Development of new group of shipper units made of plywood reinforced plastic laminates and used in air, rail and road-truck freight transportation; "igloo"-type container for air freight is three-sided container, mounted on pallet, with rounded roof to conform to inside of aircraft fuselage; made of polyester/glass by either spray-up or lay-up method; introduction of intermodal container which is reinforced plastic/foam sandwich combination, for air, truck and ocean-going carriers; design and manufacture of shipping containers for special purposes. (See also Modern Plastics v 45 n 4 Dec 1967 p 86-90, 156-7)


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    Title :

    Shape of plastics in containerization -- More, bigger, and better


    Additional title:

    Materie Plastiche ed Elastomeri


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    Italian


    Keywords :




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