• Aaaka Plastic

Air Dunnage Bag

Aaka Plastic offers Dunnage Air Bags – paper bags, constructed of paper, designed with an inflatable internal polyethylene bladder. They are an innovative and simple blocking and bracing tool. These are used to restrain movement of cargo loads in trucks, overseas containers, or railcars. They fill voids, brace loads, absorb vibrations, and protect cargo from in-transit damage, better than any other form of bracing ("dunnaging"). The most common causes of freight damage are related to freight falling forward to backward, and double and triple decked skids bouncing in transit. Valuable time is wasted putting the damaged freight back together at destination terminals. The necessity for "Re's" (Recouping, Restacking, Re-banding, Re-shrink -wrapping, and Re-working the load) adversely affect dock production and strain customer relations. Today the trucking industry is in an ever-changing fight for survival. Fuel costs and taxes continue to climb, insurance premiums soar, wages increase and discounts continue to consume the bottom line. Operational improvements must be made to maintain profit margins. Air bags will have the biggest impact on the load factor (a carrier's largest single expense). One of the primary goals of the shipping quality process is to improve organisational productivity. Time spent installing air bags will be saved at the destination terminals because the carrier can eliminate the "Re's". At the same time, better use can be made of container space. Air bags permit double and triple decking of skids, and stair-stepping can be eliminated. With these, fragile freight can be loaded anywhere in the trailer. Skids can be double or triple-decked, air-bagged either in front of or behind (or both) the fragile freight to achieve maximum cube utilization. Since the use of air bags will permit normal loading behind the fragile freight, eliminating the need for stair-stepping improves the load factor and reduces line-haul or transportation costs.