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Flection uses the following instructions for the correct packing of redundant hardware.
Goals of this instruction are:
1) Reducing risk on (transport) damages;
2) Promote the reuse of packing material;
3) Minimizing transport & logistics charges and cost;
4) Optimizing the further processing (refurbishment) of goods.
Flection has instructions by volume (large v/s individually) and by product type.
| Product Type |
Example |
Instruction |
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Monitors
CRT - 17”
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- Put video cable and (if present) power cable around stand
- Layers are separated by cardboard (first layer on pallet requires cardboard too)
- Loose stands and cables in separate box on the pallet (top layer)
- Stacked up to 3 layers high
- Pallet load to be plastic shrink- wrapped
- Label pallet (transport label or client package details)
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Monitors
CRT - 19” >
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- Follow instructions above, except stacked up to 2 layers
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Monitors
TFT (individual)
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- Bubble wrap each flat screen
- Pack flat screen in a box with adaptor
- Stack packed boxes up to 4 layers max.
- Pallet load to be plastic shrink-wrapped
- Label the pallet (transport label or clientpackage details)
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Monitors
TFT (bulk)
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- Use card board pallet boxes supplied by Flection.
- Pack flat screen in a pallet box with adaptor
- 14 flat screens per box. Close full box with carton board close lit. Maximum 2 boxes per pallet
- Pallet to be plastic shrink- wrapped
- Label the pallet (transport label or client package details)
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Desktops
PC’s
Workstations
Towers
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- Stacked up to 10 layers max.
- Cables, keyboards, mouse etc. packed in separate boxes
- Pallet load to be plastic shrink- wrapped
- Label the pallet (transport label or clientpackage details)
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Notebooks (1)
Individual
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- Bubble wrap the notebook or put it in a bag
- Put notebook and components in a box
- Stack boxes up to 4 layers max
- Pallet load to be plastic shrink- wrapped
- Label the pallet (transport label or client package details)
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Notebooks (2)
Bulk
|
 |
- Put the notebooks including adaptors in box
- Maximum of 26 notebooks per box
- Close full box with carton lit
- Maximum of 3 boxes per pallet
- Bags and other components in separate boxes on top of the pallet
- Pallet load to be plastic shrink- wrapped
- Label the pallet (transport label or client package details)
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Printers
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- Max 3 layers on a pallet
- Components (power cables, printer cables) in separate boxes on top of the pallets
- Pallet load to be plastic shrink- wrapped
- Label the pallet (transport label or client package details)
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Server Racks
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- Server (pallet) to be plastic shrink- wrapped
- If not on wheels, then should be palletized
- Label the pallet (transport label or client package details)
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Logistics
Packed /wrapped pallets are transported in locked vehicles to Flection process sites.
