Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Fletcher, Ron
We have an existing building with Viking large drop heads at .45/2000. Storage is being changed to 18 ft high Group A unexpanded plastic. 40 oz cups nested inside each other, shrink wrapped on four sides, cardboard over the top on pallets on the floor, 32 ft. roof, no racks. We want to add a pump

RE: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread art
unexpanded plastic We have an existing building with Viking large drop heads at .45/2000. Storage is being changed to 18 ft high Group A unexpanded plastic. 40 oz cups nested inside each other, shrink wrapped on four sides, cardboard over the top on pallets on the floor, 32 ft. roof, no racks. We

RE: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Craig.Prahl
By definition I could consider this unstable as you described no actual container, just the cups encapsulated in plastic holding up the next pallet. When heated, they are going to change shape and could potentially collapse the stack. Honestly don't see a way to get around not changing the

RE: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Fletcher, Ron
I should have said 15 @ 22 psi. Ron -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:37 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Exposed unexpanded plastic By definition I could consider

Re: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Joe Hankins
How are foam cups not an expanded plastic? Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By definition I could consider this unstable as you described no actual container, just the cups encapsulated in plastic holding up the next pallet. When heated, they are going to change shape and could potentially

RE: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Fletcher, Ron
Expanded = foamed or cellular, the cups are hard plastic not polystyrene. Ron -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Hankins Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:13 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Exposed unexpanded plastic

RE: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Craig.Prahl
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fletcher, Ron Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:20 PM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: RE: Exposed unexpanded plastic Expanded = foamed or cellular, the cups are hard plastic not polystyrene. Ron -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Craig.Prahl
Subject: Re: Exposed unexpanded plastic How are foam cups not an expanded plastic? Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By definition I could consider this unstable as you described no actual container, just the cups encapsulated in plastic holding up the next pallet. When heated, they are going

Re: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Joe Hankins
To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Exposed unexpanded plastic How are foam cups not an expanded plastic? Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By definition I could consider this unstable as you described no actual container, just the cups encapsulated in plastic holding up the next

Re: Exposed unexpanded plastic

2008-05-08 Thread Thom McMahon
] To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:34 PM Subject: Re: Exposed unexpanded plastic Sorry, I misread the original post - thought it said foam cups. Solid plastic cups are, in fact, the standard commodity used for unexpanded plastic protection development