What is Machine Stretch Film?
Stretch film designed to be applied with a stretch wrap machine is referred as machine stretch film. It provides many advantages over hand film including: faster and more efficient packaging, reduced packaging material costs, safer application, more secure loads and more.
Common Machine Stretch Film Types
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Blown Stretch Film
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Cast Stretch Film
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Pre-stretched Film
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Specialty Stretch Film
The basics of the stretch wrap world are that the heavier your load and the farther it travels the more film you will require to secure it. With this in mind the process requires knowledge, experience and expertise to select the most cost effective solution for your shipping requirements.
What is Cast Stretch Film?
Cast Stretch Film, otherwise known as Cast Film or Cast Wrap, is manufactured using the cast extrusion process.
Typical Characteristics of Cast Stretch Films
What are Pre-stretched Films?
Pre-stretched film is film that has been stretched (or pre-stretched) during the manufacturing process and then rolled onto cores for customer sale.
Pre-stretch Film Benefits:
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Safer and easier operator application
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Less operator effort required to wrap pallet loads
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Less waste to landfill
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Reduced neck down eliminates revolutions and trips around the pallet
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Lighter rolls reduce operator fatigue and staff loss time injuries
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Pre-stretch films are recyclable
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Pre-stretched film is strong, consistent and stable
What are Specialty Stretch Films?
Specialty stretch films are designed to answer very specific packaging needs that more general purpose stretch packaging products cannot accommodate. A small sample of some specialty stretch packaging films are below.
Flexo Printing Equipment for Industrial Products
Flexographic printing is a method of direct contact printing. A flexographic (flexo) printer consists of multiple wheels that work in unison to pick up ink from an ink reservoir, deliver the ink to a printing die or plate, and roll the ink onto the material being marked.
Flexo printers are an excellent choice for these types of printing applications:
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The printed message does not change often
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High quality logo printing is desired
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Printed logos or messages are large
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Specific colors are required (e.g. Pantone colors)
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Printing is only required for short production runs
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The budget for printing equipment is limited
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Simple/low-tech printing machines are desired
Industrial Printing Applications
Pannier flexographic printers are used for printing text and high resolution graphics on flat materials such as metals, rubber, building products, textiles, and packaging products.
The most important consideration when purchasing a flexo printer is the requirements of the printed message(s). How large is the overall size of message to be printed? How often must the message repeat on your material? The answers to these questions will determine the width and circumference of the print drum needed for your printing job.
The Pannier Super Ink Print-All uses a universal frame that can accommodate wheels of several different circumference sizes. As shown in this image, the same size message can be printed with three different print wheels, but increasing the circumference of the wheel increases the space between each repeat of the print.
Flexo printers use either one or two rolls to pick up and apply ink to the print wheel which holds the printing plates or dies. The wheels are tied together with a chain and sprockets so that they turn in unison. The friction of the print wheel making contact with the moving material is what drives the rotation of all the printer's wheels.
Types Of Paper Used For Making Paper Bags
If you're thinking of the most inexpensive way to package gift items for your clients or colleagues, think paper bags. Even better, go for paper bags that are environmentally friendly to show your sensitivity to conserving the environment.