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If you are packing for a move, avoid cell kits made of thin, single layered chipboard. Chipboard isn't as thick enough or strong enough to reinforce a box. It doesn't supply much cushioning, either. |
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| Cell kits made of corrugated cardboard can supply considerable
protection to fragile glassware. A cell kit keeps fragile pieces
from knocking against each other. It also reinforces the packing
box. We consider cell kits to be a necessity for packing delicate
stemware.
A typical cell kit is shown at left. This particular cell kit is a 14" tall cell kit, intended for use in a dish pack box. |
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| The cell kit at left is made from the one above by removing
two inner partitions. This particular arrangment is used for
packing dishes.
The center space will hold saucers and such. Dinner plates are stood on edge in the narrow outer spaces. Most of the local movers do not use cell kits. They just wrap plenty of paper around each item. |
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| When a dish pack is filled with cell kits the
arrangement looks like this. The arrangement shown at left uses
one 14" tall cell kit plus two 7" tall cell kits.
The shorter cells can hold small glasses, tea cups and coffe
mugs. The taller cells can hold stem ware and bud vases.
The carton could just as easily use two 14" cell kits or four 7" tall cell kits. Between each layer of cells is inserted a sheet of cardboard called a "separator pad". These pads are not shown in the drawing. This arrangement would hold 48 items (16 on each layer.. |
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| It is essential that any cell kit arrangement completely fill
the height and width of the box. Only a filled arrangement will
properly reinforce the box.
We should, also, add that items placed in cell kits should first be wrapped in bubble or paper just as though they were being packed in boxes. And while we're adding cautions; use cell kits only for packing for moving. They won't work in the rougher shipping environment. There you will need to use many small boxes and lots of padding. |
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| We offer cell kits sized to fit 16 x 12 x 12 mover's book
cartons. We feel using smaller, lighter book boxes offers advantages
over dish packs. The reduced weight protects the goods inside
and protects your back.
The 2 cell kits at left would be used in one book box. The top one is 5 inches tall. It holds tea cups and coffee mugs. The lower one is 7 inches tall. It holds tumblers and small stemware. The two cell kits are used together in one box as shown at left. A book box would hold 24 items -- 12 in the top layer and 12 in the bottom layer. |
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| This cell kit is 12 inches tall and is used to pack stemware. | ||||||||||||
| If you are inclined to this sort of thing, you can build your
own cell kits out of cardboard from old boxes. (Be careful not
to cut up the surface of your workbench.) Here's the general
idea. The smallest stable arrangement is 3 cells by 3 cells. Fewer cells will wobble in the box. The length of the cells must equal the length of the box. Ideally, the cells will fit a little snug. The width of the cells must equal the width of the box. You can stack several cells one on top of another to fill a box. The stack of cells should come to 1/8" short of the top. Cell arrangements within the stack do not have to be the same. Between each layer of cells insert a sheet of corrugated the length and width of the box. Cell sizes don't have to be equal. Make them whatever width you need. Slightly nonequal cells (as naturally occur in handmade work) are better than precise, machine made units. |
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