United States Navy has adopted polystyrene foam shipping containers as replacements for nailed wooden crates for pyrotechnic ordnance; besides lower weight and volume, lower shipping cost, and generally lower material cost, advantages over wood include high shock absorption, easier and safer handling (no splinters), ready access to contents, fire resistance, container reusability, and ability to be molded in complex product-conforming configurations, thereby eliminating inner packing materials.


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    Title :

    Torpedoing container costs, navy style


    Additional title:

    Modern Packaging


    Published in:

    Modern Packaging ; 40 , n 13


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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