Bob, I would not advocate packing peanuts or full enveloping bubble wrap as the mail support for anything heavy - peanuts or bubblewrap work for relatively lightweight objects, but not for heavy items. I had several years experience packing some very delicate and relatively fragile items (expensive laminate panels for display exhibits) that had to be "fork truck" capable. The one most important parameter is to support the object to be protected at the corners. As an example, you can see the foam placement on many items like LCD displays and such where there are formed corner supports, and nothing else - that is the packing method I refer to. If the object is supported at the corners, and there is open space between the sides of the enclosure (box) and the remainder of the item, it will ship well without damage.
So the ideal for heavy delicate items is to provide good support at each corner and not worry about filling the spaces in between. Actually attempts to totally support the item at all points says it will be distorted with any distortion of the outer container, while support at only the corners will allow the outer container to distort without causing damage to the item itself. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/27/2011 8:11 PM, Robert Harmon wrote: > Jim, > > Thanks for the excellent guide on packing. > I wasn't aware of the settling issue with packing peanuts, thats good to know. > I will be packing up an Alpha amplifier for shipping soon, your info is duly > noted! > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
