Transportation solutions: Keeping equipment safe during transit

Transporting equipment safely is crucial across industries, from sales and marketing products to medical instruments and calibration tools. Ensuring safe transit and storage lies in selecting the right protective equipment cases for your specific needs. This comprehensive guide explores the best protective case solutions for transporting valuable equipment across various environments and transportation methods.

The Importance of Protective Equipment Cases

Before we delve into the nitty-gritty details of protective equipment cases, let’s understand the importance of safe transport. Whether you’re moving medical instruments, precision test and maintenance machinery, installers or distributors’ demo kits, or scientific devices, mishandling or neglecting to secure these assets during transit can lead to dire consequences.

Protection of valuable assets

Your business equipment represents a significant investment. Proper protective cases prevent accidental transit damage, shield against environmental factors, and reduce risks of lost items or theft. The right protection can mean the difference between equipment arriving in pristine condition versus requiring costly repairs or worse, not arriving at all.

Safety

Many industries transport equipment that may pose safety risks if damaged or mishandled during transit. Ensuring proper protection safeguards not only your valuable contents but also promotes professionalism, productivity, and overall operational efficiency.

Cost-Effectiveness 

Equipment that arrives at its destination in proper working order minimises downtime for repairs or replacements. This directly improves operational efficiency and significantly reduces unexpected costs that impact your bottom line.

Which Protective Case is Right For You?

Your choice of protective cases should align with your transportation method and specific equipment requirements. Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of options to consider:

Heavy Duty, Hard Carry Cases for Harsh Environments

When transporting business equipment in harsh environments, hard carry cases are your best friend. These cases are typically made from durable materials like polypropylene or aluminium and are designed to withstand the rigours of the most demanding environments. 

Key features to look for:

• Custom foam inserts to secure your equipment in place.
• Lockable latches for added security.
• Wheels and retractable handles for easy manoeuvrability

Our Recommended Solutions

Our NANUK case range delivers exceptional protection for everything from delicate medical apparatus to sound equipment and machinery parts. These cases absorb impact so your equipment doesn’t have to.

The Peli Protector and Peli Storm Cases offer equally robust protection with immediate dispatch availability, perfect when you need a quick solution before an upcoming business trip. Our standard product lines feature diverse size options and colour selections for most models, complemented by accessories including:

• Pick-and-pluck foam sets for DIY customisation
• Divider sets and panel frames
• Secure padlocks
• Wheeled models for convenient transportation of larger equipment

However, if you are looking for a bespoke solution, our custom flight cases provide bespoke protection tailored to your exact specifications. These made-to-order solutions ensure a perfect fit while incorporating features like padlock lugs for enhanced security and castors for easy movement of heavy items. 

You can also customise these cases with your company branding through screen-printed or digitally printed logos and graphics panels.

Soft Cases for Ground Transportation

For ground transportation, padded bags and soft cases offer a versatile solution. They are particularly suitable for more unusual size equipment or objects that don’t require the very highest level of protection but do require a lightweight product storage and transport solution.

Advantages of soft cases

• Flexibility of size with no tooling required and minimal initial set-up costs.
• Various colours and multiple padded and non-padded material options. 
• Foam insert interiors to protect against shocks and vibrations.
• Pockets and compartments for organising smaller accessories.

At PottertonPacs, we manufacture custom-made padded bags (soft cases) for your exact needs. They are made to measure using the highest quality materials to provide both protection and durability. 

To ensure maximum security, we can add custom-cut foam interiors to your design to safeguard your sample products or equipment to keep items firmly in place, well organised and professionally presented.

Waterproof Cases for Maritime Transport

When transporting equipment on ships or in environments where water exposure is a concern, waterproof cases are the way to go. These cases feature tight seals, corrosion-resistant hinges, and materials that prevent water ingress.

Essential waterproof case features to consider:

• Watertight gaskets and seals to maintain a dry interior.
• Buoyant properties to keep the case afloat if it accidentally goes overboard.
• Pressure equalisation valves to handle changes in air pressure during sea voyages.

We have a wide range of waterproof cases, including the Peli Protector and Peli Storm Case ranges, which are designed to be able to understand adverse weather conditions and damp environments. Not only can they withstand water, but they are crushproof and dustproof, which is ideal when being transported in turbulent cargo areas. They protect your valuables from being crushed by other boxes and drops if handled roughly. Cargo areas aren’t always the cleanest places, so the dustproof qualities also protect from dust infiltrating delicate parts.

Peli Storm Waterproof Case: Peli Storm iM2620 Waterproof Protective Case 

ATA Cases for Air Travel and Heavy Equipment

For large, heavy industrial equipment transported by air or land, ATA (Air Transport Association) compliant cases represent the industry gold standard for protection.

ATA custom flight cases are built to withstand the harshest conditions and often feature: 

• Pressure relief valves to regulate internal pressure for flight travel.
• ATA-approved standard Air Travel Association Compliant.
• Rugged exteriors, often made from impact-resistant sheet materials.
• Reinforced ball corners and aluminium profiles for maximum strength.
• Secure locking mechanisms to prevent accidental opening.
• Lockable catch options for security and prevent tampering.
• Stackable designs for efficient storage.
• Movement accessories include castors & pallet risers for forklift truck lifts 

Many of our protective case solutions meet ATA compliance standards, not only our heavy-duty made-to-order custom flight cases but also, Nanuk Cases, Peli Protector and Storm Cases. With our vast custom flight case manufacturing capabilities at our UK facilities, we can easily incorporate critical features like label plates or branding directly to the cases either with silk screen printing or cnc engraving into the panels of the cases or for additional security lockable butterfly catches or padlock lugs as a security enhancement.  With a choice of pallet risers or castors to easily facilitate safe and stress free transportation of heavy equipment. Our team works closely with you to design and manufacture protective cases tailored precisely to your requirements.

Custom Foam Inserts for Fragile Equipment Protection

Regardless of which equipment case you select, adding custom foam inserts delivers substantial benefits enhancing protection, eliminating damage risks, improving appearance, and boosting on-site productivity.

If you’re experiencing challenges with product damage during transit or misplaced equipment on-site, these specialised inserts work across industries and budgetary considerations to address your specific needs.

Custom foam insert advantages:

• Precision-cut designs create snug equipment fits
• Shock-absorbing materials minimise transit damage risk
• Replaceable components ensuring long-term case utilisation

At PottertonPacs, we leverage cutting-edge technologies including CNC foam cutting by water jet and routing to manufacture precision-cut protective foam inserts. These advanced techniques ensure your equipment fits securely and snugly within its protective case. Our custom inserts are engineered to provide maximum protection for your valuable equipment regardless of transportation method.

Speak to us for further advice on how to keep your equipment safe during transit

With over 100 years industry expertise, we are on of the UK’s leading custom flight case manufacturers, supplying businesses across medical, event, industrial, security, aerospace and technology sectors. Whether you need a small or large order, we provide protective, precision engineered solutions to protect your valuable equipment in transit then do not hesitate to get in touch. 

• Bulk order discounts automatically applied
• Custom-built to your exact specification
• innovative designs & commitment to quality 

Talk to us today for free advice or to Get A Quote! Secure your equipment with durable, and enhance your appearance and brand with custom professional-grade flight cases and start your journey to stress-free product transportation.

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