Packaging comes in a wide variety of shapes and sizes — it is as diverse as the areas in which it is needed. Standardized packaging offers simple solutions, while customized products enable individualized transport.

Good packaging materials and packaging are one thing — professional transport and thorough inspection of packages and unit loads are another. In order to prevent damage to transported goods and to ensure the safety of personnel, other persons and the environment, transport operations must be carried out in accordance with clear, appropriate specifications.

Drills, countersinks, cutting, turning and milling tools: They are all safer and more efficient when used in conjunction with tool clamps. Tool clamps are therefore an integral part of modern production.

Packaging materials ensure that goods can be transported without being damaged as easily. They are used in almost all areas and the demands placed on them re correspondingly diverse.

Due to their load-bearing capacity, round steel link chains are the sling of choice and are indispensable in industry and transport, but also in many other areas of application. The diversity of possible applications is also reflected in the standardization of round steel link chains, which in turn is reflected in the large scope of this book.

The series 2 of the two-volume DIN Taschenbuch “Technisches Zeichnen” contains the relevant standards for basic principles and mechanical drawing. It offers technical draughtspeople as well as students and trainees a valuable working aid that provides the collected knowledge in a compact format.