Are you worried about the possible damage to your heavy products during the transit process? It’s a real challenge that required a thorough analysis of the product journey. Usually, heavier shipments need machinery to load and unload for switching between different trucks until they arrived at their final destination. You need to create a packaging strategy by keeping the whole process of product handling as a focus point. It will help you to mitigate the high probability of damage and increase product safety in reverse.
Let’s dig more to find out the incredible ways of packing and shipping your goods more efficiently so you could transfer your products safely.
When you select the pallet for your products, make sure that they must strong enough to withstand the stress during lifting. For instance, a standard pallet that is of the size of 48”x40” with a thickness of 5/8″ can hold a weight of around 4,600 lbs (2086 kg). Use the pallets for your product that has a higher weight holding capacity than the weight of the products.
The durability and strength of the packaging play an integral role when it comes to safely transit your product. You can vary the thickness of the corrugated boxes to get the required strength that you need for your products. As packaging boxes are going to be stacked on one another so choose the right thickness of the corrugated packaging boxes that could hold on to their position after stacking.
Don’t leave any voids in the packaging because it will make your product roll inside the boxes so the chances of a product damaging become higher. However, filing the voids carefully with void fillers and placing your product carefully in the center of the boxes that will provide a compressed form of packaging where heavier items don’t move at all and remain safe.
You can also use an additional box and slip the packaging boxes inside them while filling all the space around the main internal box. The additional boxes will provide an extra layer and act as a shield against external forces. In a case when the external force is higher, the only packaging that will be damaged will be the external or additional boxes.
It will be a great disaster if your product opens during the transit process. Seal the heavy item with fiberglass reinforced water activates tape that will keep your packaging boxes close. You can also use hot melt thermos plastic adhesives for the same purpose.
Pack the heavy time in parts, if it’s something mechanical rather than packaging it in one box. It will keep the boxes lighter so their handling will become much easier as compared to heavier boxes. In case of mishap, almost your whole product will be safe, only a specific part will damage that’s easy to replace.
It’s important to perform a quality check after you complete your packing process. It could be in the form of shaking the boxes to obtain surety about the product that doesn’t move inside the boxes. When you hear the rattling sound, you need to reopen the fix the problem properly.
You can overcome the challenges of shipping heavy items, when you create a packaging strategy according to the journey of the product. It starts with selecting the right pallet by taking product weight into consideration. If your product is more fragile, you can use additional boxes and fill the voids so the product doesn’t move inside the packaging boxes.