Modern electronics are nothing short of miraculous. With just a single hand-held device, you can call someone thousands of miles away, and even before you hang up you can track down their address and get directions to a meeting place. Without having to so much as stand up, you can find a decent restaurant in your area, check its reviews, and set a reservation. You can order products online or else check the sales list of a store while you’re wandering around inside it. You can play any of a thousand games, and you can even monitor your heart rate and all the steps you take each day.
However, for all their amazing abilities, electronic goods have a few weaknesses. For one thing, extreme temperatures can wreak havoc on the small and sensitive connections in an electronic device. Metal expands and contracts depending on the temperature, and so solder points and other metal components exposed to the elements can potentially break, snap, or otherwise fall out of alignment, ruining the device permanently. High humidity can also short-circuit a device the same as if it got wet.
Because of this, and because trucks, trailers, and cargo containers are all frequently subject to significant heat spikes that go well above the ambient temperature, electronics often require special considerations when it comes time to transport them. The need for temperature control usually means a need for reefer units to keep the cargo safe from damage, and although electronics aren’t as sensitive as more perishable goods like produce, chocolate, and other foodstuffs, reefer units mean added fuel and maintenance costs.
However, there are a few alternatives to refrigeration which can keep your operations costs from ballooning out of control. At ProtekCargo, we make our SureTemp cargo blankets able to withstand even the harshest of temperature spikes, and our woven hollow fiber insulation is designed both for effectiveness and for durability.
In addition, we offer bubble foil blankets which are somewhat less effective at protecting cargo from the weather, but they’re an inexpensive alternative for when you don’t need the best possible protection. We also offer SureTemp container liners for when you need to protect an entire cargo container from the heat and humidity of an ocean voyage.
The information age has done wonders to add convenience and connectivity to our everyday lives. However, as much as we think in terms of online interactions, the devices we use to connect to each other are still very real, and their sensitivity to extreme temperatures has never gone away in all the years we’ve been developing them.
