Packaging for Smaller Parcel Shipments: A Guideline

Regular shipping units are corrugated shipping containers with a capacity of more than 450 cubic inches and a weight of 10 to 70-75 pounds. The carrier's conveyor network systems will handle and sort regular parcels. Packaging designers should check with their carrier to see what size and weight restrictions they have.

Irregular freight units: That aren't quite right

·         Corrugated fiber board will not completely cover the item.

·         Be wrapped with plastic, metal, or wood on the outside.

·         Be spherical or tubular in form.

·         You don't have a shipping container

·         Being overweight or weighing more than 70-75 lbs.

These sorts of shipment units are not operated on high-volume conveyor systems due to their peculiarities. For sorting and transit through the hubs and onto outbound vehicles or planes, they can be put on slower conveyors, trolleys, or pallets. Call us for home delivery service Dubai!

Some transporters may load/reload goods up to five times in relatively short range shipments (300 miles) and send goods through three various types of treatment, including human, mechanical, or automated handling on high-speed belts, slides, chutes, and rollers. More load, unloading, and sorting is likely to occur across longer distances. These activities pose a variety of risks that might result in harm if the packing is not protected.

Shock, vibration, compression, severe climatic conditions, and altitude are five of the most common risks in this environment.

Shock - occurs when items are dropped, collide with (or collide with) other goods or products during the sorting process, or shift or fall during transportation. Shock is created by the hits, which might result in tiredness or damages to the packages and their contents. According to recent research of the operating environment of tiny package carriers, the bulk of shocks are caused by non-free-fall collisions, with the majority of impacts being similar to drops from a short height.

Impacts corresponding to a high drop height do happen, although they usually only happen once every shipment cycle. Approximately 5% of all deliveries are subjected to at least one hit of greater than 30 inches in height.  Call us for parcel delivery services Dubai!

According to recent studies, package impacts are predominantly rotational drops on edges, with a little less on corners. There aren't many perfect flat or ideal edge/corner drops. The majority of hits occur on the package's bottom surface, corners, or edges. Packages should be built to absorb shock from every direction, according to package engineering.

Small package carriers are unable to obey orientation or shock markings, as well as "remain upright" arrows, due to automated sorting processes. As a result, transit orientation may change from what was planned. Packages are more likely to go in the steadiest orientation, which is often the package's lowest centre of gravity.