Protecting Overseas Shipment from Moisture

With our marketplace expanding and our margins shrinking, there are more opportunities than ever before to be on the wrong side of a devistating damage claim.

Moisture is a primary factor in product and overseas freight damage claims. Irreversible damage to metal, wood and textile goods can cause your customer to refuse your products and leave the product and your bottom line stranded.

Cargo Dry Pak is a specially formulated desiccant product designed to lower the dew point inside shipping and storage containers. By lowering the dew point, Cargo Dry Pak protects cargo from moisture damage while goods are in transport.

Cargo Dry Pak has many advantages:• Ship goods without the threat of “Container Rain”• Inhibits the formation of mold, mildew, rust and corrosion• Absorbs up to 100% of its weight in moisture• Provides 50 days or more of moisture protection• Prevents weak cartons and loose labels caused by moisture• Environmentally safe and can be disposed of as normal waste
Cargo Dry Pak has many applications:• Ocean, truck, rail & air shipping containers• Protection of textiles, leather goods, shoes, furniture, food products, grains, feeds, pet food, canned goods and bottled products• Protection of industrial products such as auto parts, machinery, metal products, paper and cardboard boxes• Ideal for boats & RV’s as well as long term storage applications

Cargo Dry is available at Poly Lam Products: http://www.polylam.com/cargo_drypak.htm or call 800-836-9648.

Thanks,
Joe Stallone

The right desiccant for you

Desiccant as with many Modified Atmosphere Packaging products are a mystery to those who use them. They are placed in with our moisture sensitive products with hopes that they will do there job, but somehow it always feels like a crap shoot.

How do I know it will work, how do I know I'm using the right amount of desiccant.

These are good questions with no simple answers. I almost always answer the same "that depends" (customers hate this by the way) but it is the truth.

It depends on what's in the package, the relative humidity of the air in the package and how airtight the package is.

Lets start with you package...IS IT AIRTIGHT? if you say no, not really, or kind of but it's not perfect. Desiccant is not your answer for long term storage. Airtight is essential in using desiccant for longterm storage. If your package is not airtight, air will continue to force its way in to the packages atmosphere and exhaust the desiccant in a very short period of time.

So it is airtight...GREAT... so then your on to the package size and desiccant requirent guidelines.

The following link takes you to a guideline is just that, a guideline but it is a good general rule of thumb. http://www.polylam.com/desiccant_requirements_for_flexible_(flat)_containers.htm

This is a great start, however we all know there will be questions...so feel free to post them here or call 800-836-9648.

Thanks,
Joe