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For nearly 50 years, Steel King Industries
has been manufacturing high-quality,
competitively priced material handling products.
Today, Steel King is the “go to” source
for the precision engineering and durable
quality that supports some of the most
sophisticated automated
warehouses and distribution
centers nationwide.
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AS/RS Systems • Rack Supported Buildings • Multi-level Pick Modules
Flow and Pushback • Pallet Racks • Drive-In / Drive-Thru • Cantilever
Rack System DESIGN & BUYER’S GUIDE
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RACK S YS TEM PLANNING GUIDE 2019
• AS/RS Storage Systems
• RackSupported Buildings
• Multi-level Pick Modules
•FlowandPushbackRackingSystems •PalletRacks
•Drive-In/Drive-ThruRacks •CantileverRacks
•PortableandCustomShippingRacks •Mezzanines/WorkPlatforms •IndustrialContainers
• Industrial Guard Rails
Fornearly50years,SteelKingIndustrieshasbeendesigningandmanufacturing high-quality,competitivelypricedmaterialhandlingsolutions.
almost always high-value products,
so mistakes can cost a shipper dearly.
As we’ve seen, the best way to
ensure temperature integrity from
pickup to delivery is to know your
product, work closely with perish-
able-freight specialists at carriers
and freight forwarders, be cognizant
of time constraints and handoffs
among cold chain participants, and
use proper packaging. If there’s ever
been a freight segment where the
old chestnut about an ounce of pre-
vention’s being worth a pound of
cure holds true, it’s perishable air
shipments.
pers understand their options and make
appropriate choices, but it’s the shipper’s
responsibility (or that of its designated
packing house) to properly package and
pack its products to maintain temperature integrity and prevent damage from
melting or leakage.
; Parcel carriers like FedEx Express,
UPS, and DHL offer tips and general instructions for packing perishables
as well as guides to different packaging
options for temperature-controlled shipments on their websites.
; Many airlines and parcel carriers offer
special services dedicated to perishables
and temperature-controlled shipping,
including their own refrigerated storage and handling facilities. There’s a lot
to choose from out there, but just a
few examples include Lufthansa Cargo’s
extensive “Cool” product line, American
Airlines’ Cool Perishables services out
of Miami, and FedEx’s “Temp-Assure”
portfolio of services. Some airfreight forwarders, such as Hellmann Perishable
Logistics and Flagler Global Logistics,
specialize in temperature-controlled
shipments.
; Air carriers also offer an array of
temp-controlled shipping containers,
including models that can handle palletized shipments, as well as protective thermal blankets, reflective film, and other
equipment to help maintain temperature
integrity. There are hundreds of possible examples, but just two are Emirates
SkyCargo’s “White Cover Advanced”
protective polyethylene sheet for cooling
during transportation and cold storage,
and AFKLM Cargo’s “Kold Kart” container, a temperature-controlled transport dolly that delivers palletized air cargo
to and from the door of an aircraft under
constant refrigeration in hot climates.
BE CAREFUL WITH THE COLD CHAIN
Food and flowers are far from the
only products that require controlled
temperatures when traveling by air.
Pharmaceuticals, chemicals and hazardous materials, biological samples
and other life sciences materials, and
even semiconductors are all part of the
so-called cold chain. These and other
temperature-sensitive air shipments are
