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Climate Controlled Port Warehouses
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Climate Controlled Storage Solutions: protecting value through dehumidification.
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Computers and electronic equipment use low voltage currents to perform their functions. When thin layers of corrosion build up on circuit surfaces, electrical resistance increases and capacitance decreases. This can seriously affect calibration and performance. In addition, when electrical equipment is rapidly cooled or heated, there is a potential for condensation and subsequent corrosion. Dehumidified storage warehouses prevent these problems, saving calibration time and improving the mean time between failures (MTBF) of electronic systems.
For over 30 years Rubb Building Systems has designed, engineered, manufactured and installed facilities specifically designed for storage of sensitive materials.
The membrane clad steel frame facilities that Rubb manufactures have proven ideal for use as both active and long-term dehumidified warehousing. The United States Navy stores inactive fighter jets in a dehumidified warehouse in Florida and has done so for over eight years. This type of storage insures that the planes will be ready in short order when needed. Additionally, the maintenance routine was reduced to inspection and testing.
Presently, dehumidifiers are used to protect materials from more subtle and expensive forms of corrosion. Ports are depending more and more on the use of light equipment such as computers, telecommunications gear, lightweight composite materials and high-energy batteries. These tools are very expensive and repairs typically require sending the equipment to a third party for maintenance. This type of equipment does not work well when wet or after becoming wet. While not subject to gross rusting, such components are very sensitive to even microscopic levels of corrosion. Many companies have had great success provided small dehumidified boxes for storing radios and other hand held equipment. Today many of the most advanced systems are attached to lifts, trucks and other equipment that requires the same care, but does not fit in a small box.
Rubb tension membrane warehouses are well suited to providing climate-controlled space. The vapor tight outer skin reduces the workload on dehumidifiers and the time required to dry items stored inside.
Rubb has invested in proving the effectiveness of this technology in more active settings, such as truck mounted scanning equipment. These mobile high-tech trucks are required to work in all weather conditions, year round. Rubb is working with a world leader in the manufacture of mobile scanning systems to determine the effects of parking these costly workhorses in dehumidified garages.
It is expected that maintenance costs and downtime will be reduced and the equipment life will be greatly extended.
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