Producer of thermo logistic solutions for

temperature controlled AIR - ROAD - SEA transport

Pharmaceuticals - Healthcare - Perishables - Food - Chemicals

The Temax insulation is used as a passive cooling technique in which the insulation material is wrapped around temperature sensitive goods. The insulation material functions as a protection against unwanted external temperatures. The Temax insulation can be seen as a thermal blanket for insulating goods loaded on euro pallets, block pallets, airplane pallets, air cargo containers, boxes and crates, etc... When insulation materials are used as a thermal blanket for temperature preservation, it is very important that the wrapping or insulating is done properly so the most ideal temperature preservation can be established. Below you can find some tips which will increase the temperature preservation.

Ask yourself, what is the purpose of high quality building insulation in your house if you leave the door or window open? Indeed, nothing. This is the same with the insulation of goods. If there are cold bridges, which means that the insulation has openings where air can float in our out of the insulation, the temperature results will be lost. Therefore it is very important to pay some attention on the way the insulation is being put on. Make sure that edges and insulation ends are always crossed-over so all cold bridges are avoided. Tape the edges and cross-overs if needed.

The Temax insulation consist out of multiple insulation techniques (convection, conduction, radiation resistance) in which reflection is a major temperature resistance technique. This means that the insulation has minimal accumulation effects when placed in other temperatures then the temperatures of the goods. Yet it is always better for the temperature results that the insulation material has the same temperature as the goods which need to be protected. Therefore we would like to advice that you store the insulation material in the storage room as the goods which need to be protected. So if you want to ship goods which are at 2°C make sure that the insulation material also has that temperature. If you would use an insulation material of +20°C to protect the 2°C goods, the insulation will give of its own temperature to the goods which will affect the temperature results.

Is you are packing conditioned goods with insulation material, it is VERY important that the packing is done in the same room as the conditioned goods. If you want to ship goods which have a temperature of +2°C it is important that the insulation is packed on the goods in the +2°C temperature controlled environment. If you would pack the goods in a +20°C environment, this warm air will be packed together with the goods and will influence the temperature results.

Pallets are usually sealed with seal foils or stretch foils to prevent the goods from falling of the pallet. If a pallet needs to be insulated, it is advisable to insulate after the sealing. If the pallet is being insulated first and afterwards sealed with stretch foil, the chance is real that the insulation is pressed so hard that it is being reduced in thickness which will influence the insulation quality and the temperature results.

If the insulation is being stored, it is advisable not to place heavy goods on the insulation. Heavy goods may press the insulation so hard that it will reduce the thickness which will influence the insulation quality.

The Temax insulation is a passive cooling system which means that no active cooling is being added. This also means that a lot of variables determine the temperature result. The mass and volume of the goods, thermal heat capacity of the products, internal and external temperatures, time of transport, etc... have an influence on the temperature result. Therefore it is impossible to predict your specific temperature result and is it advisable to test the insulation. The insulation is tailor made so we can adjust the insulation quality according to your needs and wishes until the wanted temperature results are established.

The Temax insulation can be produced for single use or multiple use applications. The Temax insulation is already successfully in use for the transport and distribution of temperature controlled food products, pharmaceuticals and chemicals in which chilled or cooled, frozen or deep frozen, and ambient temperature products are protected from unwanted external outer temperatures. The Temax insulation is flexible, has a high insulation quality which can be produced tailor made, is water resistant and is recyclable, even partial bioligic degradable.

Krautz-Temax as the developer and producer of the Temax insulation material offers also studies on the insulation technology and quality as the logistic processes to close the cold chain or temperature controlled supply chain. We have several protocols on how pallets or boxes should be wrapped and packed in order to prevent cold bridges and result in a optimal temperature preservation and temperature protection. See also cold chain implementation plan

The Temax insulation material is already in use at some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, food and chemical companies, freight forwarders and transport companies, airliners and shippers etc... This in road transport, air cargo and sea freight as single use or multiple use applications.