Case Profile
Partner: Top 5 Global Pharmaceutical
Industry: Pharma
Requirements (What matters):
- 15ml vials of liquid medication, boxed and palletised (Load is approximately 1 m3)
- Goods to be transported by air freight
- Journey is approximately 77 hours – Melbourne to Chicago (via Hong Kong)
- The temperature of the insulated goods must not exceed 30°C or drop below 0°C
Challenges (Issues faced):
- Environment – exposure to extreme high and/or low temperatures may cause product excursions
Solution Scoped:
- InsulCap® thermal blanket (pallet cover), with InsulBase thermal pallet liner
- Option 1 – InsulPlatinum® maximum performance thermal barrier material (double foil)
- Option 2 – InsulGold® high performance thermal barrier material (single foil)
Outcome Achieved (Results delivered):
- InsulCap® solutions of two material types demonstrated temperature profiles that were
well within the required temperature range, with the product temperature inside the
system not exceeding 30°C or dropping below 0°C. - When exposed to a maximum environment temperature of 34.5 ⁰C for 5 hours:
- the InsulCap® constructed from InsulPlatinum® material controlled the internal product temperature to a maximum of 24.5 ⁰C.
- the InsulCap® constructed from InsulGold® material controlled the internal product temperature to a maximum of 27.5 ⁰C.
- When exposed to a minimum environment temperature of -7 ⁰C for 4 hours
- the InsulCap® constructed from InsulPlatinum® material controlling the internal
product temperature to a minimum of 7.0 ⁰C. - the InsulCap® constructed from InsulGold® material controlled the internal product temperature to a minimum of 5.0 ⁰C.
- the InsulCap® constructed from InsulPlatinum® material controlling the internal
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