Cushioning & Protective Materials

Everything between the product and the board: cushion curves, foam grades, void fill, barrier packaging and static protection.

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Bubble Wrap Specifications: Classes, Creep and the Shock Cutoff A federal specification governs this material, and it sets a creep limit, an altitude limit, an age limit on the pink antistatic class, and a shock cutoff. Oct 20, 2026 VCI Packaging: The Four Jar Tests and the Scales That Disagree Four bodies publish their own jar test for the same property, two of them grade in opposite directions, and the coverage figure buyers ask for is unpublished. Oct 19, 2026 Molded Pulp Packaging: The Four Types and the Missing Tolerance The type system is most of the specification, the one published number disagrees with itself, and the geometry does the work the material gets credit for. Oct 16, 2026 Product Fragility: The G Ceiling and the Drop Height Beside It The G number is half the answer; the missing half is usually the drop height it was paired with. Oct 12, 2026 Insulated Shipper R-Value vs Hold Time: What Each Number Means Why an insulation rating will not convert into an hour count, and which published tests answer the question instead. Oct 5, 2026 Desiccant Calculation: The Three Formulas and When Each Applies Three published formulas, and the familiar one is for metal boxes. Oct 1, 2026 ESD Packaging: What a Pink Antistatic Bag Does Not Protect Against Low charging, dissipation and shielding are three jobs sold under one label. Sep 25, 2026 Packaging Foam Density: Why a Denser Foam Is Not a Safer One Density sets where a foam works on the curve, not how well it protects. Sep 24, 2026 Reading Cushion Curves: Why Too Little Load Breaks Products Too The curve is a U, and both ends of it are failures. Sep 22, 2026

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