RE: New crate technology



Dear Richard,

 

I don’t know if you remember us, we met at the AAM in Dallas. Just to refresh your memory, Helicon conservation support bv is a company which deals with Preventive Conservation in all its aspects.

One of our products, just released, is a special container for the packing of paintings. (We had a prototype with us in Dallas).

 

Ten years ago I developed “the Turtle” for Hizkia Van Kralingen. After that I did a lot of research on packing, developed “the eight step approach” (an approach on packing) and gave several courses both national and international. Based on the eight step approach we did a lot of risk assessments on the packing and transportation of paintings and noticed that the available crates are very poor on protection against shocks and vibrations. As specially the adjustable ones. Because of that we developed a completely new container for the packing of paintings. Based on Risk assessment ad our Eight step approach our focus was:

 

-          a stable relative humidity

-          a stable temperature

-          a good protection against shocks

-          a good protection against vibrations

-          a reduction on the handling

-          reusable

-          easy to service

-     all within the new and to be expected Health and Safety regulations

 

The result of this all is the Pegasus Packaging 2-dimensional container. Pictures are attached. On this moment Gerlach APS and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam are testing this container. The results are more then just good.

 

For picture and more information please feel free to contact me.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Wouter Hijnberg
Helicon conservation support bv
Boerhaaveweg 9-11
2408 AD  Alphen aan den Rijn
The Netherlands
www.helicon-cs.com
w.hijnberg@helicon-cs.com
+31 (0)622248195

 


Van: pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org [mailto:pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org] Namens Hinson, Richard
Verzonden: donderdag 23 maart 2006 22:59
Aan: pacinlist@pacin.org
Onderwerp: New crate technology

 

Just so everyone will know, I'm asking this question because I've been asked to do so.

 

We are organizing a traveling exhibition and several of the objects are oil paintings on wooden panel and oil on copper plate. The value of these objects requires that we indemnify them and I was wondering if there has been any new crate technology that will create a more stable environment for these delicate objects? Standard wooden crates can be made stable enough to travel these objects, but for the sake of indemnification, I wanted to see if anyone had an alternative to the standard wooden crate. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Richard Hinson

Chair,

PACIN

 



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