BIOCOFF Emergency System
The BIOCOFF Emergency System, patented as industrial invention, is a unique funeral container.
It is designed for an initial and immediate use during emergency, in difficult situations like natural disasters, including those with a high number of victims.
The BIOCOFF Emergency System is manufactured according to the health, conomical, religious and moral requirements that these tragedies demand.
System description
The BIOCOFF Emergency System is manufactured in multilayered, high resistant corrugated cardboard, with accessories in Mater-Bi.
Fully biodegradable, weather and impact resistant during operations.
Main uses
The special features of the BIOCOFF Emergency System make it functional , both for logistic and economical value, to serve the purposes of Civil Protection, for first and immediate emergency and, besides, for the subsequent transport, cremation or burial of the remains.
Technical characteristics
Materials
§ box in multilayered cardboard
§ Accessories in Mater-Bi
Dimensions
§ folded: 235cm x 146cm x 3cm
§ unfolded: 190cm x 50cm x 47cm
Weight
Complete Kit: 14 kg
Technical features
Mechanical strenght¹
§ Bursting strength (DIN EN ISO 2759) 6078 kPa
§ Wet bursting strenght* (DIN ISO 3689) 2254 kPa
§ Puncture resistance (DIN 53142-1) > 42 J
§ Edgewise crush resistance (DIN EN ISO 3037) 38,1 kN/m
§ Bonded joint moisture resistance* (TAPPI T 812) no layer separation
Impermeableness²
§ Water resistance 10 days
Bio degradation rate³
§ Biodegradation after 60 days (Sturm Test – ASTM-D509-91) 96%
¹ tested byBFSV Hamburg Germany – Certificate nr. 5983
² tested by D.I.S.E.G. Università di Genova – Certificate nr. 137727
³ tested by AIB-VINÇOTTE International s.a. Brussels – Certificate nr. O 01-023-261-A
* after 24h submerged in water
Normative references
§ Decree of the President of the Italian Republic D.P.R. 10/09/1990 nr. 285
§ Resolution of the Ministry of Health 24/06/1993 nr.24
§ Decree of the Ministry of Health 9 July 2002 - (promulged on G.U. nr. 170 del 22/07/2002)
§ Regional Law 18/11/ 2003 nr.22 (promulged on Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Lombardia 1° Suppl. Ordinario al n. 47 – 21/11/2003)
Packaging
The BIOCOFF Emergency System is packed in kits for easy storage and rapid deployment.
It can be delivered on pallets of different capacities (5, 10…till a maximum of 40 kits), and has practical qualities that no other system presently on the market can offer.
There are no explicit descriptions on the outer packaging of the kit in order to lessen the emotional impact on people or communities already affected by tragic events.
Storage
The packaging of the BIOCOFF Emergency System on pallets*, being perfectly homogeneous and geometrical, allows a functional superposition of the parcels for an optimal utilization of logistic spaces , also in preventive mode, if compared to the traditional coffins.
Logistics
For example, on a small size logistic platform (l4,80 x p6,40m x h3,90m), 24 pallets of BIOCOFF Emergency System can be stored, for a total of 960 kits.
In the same space, a maximum of one hundred traditional coffins can be stored.
Map view
Section view
Handling
The packaging on pallets gives the BIOCOFF Emergency System a high handling agility that allows easy management either in an equipped logistic platform or on the operational spot and easier loading and unloading operations…
Transport
… and transportation using any available mean :
Handling
The lightness of the materials used to manufacture the BIOCOFF Emergency System allows the system to be easily handled, even in hostile surroundings and/or particularly hard circumstances, employing a minimum of resources
Assembly
The assembly of the BIOCOFF Emergency System is very easy, quick and intuitional; the container can be prepared in a few seconds, even by unskilled people and without using any kind of hand tool.
Stability
TheBIOCOFF Emergency System, when folded, maintains its features of endurance, homogeneity and geometric continuity, which ensures stability also when piling multiple coffins.
Identification and tracking
The BIOCOFF Emergency System can be supplied with a unique patented mechanical
tamper-proof locking device, supported by various levels of RFID technology, for real-time body identification and tracking.
Biodegradability
The BIOCOFF Emergency System is manufactured with materials mostly made of recycled fibers and polymers of new conception: 100 % biocompatible and biodegradable.
It has obtained the authorization of the Italian Ministry of Health to replace, fully and effectively, the use of the traditional zinc coffins.
Saving
Operational need : about: 1.000 coffins
- Aircraft on duty : Hercules C130 short
- Distance : 10 hours of flight
- Cost/hour of flight : € 7.000 (estimated)
System BIOCOFF Emergency Traditional coffins
Load 12 pallets/480 kits Max 100 coffins
Loading conditions Steady Unsteady
Load weight about 6.700 kg about 8.500 kg
Nr of flights needed 2 10
Total operational cost € 140.000,00 € 700.000,00
Unit operational cost € 145,00 € 730,00
Conclusions
The BIOCOFF Emergency System is a unique funeral container with technical properties that comply to the provisions of health and safety regulations, according to which it has been declared suitable for replacing the traditional coffins in case of:
§ Natural disaster;
§ Accidental death in a public place ;
§ Transport for burial or cremation.
