Hi, Jerry,
It depends. MOST (but not all) boxes with
pancakes had inserts that took up the space of
the flanges within the box forming a safe, tight
pack. Other times, panckes came on plastic trays
that nestled in a 10- or 12-pack. Either of these
methods are fine to ship pancakes.
If you're talking one or two, certainly screw
flanges on, but if you're talking 50-100, and
they are packed as originally sold, the damage of
handling the tape is, in my opinion, greater than
the risk from moving damage. I would tape each
box closed after inspecting that the pancake is
tight. Then I'd pack the whole thing in a tight
carton. If these are extra-valuable AND you're
shipping by common carrier, I would wrap that in
single-sided corrugated wrapping and tightly
stuff it inside a larger box. The goal here is to
prevent crushing that would spring an individual
box open and crush the pancake.
Empty reels are selling for $30 these days,
although flanges may still be cheaper, but you
also have to get the hardware. The nuts with the
screw-like tapered heads on them are called "sex
nuts" believe it or not. I think US Recording Media has the pieces.
Cheers,
Richard
At 04:59 PM 2007-02-06, Jerry McBride wrote:
>Does anyone have experience with moving a
>collection of quarter-inch tapes, as ten-inch
>pancakes in their original boxes? It seems
>logical to assume that it would be safer to ship
>or move tape on reels. How great is the danger
>that the pancake will come unwound under normal
>shipping and moving conditions if stored on hubs in the original boxes?
>
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>Jerry McBride, Head Librarian
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>Stanford University
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