Unit
Load - "A single item, a number of items, or bulk material
which is arranged and restrained so that the load can be stored,
picked up, and moved between two locations as a single mass."
(Tanchoco)
Continuing Education
Educational
programs directed toward the training of employees of the targeted
industries are offered. Short Courses are designed to provide
one-half to several days of instruction. Courses focusing on pallet,
container, and unit load design are offered several times per
year. Special programs can be developed to fill particular relevant
educational needs.
Unit
Load Design Short Course:
how to reduce the cost of shipping units
September 22 - 24, 2009
The Inn at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Brochure Registration
Site
This
course, co-sponsored by ISTA,
MHIA, Industrial
Reporting, Inc. (publisher of Pallet
Enterprise and Pallet
Profile), and the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association
(NWPCA) is directed
to packaging, pallet, and material handling equipment suppliers,
as well as the users of these components. Attendees will learn
systems-based optimization procedures that will improve customer
service and increase competitiveness. By learning to design to
the “system” instead of to the individual component,
efficiencies and improvements in product protection can be found.
Topics include: Principles of unit load design; Unit load material
handling audit; Packaging design; Pallet design; Material handling
systems; Interactions between material handling equipment, packaging,
and pallets; Diagnosing and solving material handling problems;
Laboratory Tour.
For information
on registration or lodging, contact Virginia Tech Outreach Program
Development at (540) 231-5182.
RECENT
CONFERENCE
Preventing and Eliminating Mold on
Hardwood Pallets: A Manufacturer's Perspective
(Held June 7 & 8, 2007)
Wood Education & Resource Center (WERC), Princeton, WV
For
more information regarding this conference, including speaker presentations
and general information about mold, please check out our center
mold page.
