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Pallet Covers To Protect Products

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Product inventory whether stored indoors, outdoors, cooled, or non cooled environments should be protected. At U.S. Packaging & Wrapping we sell a large variety of materials to assist in protecting products for storage, load transportation, retail sales, and industrial sales. Most our of shrink wrap materials are to protect merchandise for retail and industrial sales. The shrink wrap helps to protect products from exterior elements while still allowing a clear product display. Our stretch film is used to protect products for transportation. Companies have used stretch wrap for years to unitize pallet loads. This helps to protect from product loss and worker injury during transportation. Stretch wrap can also perform as a barrier from external elements. Often when protection from exterior elements is essential to important products we recommend using more than stretch film, we recommend pallet covers.

Pallet covers are generally made of polyethylene plastic and come in thicknesses ranging from 1 mil all the way up to 6 mil. Many companies find pallet covers important because of the protection they offer from external elements such as: sunlight, moisture, and dust. There are several customers we have that will use a pallet cover after the pallet load has been stretch wrapped. The stretch wrap does provide a great barrier of protection, but the pallet covers offer added protection specifically from moisture and sunlight. The majority of customers we sell our pallet covers to use a pallet cover on loads that are not stretch wrapped. Often times the loads are unitized with plastic strapping or not unitized at all.

We offer two colors of pallet covers to choose from, clear and black. The black is often sold to our customers that store in outdoor environments. The black pallet covers offer UV protection to help protect products from sunlight. Another great feature of the black pallet covers is the ability to conceal pallet loads. This helps to protect merchandise from theft.

All of our pallet covers come with gusseted sides to easily slide over pallet loads. All pallet covers come on a roll. The amount of pallet covers per roll vary depending on the thickness and the size of the cover. We have recently reduced our prices on pallet covers and offer great discounts on any order over 5 rolls. If you would like to request a quote, you can reach us at 1-800-441-5090 Ext.1 for sales.

Plastic Strapping Information & Uses

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Plastic strapping is used in a variety of situations. Plastic strapping is commonly used for load stabilization and unitizing products together. Many people choose to use a combination of stretch film, and strapping to help secure loads of different sizes and weights.

Polypropylene strapping is the most common type of strapping. It can be used with a variety of packages and loads. There are a multiple seal types that can be used with polypropylene strapping. In an upcoming post we will highlight the variety of seals that can be used for strapping. We offer two types of finishes on our polypropylene strapping.

The first and most common finish we offer is an embossed finish. The embossed finish gives extra texture and adds friction to the strapping. The embossed finish offers a diamond-shaped finish that allows more friction and slip resistance to buckles and seals. To much embossing can compromise the strength of the strapping.

Polypropylene strapping is also offered in a smooth finish. All of our Polyester strapping comes in a smooth finish. The smooth finish allows the plastic strapping to be stronger and is intended for heavier loads. Strapping with a smooth finish has a much higher tensile strength than strapping with an embossed finish.

Polyester strapping, commonly referred to PET strapping is the strongest of plastic strapping materials. Polyester strapping is often used as an alternative to steel strapping because of the strength it provides, and the ability to reduce the overall weight of the load. Polyester strapping is used with a variety of hand and machine sealing tools.

We offer a large variety of sealing tools and machines to assist you in sealing your plastic strapping. If you do not find what you need online, feel free to call us at 1-800-441-5090.

U.S. Packaging & Wrapping To Inroduce Full Line of Strapping Products

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We are proud to announce the introduction of  a large variety of strapping products. Strapping, also referred to as banding is ideal for a variety of load stabilization situations. Many of our current clients use a combination of stretch film with strapping products to help stabilize loads.

The two types of strapping we will be offering are polyester strapping and polypropylene strapping. Both of these types of strapping offer many benefits and advantages when used in proper situations. Polyester strapping also known as PET strapping has the ability to hold tension longer. Polyester strapping is being made to hold stronger loads that used to be only held with steel strapping. Polypropylene strapping is a more economical option for unitizing objects. Polypropylene strapping is more commonly used for a variety of situations ranging from securing individual packages together to securing whole pallet loads.

We will be offering hand strapping options as well as many machine strapping options. Both are ideal when used in the proper situations. All of our hand polypropylene strapping options will be offered in multiple core sizes with the ability to seal in multiple ways. Users can choose to seal using hand wire buckles, plastic strapping seals, or by using a hand-held friction weld.

Machine grade strapping will be made available in both polyester and polypropylene strapping. Both are great when using on the proper situations.Both machine strapping options will be available in a large variety of core sizes, widths, thicknesses, and break strengths. They are made from quality virgin raw materials to ensure only the highest quality strapping products.

To help complement all of the new strapping products to be offered, we will also have multiple strapping tools and accessories available. Everything ranging from hand strapping tools, to semi-automatic and automatic strapping machines, as well as seals, and strapping kits.

Feel free to call us at 1-800-441-5090 to inquire about the strapping products described in this article.