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Let Me Sit Down To Get My Air
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| Hello,
Trying to pack to go to my new house:
Sorry to inturde, however ihavebeen all over the Internet with this
question,
and youare a last resort so please answer:
When wrapping an object in bubble wrap, should the bubbles
go against the object, or should the straight, flat side go against
the object . . . or: what is the object of bubble wrap?
Truly
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they
do it from RELIGIOUS CONVICTION." ~ Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) ~
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| CWatters 2006-07-18, 9:25 am |
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"Harry" <paminifarm3@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:1153184581.530098.4200@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> Trying to pack to go to my new house:
>
> Sorry to inturde, however ihavebeen all over the Internet with this
> question,
> and youare a last resort so please answer:
>
> When wrapping an object in bubble wrap, should the bubbles
> go against the object, or should the straight, flat side go against
> the object . . . or: what is the object of bubble wrap?
I don't believe it makes any difference.
Generally when designing packaging you need to decide if the object being
packed can tollerate any static loads. If it can (ex a book or similar
solid object) then you can just fill the box with chips or loose bubbles.
The bubbles provide a space around the object that can be punctured without
the object being damaged. Bubbles do not protect against static loads (eg
someone standing on the box) but they do ok with shock loads (eg being
dropped).
If the object can't carry static loads (ex glass vase) you need to design
the box to transfer any loads around the object. Just filling the box with
chips, loose bubbles or wrap is the last thing you want to do as they can
transfer external loads to the item being protected (crush damage). In such
cases the best approach is to support/suspend the object in the middle of an
empty rigid box. In these cases it might be necessary to "double" or "triple
pack" an object. In that case you can choose the same or opositestrategy for
each layer. One layer provides protection from shock loads and the other
from static/crush loads.
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