{"id":12674,"date":"2015-06-01T09:42:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=12674"},"modified":"2015-06-01T09:42:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:42:28","slug":"43rd-annual-meeting-sustainability-session-may-15-an-investigation-and-implementation-of-the-use-of-sustainable-and-reusable-materials-to-replace-traditional-wood-crates-by-kevin-gallup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/06\/01\/43rd-annual-meeting-sustainability-session-may-15-an-investigation-and-implementation-of-the-use-of-sustainable-and-reusable-materials-to-replace-traditional-wood-crates-by-kevin-gallup\/","title":{"rendered":"43rd Annual Meeting – Sustainability Session, May 15, "An Investigation and Implementation of the Use of Sustainable and Reusable Materials to Replace Traditional Wood Crates" by kevin Gallup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kevin<\/a>
Kevin Gallup showing crate design. Traveler, lid and exterior crate in foreground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThis talk was of interest to me because I am a former member of the Sustainability Committee<\/a>, and reusable crates were something that we received several inquiries about.\u00a0As museums and other lending institutions look at ways to increase\u00a0their sustainability,\u00a0one thing they consider is\u00a0finding an alternative to the\u00a0typical wooden crate used to ship objects.\u00a0The problems with wooden crates are:\u00a0a)\u00a0they are made to fit a specific sized object, and are difficult to retrofit for something else; b) extra room is necessary to store them until needed again; c) wood is attractive to a variety of pests; d) wood adsorbs and emits odors;\u00a0and e) locally- and sustainably-sourced wood can be difficult and expensive to aquire. There are some\u00a0European companies\u00a0that rent resuable plastic crates, such as\u00a0Turtlebox<\/a>, but they are not yet available in the United States.
\nYale University turned to Kevin Gallup<\/a> when their Sustainability Strategic Plan<\/a> compelled them to find a solution for this problem. They wanted a system of modular parts made of sustainable materials that could be taken apart, stored, and reused as necessary. As Mr. Gallup explains in his abstract: “There were many factors to take into account to obtain an acceptable system. Availability and price of materials, construction techniques, compatibility of materials, and the unique archival material requirements [of] the museum industry…are some of the features of the crating system that had to work together to produce a crate design. The fabrication and creation of the parts withing the design would need to be obtainable either by utilizing their own facility…or by having the parts…made locally. The system would need to be easily put together utilizing as many common parts as possible.”
\nAfter 10 years of\u00a0trial and error, Mr. Gallup is satisfied with his current design. The crate\u00a0is made with an aluminum frame and\u00a0Dibond sides. Dibond<\/a> is a\u00a0composite sandwich\u00a0of two thin sheets of aluminum with a white polyester coating bonded to a polyethylene core. There is\u00a0an outer box with a\u00a0smaller\u00a0inner traveler or tray of the same materials to contain the object(s). Various foams or Sorbothane<\/a>\u00a0can be used to surround the traveler. Sorbothane<\/a> feet are attached to the bottom to mitigate the effects of vibration.
\nHe is currently\u00a0working about a business model to\u00a0make this available to other institutions. Parts can be cut out in various sizes with a\u00a0CNC machine, but the system still requires a high skill level to assemble. If you are interested in learning more about\u00a0\u00a0these crates, Mr. Gallup<\/a> suggests that you contact him in about 6 months, and he will be able to provide\u00a0more information.
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\"Audience<\/a>
Audience members check out the crate materials: aluminum frame, Dibond, and Sorbothane<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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This talk was of interest to me because I am a former member of the Sustainability Committee, and reusable crates were something that we received several inquiries about.\u00a0As museums and other lending institutions look at ways to increase\u00a0their sustainability,\u00a0one thing they consider is\u00a0finding an alternative to the\u00a0typical wooden crate used to ship objects.\u00a0The problems with … Continue reading “43rd Annual Meeting – Sustainability Session, May 15, "An Investigation and Implementation of the Use of Sustainable and Reusable Materials to Replace Traditional Wood Crates" by kevin Gallup”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,25,10,39],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-12674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-annual-meeting","category-collectioncare","category-general-sessions","category-sustainability","tag-aics-43rd-annual-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}