Shipping Protection Academy

How to Ship Musical Instruments Without Damage: The Complete Guide
How to Ship Musical Instruments Without Damage: The Complete Guide
Learn how to properly package, protect, and ship guitars, violins, drums, keyboards, brass, woodwind, and other musical instruments while reducing the risk of costly shipping damage.   Read more...
Common Causes of Tilt Indicator Activation
Common Causes of Tilt Indicator Activation
Common Causes of Tilt Indicator Activation Tilt indicators are designed to identify significant changes in a shipment’s orientation—not normal movement during transportation. Common events that may activate a tilt indicator... Read more...
How to Ship a Television Without Damage: The Complete Guide
How to Ship a Television Without Damage: The Complete Guide
How to Ship a Television Without Damage: The Complete Guide Learn how to properly package, protect, and ship a flat-screen TV while reducing the risk of costly shipping damage during... Read more...
When Should You Use a Tilt Indicator?
When Should You Use a Tilt Indicator?
Tilt indicators are recommended whenever a product must remain in an upright position throughout transportation, storage, or installation. Read more...
Concealed Shipping Damage: What It Is and How to Prevent It
Concealed Shipping Damage: What It Is and How to Prevent It
Learn how concealed shipping damage occurs, why it’s one of the most expensive freight problems businesses face, and how impact indicators, tilt indicators, proper packaging, and receiving inspections can help... Read more...
Receiving Inspection Checklist: How to Identify Shipping Damage Before It’s Too Late
Receiving Inspection Checklist: How to Identify Shipping Damage Before It’s Too Late
Receiving Inspection Checklist: How to Identify Shipping Damage Before It’s Too Late Learn how to properly inspect incoming freight, identify concealed shipping damage, and use impact indicators and tilt indicators... Read more...
How to Prevent Shipping Damage: The Complete Guide
How to Prevent Shipping Damage: The Complete Guide
Every damaged shipment costs more than the price of replacing a broken product. It can mean delayed projects, warranty claims, expedited replacement freight, lost productivity, customer dissatisfaction, damaged business relationships,... Read more...
How to Ship Artwork Without Damage: The Complete Guide
How to Ship Artwork Without Damage: The Complete Guide
How to Ship Artwork Without Damage: The Complete Guide Learn how to properly package, protect, and ship paintings, framed artwork, prints, photographs, and other valuable art while reducing the risk... Read more...
Can Impact Indicators Reduce Shipping Damage?
Can Impact Indicators Reduce Shipping Damage?
Impact indicators create visibility, accountability, and awareness throughout the shipping process, encouraging handlers to treat shipments more carefully while helping receiving personnel identify shipments that deserve closer inspection. Read more...
What Is an Impact Indicator? The Complete Guide to Shipping Impact Indicators
What Is an Impact Indicator? The Complete Guide to Shipping Impact Indicators
Learn how impact indicators work, when to use them, how to choose the right G-force, and why they are one of the most effective tools for reducing shipping damage and... Read more...
10G vs 15G vs 25G - Selecting Impact Thresholds for Data Center Shipping & Handling
10G vs 15G vs 25G - Selecting Impact Thresholds for Data Center Shipping & Handling
Data center shipments contain a wide range of equipment—from delicate servers and storage arrays to massive UPS and battery cabinets. Choosing the right shock indicator threshold Is critical.  Read more...
Protecting Data Center Gear in Transit – Why Shock & Tilt Indicators Matter
Protecting Data Center Gear in Transit – Why Shock & Tilt Indicators Matter
Modern data centers depend on reliable, mission-critical equipment arriving on-site in perfect working condition. We are market leaders in Data Center component shipping and handling damage detection.  Why Data Center... Read more...
G-Force 101: Understanding Impact Indicator Sensitivity for Shipping and Logistics
G-Force 101: Understanding Impact Indicator Sensitivity for Shipping and Logistics
G-Force 101: Understanding Impact Indicator Sensitivity for Shipping and Logistics Every day, millions of products move through warehouses, distribution centers, freight terminals, and transportation networks worldwide. While packaging protects products... Read more...
How to Apply an Impact Label or Shock Indicator
How to Apply an Impact Label or Shock Indicator
Proper Shock or Impact Indicator Placement is Critical to Ensure Proper Shipment Damage Detection.  Read more...
How Much Force Can Trigger a Shock or Impact Indicator?
How Much Force Can Trigger a Shock or Impact Indicator?
How Much Force Can Trigger Shock or Impact Indicator? Each shock or impact indicator has a corresponding “G”, which means that is when the indicator is subjected to a shock... Read more...
How to Select a Tilt Indicator
How to Select a Tilt Indicator
How To Select a Tilt Indicator ***Notate the chart below to select your requirements or contact one of our Technical Experts The tilt indicators not only guard your product in... Read more...
Data Centers Need Impact or Shock Indicators for Handling
Data Centers Need Impact or Shock Indicators for Handling
Data Centers; Despite how you feel about them. They are effectively here to stay.  Data Centers use multiple different server types; Each type for a different use-case, whether that is for... Read more...
Protecting Washing Machines from Transit Damage
Protecting Washing Machines from Transit Damage
The technology of consumer appliances is constantly evolving, with the convenience comes more advanced but fragile components.  There are 3 types of washers or washing machines; top-loading agitator, front-loading washer, and... Read more...