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Posted by: lpc ®

02/08/2010, 12:25:33

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Wondering whether anyone has guidelines for storage or transport of an engineered plastic (PET) sheet.
We shipped material last summer during an apparent heat wave and noticed some distortion on the extremities and length of the sheet. Its vital that we maintain the integrity of our geometry.

Any information or recommendations would be appreciated.
John








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Posted by: Marky ®

02/08/2010, 12:52:15

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Hi John, welcome to the forum....That's a tough one. Your shipping company would probably help you. I think it'll be tough to tell what the max temp that material saw....PET should withstand well over 250C

I used to use shock watches and heat indicators on packaging. They kind of gave me an idea how BADLY things were handled...specially medical equipment.

A good experiment would be to ship some material with heat indicators attached to someone you know and simply have it shipped back to you. The heat indictators will give you a good idea even in the cold weather of its exposure.

Here are some links for a heat indicator

http://www.uline.com/BL_1055/Heat-Indicator
http://www.omega.com/pptst/21_LABELS.html








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