New Strapless Bomb Pallet Design to Improve Fleet Efficiency
NAVSEA News Wires October 4, 2002
By JOC David Nagle, Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs
EARLE, NJ -- Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head's Earle (New Jersey) Detachment developed a strapless bomb pallet that will improve efficiency in the Fleet.
The strapless bomb pallet incorporates a structural "A-frame" system and built in hoisting rings and eliminates steel strapping that will lower life cycle cost and reduce palletizing and de-palletizing time cycles. This will reduce workload for aviation ordnancemen.
Historically, bombs were shipped on a pallet adapter to keep them from rolling and so that multiple bombs could be handled at one time. A typical bomb pallet adapter included a top and bottom frame with bomb suspension lug sockets, tied together with single use steel strapping.
The strapless bomb pallet is also designed to safely and economically transport multiple bomb loads through underway replenishment operations. The built in lift eyes on the pallet allow for easy installation of a four-leg sling for vertical replenishments. The new design reduced by half the amount and styles of slings previously needed to safety transport bombs from ship to ship, resulting in significant cost savings and fewer slings requiring inspection.
The new design also reduces worker fatigue and saves time during the handling and shipping process, and eliminating steel straps reduces the potential for worker injury, such as cuts and eye injuries, associated with its use.
The Institute of Packaging Professionals recently recognized the strapless bomb pallet design as a winner of the 2002 AmeriStar design competition. The design will next be entered into the World Packaging Organization's pre-eminent international WorldStar Packaging competition in which more than 30 countries compete. Winning packages will be displayed, and awarded trophies in Barcelona, Spain in April 2003.
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