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Artic Pack Ice Sheets are also more efficient at transferring their stored "cold" to your product than gel packs. Frozen Artic Pack Ice Sheets remain flexible and will wrap around any product therefore keeping all sides of the product covered and protected. Artic Pack Ice Sheets are the most efficient and cost effective ice replacement refrigerant available today.
Key advantages of Artic Pack Ice Sheets include:
Artic Pack Ice Sheets are used for perishable, moisture and temperature sensitive products which can be safely transported by road, rail, sea or air, with full assurance that the product will arrive in premium condition. The packaging will remain intact without affecting other cargo or the transporting vehicle. Temperature-sensitive and perishable products include items like frozen meat, seafood, flowers, live tropical fish, live reptiles, cheesecake, frozen gourmet pizzas, frozen cookie dough, jerky, produce, gourmet salsa, epoxy and fiberglass resins, live worms, frozen pet foods, pharmaceuticals, biological samples, live beneficial insects for garden use, frozen bread, cal zones, cheese, cosmetics, candy, chocolate, candles, truffles, electronic components, and more. You can cut Artic Pack Ice Sheets to virtually whatever size you want and place them in your box or container wherever and however you need them. Artic Pack Ice Sheets are the highest quality refrigerant for shipping designed specifically to assist in the protection of temperature-sensitive and perishable products. Artic Pack Ice Sheets replace: gel-packs, dry ice, crushed ice, and block ice, etc. in most shipping applications. Companies shipping products that must remain frozen or refrigerated will reduce their packaging and shipping costs when using Artic Pack Ice Sheets. Artic Pack Ice Sheets are like gel packs connected together on a sheet (or blanket). When you cut them to fit your box the ice packs will not shift around and "settle" in a corner where they can do no good. During shipping your box WILL get tossed around and gel packs WILL move around and "settle" leaving areas of your product unprotected. If you are having difficulty keeping your product frozen... If you are new to shipping perishables and you are having difficulty with your shipments arriving frozen, there are three common things you can adjust to improve your results. 1 - The length of time you ship. If you are using "Second Day" service and your product is slightly thawed upon arrival you can go to the cheapest "Next Day" service and pack your shipment the same way. Conversely, if you ship "Next Day" and the shipments are arriving with very little change in temperature, try "Second Day" service and see what happens. Assuming your customer agrees, many customers want the perishable to get to them quickly. It is exactly like taking an ice chest full of iced down drinks to the beach on a sunny day. The longer your ice chest sits on the beach the warmer it gets inside until finally all of your ice has melted.! 2 - The foam insulation thickness. If you want to add time to your shipping or decrease the amount of thaw you are experiencing, but you don't want to increase the amount of ice packs you use or ship it faster, use thicker insulation. The foam insulation thickness is what controls how fast the heat around your box is allowed to come into the box and melt your ice packs and your product. Again, it is exactly like taking an ice chest full of iced down drinks to the beach on a sunny day. An ice chest with thin walls will let your ice melt faster than a better ice chest with thicker walls.
The one-inch of insulation you used in the boxes you shipped with in April will hardly be adequate to use in August. The 70 degree Fahrenheit weather you shipped in during April is 38 degrees Fahrenheit above freezing. The 100 degrees Fahrenheit you must endure in August is 62 degrees Fahrenheit above freezing, that’s 24 degrees Fahrenheit MORE above freezing! That translates into 63% degrees MORE HEAT above freezing. As a rule of thumb you can estimate that you will need at lease 63% THICKER INSULATION in August to get approximately the same performance as the one-inch gave you in April! This means you would have to use between 1.5 inches and 1.75 inches of insulation in August for you to use the same amount (same weight) of gel packs (or ice packs) as you did in April, for the exact same shipment. 3 - Add more ice packs. If you want to add time to your shipping or decrease the amount of thaw you are experiencing, but you don't want to increase the insulation thickness you are using, add more ice packs. Again, it is exactly like taking an ice chest full of iced down drinks to the beach on a sunny day. The more ice you put in the ice chest the longer your drinks will stay cold! |
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