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Shrink Wrap Packaging Offers Peace of Mind When Protecting Your Products

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There comes a time in everyone’s life where we try to ship a something that just won’t quiet fit in the box. Perhaps you are just trying to ship something that you want to remain in great condition until it gets there. It could be a book or a magazine. Maybe you are trying to ship a photo album. How are you supposed to accomplish these tasks? Fortunately, our products can help! Whether your needs require heat shrink wrap, stretch film, plastic strapping, or other packaging materials.

Need to ship a book, magazine, CD or DVD? Try our heat shrink bags. They are perfect for ensuring products are not damaged during shipping and transport as well as moisture and dust. Depending on the amount of shrink needed, we offer great discounts on quantity orders.

If you are trying to wrap and ship a variety of products that are about the same circumference, but different in length – you can try the shrink tubing. This type of wrapping is especially perfect if you ship some candles. The shrink film tubing allows offers a protective covering for the candles to keep them in pristine condition for delivery. Just wrap them up and ship them out!

Do you have multiple products that vary in size? You cannot go wrong with a Centerfold Heat Shrink Wrap. This particular shrink wrap is perfect for all of your needs. Purchasing a centerfold shrink wrap to accommodate your largest product will allow you to purchase one roll of shrink wrap and then wrap all of your products.

With U.S. Packing & Wrapping LLC, you get the highest quality of shrink wrap options that money can buy. The products we offer give you peace of mind when it comes to thinking about whether or not the products you are shipping are going to reach their destination safely. No longer will you have to think about product loss when getting your products safely to their destination.

Feel free to call us at 1-800-441-5090 if you have any questions about shrink wrap or any of our other packaging products.

Protecting Your Products Against Transportation Shock

Posted on by Standard Respond

There are millions of fragile and delicate items that are transported every hour of every day. Anybody packaging products delicate or durable should consider the possibility of transportation shock. Transportation shock can come from a variety of different external factors during transportation.

Those external factors can range from the vibration of the transportation vehicle to how the worker unloading the product handles it. When packaging products for transportation, a packager should consider the product as well as how it will be shipped. That will enable the packager to take the proper steps to protect the product.

Some questions to ask that will help determine the proper materials for packaging are:

1. How fragile is the product? Electronics and glass products will obviously have different packaging needs than more durable products such as lumber and metal objects.

2. How far will the products be transported? The distance of the move can effect the amount of transportation shock to the products. Longer moves can have more consistent shock than a shorter move.

3. How will the products be transported? The vehicle for transportation should be considered when trying to figure protection against transportation shock. Different vehicles have different exterior factors and vibrations that can have an impact on the transportation shock of a product.

4. Who will transport the products? A national shipping or freight company will have different handling and shipping methods compared to your own employees. You may have the ability to give specific instructions to your own employees that you would not be able to specify with a national or international  shipper.

 

Those questions will help establish a starting point to determine which packaging materials should be considered to help reduce the amount of transportation shock to product. Below are some packaging materials commonly used to help reduce shock.

1. Permanent Molds- Often used for fragile products. Molds restrict the amount of movement and limits movement to only movement within the mold. Molds are typically used for high output productions because of the cost.

2. Cellulose Wadding- Typically affordable and conforms to the product

3. Indented Kraft Paper- Great for absorbing shock and often made from recycled materials.

4. Polymeric Cushioning materials- Polymeric materials are often used for loose-fill. Such as packaging peanuts. Polymeric materials covers a wide range of materials and each one of the materials should be looked at and considered for each packaging purpose. Polymeric materials can be both natural and synthetic materials.

5. Newsprint- An affordable paper that is commonly used to print newspapers. Newsprint is often made from recycled paper and can be recycled after used.

We have only scratched the surface on materials and questions to consider when choosing how to protect your products against transportation shock. If the proper steps are taken along with use of the proper materials, a business can dramatically reduce the amount of product damage during transportation.