Shipping Container Lab: Revolutionizing Research and Testing
They transformed a 40-foot shipping container into an operational field laboratory for environmental studies. This portable lab allowed researchers to study ecosystems in remote
Using the newly developed foldable container can not only significantly reduce logistics costs, but also bring positive environmental impacts such as reducing greenhouse gas that may have arisen from transporting bulky empty containers. Also the foldable container influences social aspects such as noise pollution, local development and employment.
Konings and Thijs summarized clearly the conditions for the success of foldable containers in the market: (1) low costs for folding and unfolding the containers; (2) low manufacturing costs; (3) compatibility with existing equipment for intermodal transport; and (4) structural robustness.
The satisfaction of such conditions and the eventual adoption of the foldable container by the market would reduce the operation costs by 50% to 60% , the storage space in yard and depot by 80% and CO 2 emissions by 20% [8, 12].
This simple operating method makes it possible to complete the folding process within 10 min only with two persons and two forklifts. To check whether the developed container meets the requirement specified in ISO 1496-1 and CSC to obtain official certification, structural analysis was performed at the design stage.
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