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Dangers of Condensation in Cold Storage
In addition to temperatures within cold storage units and warehouses, moisture levels are of considerable importance. When relative humidity levels are too dry, goods dehydrate and shrink. When...
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How Cold Storage Environmental Conditions Affect Produce Quality
Consumers rely on food processing and storage facilities to ensure the ideal environmental conditions for produce from the moment it’s picked at the field to the time it reaches a grocery store. When...
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Cold Storage May Be Best for Historic Photographs and Film
Each type of document has its own unique needs in regards to storage and preservation. Photographic materials are particularly challenging because of the variety of techniques used to preserve images...
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Liquid Desiccant vs Desiccant Wheel Dehumidification – What’s the Difference?
Desiccants are hygroscopic substances used as drying agents. They attract water-vapor molecules from the air using an absorptive or absorptive process. They’re often open dehumidification systems used...
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Protecting Food Packaging During Cold Storage
Food packaging for the purposes of preservation and transport is a practice that dates back to ancient civilizations. In today’s industrial food processing world, food packaging is presentational and...
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Is Your Document Storage Area Experiencing High Humidity?
When storing documents, the weather outside significantly affects the condition of the items that you’re preserving even if a building has an HVAC system. As simple way to tell if your documents may be...
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Hurricane Damage: Recovering from Nature’s Fiercest Storm [Infographic]
Hurricanes are notorious for causing severe damage to cities and towns along the eastern seaboard of the United States. The worst of these storms have caused tragic numbers of lives to be lost, as well...
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What to Look for in Archival Document Storage Supplies
Successful archival document preservation depends on the environment in which you store the items and the materials used. When storing important or historical documents, the products used should not...
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Preserving Special Collections with Document Scanning
There is only one Rosetta Stone, but photographs have helped preserve the myriad of languages carved into it. Similarly, libraries across the world are looking to document scanning to preserve...
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5 Benefits of Converting to Electronic Health Records Systems
As technologies advance and the rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) tighten, more health care facilities are using document scanning solutions and electronic...
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What is Emulsion and Why Does Water Damage It?
Films—such as x-rays and negatives—are sensitive to temperatures, relative humidity levels and water. X-rays have a base, or plastic backing, and emulsion. The emulsion toughens under light and makes...
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5 Document Retention Principles for Legal Firms
In the face of cases like Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States and United Corp. v. Tutu Park Ltd., it is imperative for legal firms to establish and follow a document retention policy. This type of...
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Tips for Document Management at Legal Firms
Document management is one of the most critical parts of a legal practice’s operations. From a practical standpoint, establishing a system enables counselors and staff to locate client files and court...
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Proper Storage Techniques for Baking Ingredients
Much attention goes to the proper storage environment for raw foods, such as meat and vegetables. Baking ingredients have a shelf life, too, as well as the potential spoil and not work as effectively...
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Preventing Lumpy Spices: How Humidity Control Can Help
Spices are what give food personality and life. Merely smelling them awakens the senses. The spices used in a restaurant’s or commercial facility’s foods are essential to branding. When the moisture...
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3 Security Questions Your Document Restoration Company Will Ask
A good disaster preparedness and recovery plan includes considerations from an organization’s security program. A security program is what keeps a company at desired security levels by assessing risks...
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How Humidity Affects the Growth of Plants
Everything in an environment affects how a plant grows, thrives and reproduces. When growing plants outside of an environment in which they naturally thrive, climate control for plant growth is...
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Why Does Mold Grow on Your Documents?
The presence of mold indicates that the relative humidity levels in an environment are high enough to support the fungus and their growth. When an organization experiences water damage, it has as...
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Monitoring Humidity in Pharmaceutical Storage
The environment inside a pharmacy and pharmaceutical storage areas must be optimal and constant to ensure the effectiveness of the medications within them. The implications of humidity for...
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How Commercial Dehumidifiers Help with Flood Damage
After experiencing water damage, it is crucial to dry out the affected areas within 48 hours, as this is how long it takes mold to begin growing. The longer your contents remain wet, the more likely it...
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