/28/2017 5:53:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net writes:

 
The problem with air pack, etc., is  that the first time the unit is 
dropped, the absorbing disappears and the unit  is rattling around the box.  
Pelspan (styrofoam "peanuts") settle and  leave large gaps in the protection.






Sheets of styrofoam work very  well.  For almost 10-years, I owned the 
Motorola reconditioned equipment  center for the south-central United States.  
We used "foam in place"  which is one step better than styrofoam sheets.  
Shipments often exceeded  50-pounds and, in those 10-years, we had exactly 
1-package damaged.  That  was when UPS ran a forklift "tong" through the box!  
For crated items, we  used styrofoam sheets and there were no shipments 
damaged.






Glen,  K9STH 


Website:  http://k9sth.net




 
 
  
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 From: David Stinson  <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net;  Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 12:35  PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5]  [Milsurplus] RAK RAL Shipping


I'm sorry, guys, but I  just cannot wrap my head
around that stiff blue wallboard being  an
effective shock absorber.  I'd like to see some
valid studies on that.  Pack a radio in a box with
that stiff blue board, put an accelerometer on one
side and smack the other with a weight.  See how
much shock energy is transmitted through the box
and  therefore, through the radio.  Do the same
with the same  radio in a box more conventionally
packed and I think one would  see a lot of that
shock energy absorbed in compressing the much  more
"compressible" material like AirPack.
If it  works for you, God bless you.  I just can't
bring myself to  trust it.









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