Hi anyone who works for construction related business... we have about 200 sets of drawings, and each set contains about 30- 50 pages. If you work for this area of business, you might have the same problem. They are huge and heavy, and when they are rolled up, they all look the same and you can't find the one you need. Then you use rubber bands to hold them together. You see the bands die so soon. How do you do this at your office? We got 2 of EXPEDIT book cases from IKEA, put them pararell so they can make enough depth to hold drawings. Do you have any better idea??
2007-08-22 03:45:26 · 4 answers · asked by peterpan's dream 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Hanging them works well. Attach a board to a wall with 3 pieces of bar (pegs) evenly spaced sticking out. Hang from the ceiling a board of the same length also with 3 equally spaced bars sticking out but these pegs must not align with the pegs on the wall.
Each drawing must have six holes, to match with the pegs on the wall and the pegs on the free swinging board. The holes should be slightly large then the pegs. (Actually the number of holes and pegs you need depends on the weight of the drawings and the quality of the paper. You may need to reinforce the paper before hanging.)
You can easily riffle through the drawings by moving them from one set of pegs to the other. When you find the drawing you need you simply swing the hanging board out and take the drawing you need off.
It helps to have the pegs slightly curved up so sheets do not slip off. It also helps to post an index on the front. People that do not return drawings to the right spot should be fired or shot.
In a mining camp we used pegs 4 inches long, they could hold 200 blueprint sheets easily without compacting them.
This is much easier to do and maintain then it is to describe.
2007-08-22 04:15:59 · answer #1 · answered by dougger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Store them in specially made heavy cardboard tubes. Then write the information on the outside or use a sticky label to write the info on. They sell the tubes all over. We use them for architectural drawings, etc.
2007-08-22 03:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
instead of rolling them up, consider storing them flat. I used to work for a PCB manufacturer and they stored all the schematics/blueprints flat in drawers.
2007-08-22 03:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by AJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this company on-line called Draftingsteals.com they have great storage ideas for drawing and plans and they work very well. good luck.
2007-08-22 03:55:46 · answer #4 · answered by Ace 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋