Packaging by RICHARD W. LAHEY A u l t & Wiborg Corp. Finds Advantages in Use of Steel Strapping By J . W. Scobie, A u l t & W î b o r g Corp. Steel strapping is a substantial saver of time, material cost, dunnage weight, and complaints from our cutomers and warehouses. The attending illustrations show how w e brace carload shipments. Prior to trie adoption of steel strapping, it required two hours or longer o n each carload to build platforms to protect small kits, a n d cases, t o construct numerous gates t o separate and protect different size packages, and to fit and spike rough, heavy timbers t o prevent loadshifts. This w a s a costly operation both from t h e standpoint o f time a n d material. Steel strapping h a s made i t possible for us properly to brace and protect packages in carload shipments w i t h a savings in time of 1.5 hours o r more for each carload and at a considerable savings in material cost. With the old m e t h o d of wood bracings a n d platforms, there w a s in most instances a dunnage vsreight of 2O0 pounds per carload. T o d a y with steel strapping t h e
dunnage w e i g h t lias been reduced t o 20 pounds. -All o f tlio savings mentioned so far c a n be estimated i n dollars a n d cents— but the s a v i n g s in complaints, although hard to estimate, a r e certainly of more than casual interest and importance to the salesmen, traffic managers, and sales department supervisors of every company. Regardless o f the «are and supervision which was given to tine loading of carloads braced with wood planks, there were cases too numerous t o mention specifically where t h e load shifted with ultimate damage t o the containers and materials loaded in the car, Damaged containers and materials brought complaints from customers and warehouse managers with the resultant necessity o f filing claims with the carriers a n d replacement of damaged items to our customers and warehouses. Steel strapping has reduced these complaints to a m absolute minimum. Consequently, it receives our most enthusiastic endorsement.
informative Labeling in N/odern Packaging T h e trend o f prewar labeling of packages, so the user could Quickly and in-
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stantly grasp the service values and uses of the product packages, made considerable progress before many repackaging programs were beset with difficulties of obtaining packaging materials, restricted, or entirely eliminated for civilian uses during the war. The Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., has placed on the market a few new packages which are outstanding examples of modern informative labeling, and which are being used in packaging dry lubricating flake graphites. Uses of dry lubricating graphite are obvious principally to the mechanically experienced or technically trained, b u t at times even the technician and the practical shop man have overlooked many service values or possible uses. The package in this instance h a s been selected a s the tutor or medium for orienting the
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user with a broader understanding of the techniques of using graphite. This n e w container with lithographed decoration is especially attractive in color scheme, and shows eight large clear realistic pictures of primary uses made from actual photographs taken a t the points-ofuse. Attached to the back panel of the container is a 13-page booklet entitled, "New Graphite Know-How Package" which explains important applications of graphite in addition to giving other helpful directions for using graphite in combination with other ingredients.
have recently been made available for general use on lower priorities. Made of alloy steel, cylindrical in shape w i t h round bottoms, necked and -threaded to specifications, they are in full accordance w i t h I. C . C. regulations. N e w drawing methods and metallurgical treatment give strength designed far working pressures up t o 1,800 lbs. per square inch combined w i t h light weight. Weights of emj>ty containers range from» 1.5 lb. fo»r the "20 cubic inch size u p to 21 lb. for the 6-46 cubic inch capacity. They crusli without shattering, and can b e supplied in special nonfragmenting forms. These cylinders are cu_t from sheet steel as disks which :are drawn i n successive steps and are surface-treated a n d stress-relieved. T h e y are inspected for all dimensional factors bneluding size, weight, volume, and physical strength.
Small Cylinders on Lower Priorities Steel containers for high-pressure gases and liquids, designed and produced by Walter Kidde & Co., Belleville, N . J.,
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The Packaging Unit of the Chemicals Division has approximately 60,000 used full open-head fiber drums that can be made available t o industry. These drums, located at various points throughout the country, are mostly in Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, Alabama, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kansas. They are mainly once-used containers, which were used for smokeless powder, being approximately equally divided between Carpenter drums and Keystone. The Carpenter container has a wooden head with a locking ring and is 29 X 15 inches. The Keystone drum has a metal head with a locking ring and is 14.5 X 2 8 inches. Containers are 75 cents each f. o. b . cars, point of shipment. There i s also available approximately 7,000, 2S-gage drums formerly used to ship calcium carbide. These are onceused containers with a 9-inch push-in lid. The price of these drums is reported to be 10 cents each, f. o. b. their location in Houston, Tex. There will be approximately 5,000 of these containers available per month from this district suitable for packaging of asphalts, pitch, etc.
Demand for Glass Containers Exceeds Supply A temporary plan t o balance the supply and demand for new glass containers, to assure an adequate supply of containers for food and drugs during the peak packing season this summer, was recommended by the Glass Container Manufacturers Industry Advisory Committee in a recent meeting with WPB officials in Washington. The committee recommended strict temporary control over delivery, acceptance, a n d use of new glass containers by certain industries. Such regulation is necessary because demand for glass containers is exceeding the ability of the glass industry to produce by approximately 20%. Demand for glass containers has been stimulated by using glass for packing many products formerly packed in tin. Large quantities of glass will be needed for packing food during the peak season, this summer, for civilian consumption. Under the plan, a quota, based o n a percentage of use during some past base period, would be placed on the amount of new glass containers certain users could accept or use during the summer. A similar quota also would be placed on amount of new glass containers a manufacturer could deliver to certain users. N o restrictions would be place on delivery, acceptance, or use of containers for foods, medicine or home canning. Control would be imposed o n beverage containers (including carbonated beverages, malt beverages, wines, and liquors) toiletry containers, and chemical, household» and industrial sunnlv containers. 1069
