Shipping containers for sale Worcester: Shipping containers often take a beating, traveling around the world, being exposed to freezing conditions, and rust due to seawater or when the frost has melted.
During the cold season, and in freezing parts of the world, our shipping container tool can benefit the opening of frozen shipping container doors in freezing conditions and hard-to-open or rusted containers once the winter has ended.
Injuries often occur as a result of personnel trying to open and close difficult container doors. Often the result of inappropriate techniques is Shipping containers for sale Worcester being used to open them.
Shipping container doors are not typical doors and there are 4-5 hinges per door. The hinge pins must be lined up correctly for the doors to be free to fully open and close.
Wear and Tear
Here are some likely reasons a frozen shipping container door will not open or close. Our tool helps to address these issues Shipping containers for sale Worcester.
- The container frame is racked so that the door gear will not operate correctly. This may be caused by cargo shifting during transit. Look at the container to make sure that the doors are aligned and level, both top, and bottom.
- The hinge pins and blade are seized due to corrosion.
- The door gasket has been damaged and is preventing the container door from opening. Door gaskets are designed to present two or more fins against the structure or adjacent door. These are generally flexible but when the gasket is damaged, it may become hard or blocked thus jamming the door closed, or preventing it from being closed.
- Water has become trapped between the doors and frozen, particularly relevant to refrigerated cargoes, or containers with moisture releasing cargoes in cold weather.