• Tools/Equipment

    Reinstalling the New NCMA – a conversation with art handler Tom Lopez 

    Published on 08-09-2010 05:21 PM
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    2. Art/Object Handling,
    3. Tools/Equipment,
    4. Installation,
    5. Rigging
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    This Article is the first of two that feature the North Carolina Museum of Art. This article generously appears here courtesy ...
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    Back to Basics and Beyond: Art Handling 

    Published on 07-11-2010 02:21 PM
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    2. Art/Object Handling,
    3. Tools/Equipment,
    4. Installation
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    By Bruce Bundock
    With images by Mark Wamaling and Jack Carr

    The “Back To Basics and Beyond”: Art Handling Workshop, held on June 22 at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Connecticut was sponsored by NEMA - the New England Museum Association and organized by the Registrars Professional Affinity Group, in partnership with PACIN.

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    Grids and the Wave - Counting and Packing Large quantities of Small things - easily, accurately, safely 

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    T. Ashley McGrew
    Published on 05-19-2010 01:48 PM
    1. Categories:
    2. Packing,
    3. Art/Object Handling,
    4. Materials,
    5. Tools/Equipment,
    6. Registration
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    This post is focused on two aspects of a situation that can add up to be quite a daunting and frustrating dilemma - the counting and packing of large numbers of small objects operating under the time and budget constraints that exist almost everywhere these days.
    It is meant to illustrate a complimentary pair of techniques that can increase the integrity and effectiveness of the process while helping to minimize frustration.
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    Moving Crates with J-bars, Etc 

    Published on 04-15-2010 06:00 AM
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    By Paul Brewin for website transfer.
    Original published previously by T. Ashley McGrew


    The following equipment discussion is focused on the J-bar and other tools used for lifting crates in order to make them mobile via 4-wheel dollies or other means. A sister article Moving Crates with 4-wheel Dollies discusses dolly types and their placement under crates, while another Basics: Moving Crates with Pallet Jacks covers that multi-purpose tool.
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    PACIN Preparators Conference - Williamstown, MA August 14 - 15, 2009 

    Published on 04-14-2010 10:12 PM
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    2. Packing,
    3. Crating,
    4. Art/Object Handling,
    5. Tools/Equipment,
    6. Rigging
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    The first PACIN Preparators Conference held on August 14th and 15th at The Clark Institute of Art has been agreed by all attending to be a huge success. For all the delegates, presenters and sponsors attending the conference proved to be an excellent opportunity to gain knowledge and meet new colleagues. The presentations and workshops perpetuated further conversations which continued at the Q & A’s, Roundtable Forum, coffee breaks, lunches and all evening events, planed or free formed.
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    Pallet Jacks 

    Published on 04-14-2010 06:00 AM
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    2. Crating,
    3. Art/Object Handling,
    4. Tools/Equipment
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    Compiled by Ashley McGrew
    Originally posted 8/30/08
    Updated 11/27/08, 4/25/09 and 6/14/09

    Just as the design of crate interiors and interior containers can determine how the objects they contain are initially handled, there is a relationship between crate design and the tools and methods that will be used to move them.


    ABOUT PALLET TRUCKS AND CRATE DESIGN


    Stability and Efficiency
    Materials moved on pallets usually create a rough cube that will fit two-wide on most trucks and in containers. They effectively use the space and are not prone to tipping. When configuring crates that have multiple objects one recommended approach is to design them to have a broad footprint and a low center of gravity to enhance stability. This type of crate is a natural to be moved by pallet truck.

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    Glass Cups 

    Published on 04-12-2010 06:00 AM
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    2. Tools/Equipment,
    3. Installation
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    Compiled by Ashley McGrew
    Originally published 6/14/09



    These powerful commercial suction cups (Woods Powr-Grip model N5450) are an industry standard for lifting and positioning glass and plex vitrines. The image of the two pairs shown was sent in by LA Packing and Crating. They are shown as they should be - still in the cases they were purchased in. There is a kind of fanaticism on this point that in my view is well placed. It is not an uncommon policy to limit the contact of the suction cups surface to only whatever clean, flat surface they are being adhered to and then the original closed
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