Frozen Steaks /2-Day/ Dry Ice Block In this test, gourmet cuts of prime steak were shipped to customers by parcel post. Their usual packaging was a 1.5 inch thick, 2 lb per cu. ft. molded foam box with a corrugated outer. We tested AirLiner by choosing ten customers who agreed to receive two identically packed boxes of frozen steaks, one packed in their usual foam box and one in a 4-baffle, 1.5 inch thick AirLiner inflated with air. Digital temperature recorders were stretch-wrapped to individual steaks in each box. External temperature probes were fed to the outside of each box to measure ambient conditions during the shipments. All twenty boxes shipping to the ten locations were packed simultaneously and all were shipped by UPS 2nd Day Service. This graph clearly demonstrates that AirLiner is superior insulation compared to the thick, molded foam container. AirLiner does not have the stored thermal mass of a foam container so all AirLiner boxes dropped to lower initial temperatures than their foam counterparts. This initial advantage was thereafter maintained throughout the shipments, with the average product temperature in AirLiner received at 35 deg. F and the average product temperature in the foam box was up to 47 deg. F. |
The Answer is in its Proprietary Design! Why does AirLiner work so well? The key to AirLiner's ability to maintain constant temperature is found in it's Award-winning, patented, internal heat barrier technology. Under a United States Department of Energy Grant, researchers at the Ernest O. Berkeley National Laboratory developed the gas-filled panels that are central to AirLiner's design. AirLiner is manufactured using layers of reflective barrier film that are heat-sealed into a proprietary geometry. These unique aluminized, honeycomb baffles block heat transfer to keep the heat out, so your product stays cooler longer! You can even choose to enhance AirLiner's performance by inflating with an inert gas! AirLiner Works Both Ways AirLiner was initially designed to keep heat out of your fresh and frozen shipments; however, it does an equally superior job keeping heat and warmth in your shipment - if that's what you require! The unique thermal design is perfect for shipping products that can't get too cold such as live tropical fish, pharmaceutical products and other products which must maintain specific temperature ranges. |