The best outer packaging will not be of any use if the inner packaging is unsuitable. The inner packaging provides padding, stops the contents from moving about, and creates a gap between the individual items within and the outer packaging.
It's important that breakable or pressure-sensitive items are never allowed to come into direct contact with the outer packaging or other parts of the content. Special care should be taken when packing fragile items such as glass, ceramics, sculptures, electronic items and so on. Make sure there is a gap of at least 50 mm between the product and the packaging.
Packages containing more than one product should have dividers to prevent the separate items from sliding about.
When choosing inner packaging, remember the following:
- The more sensitive the product, the more important it is to have good inner packaging. Use soft padding materials for lightweight items and harder padding for heavy items.
- A high-quality shipment box is not a replacement for padding.
- Make sure there is a sufficient thickness of padding all around the product or each individual item.
- Suitable padding materials include air bubble film, also known as bubble wrap, rolled corrugated cardboard or mechanically crushed kraft paper. In the case of very sensitive contents such as glass, we recommend using five or six layers of air bubble film.
- Only use crumpled newspaper as a filler material for less sensitive products.
- Clothing, blankets, pillows etc. are not generally suitable as padding material.
- Packing chips tend to settle and become compressed when subjected to static loads. This can result in hollows where the contents are no longer securely supported. To avoid this, after adding the first chips, shake the package down to distribute them. You can then add more chips to fill any gaps until the box is full up to the rim.
