THE SWEDISH PACKAGING RESEARCH INSTITUTE EXPLAINS HOW SACK DAMAGE ARISE DURING SHUNTING

That palletized sacks are damaged during shunting is well known. Now the Swedish Packaging Research Institute has studied what can be done to prevent damage. Shunting tests between wagons were performed. In all, 72 shunting tests with test-load placed in different ways were examined. It could be established that the best result was achieved when the direction of the wood of the pallet decks are placed at right angles to the route direction and the sack loads are kept together by pallet adhesive.

• Corporate Authors:

  Foerlags AB Affaersekonomi

  Box 45056
  S-104 30 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 40 p.
• Serial:
  • Transport och Hantering
  • Publisher: Foerlags AB Affaersekonomi

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Freight cars; Loading and unloading; Loads; Loss and damage; Packaging; Pallets; Switching; Unitized cargo
• Uncontrolled Terms: Loading
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car loading; Unitized loads
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170279
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM