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Stretch Wrap Versus Shrink Wrap Indiana

The following article offers a comparison of plastic wrap and shrink wrap. It talks about what the products are made out of and what their primary uses are.

Local Companies

Crown Packaging Corp
(812) 476-2933
701 N Weinbach Ave
Evansville, IN
Brown Industrial Packaging Inc
(260) 749-7200
5431 Us Highway 30 E
Fort Wayne, IN
MidWest Paper Specialties
(260) 749-8994
5403 Us Highway 30 E
Fort Wayne, IN
A K Pack & Ship
(812) 473-4321
527 N Green River Rd
Evansville, IN
My Guy Packaging
(260) 969-0604
5525 Industrial Rd
Fort Wayne, IN
The U PS Store
(219) 662-7960
3 N Court St
Gary, IN
Bridge Packaging
(260) 747-5211
1661 Fletcher Ave
Fort Wayne, IN
Mcmahon Paper Co Inc
(260) 422-3491
1810 S Anthony Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN
Custom Poly Packaging
(260) 483-4008
3216 Congressional Pkwy
Fort Wayne, IN
Fort Security Self Storage
(260) 490-7867
2208 Contractors Way
Fort Wayne, IN

Well if you need one or the other, you should care and just about every industrial, commercial or distribution company uses these products. The last thing you need is to order a product that won’t work for your application, especially in these time sensitive days. These are two very different products used for very different applications.

Let’s clear up the confusion. Shrink wrap film is made from polyolefin plastic, while stretch wrap is made from polyethylene plastic. Shrink wrap is generally used to protect a single product, such as the plastic over toys at the toy store or CD's when you first buy them. Shrink wrap gets its tight seal through a heating process. The product is wrapped and heated with a hairdryer-like tool or put through a heat tunnel. Shrink wrap can also be used for bundling products together, such as bottles of soda. In some cases, shrink wrap is used for palletizing although it is far less common that stretch wrap for this application.

Stretch wrap is generally used to hold boxes on a pallet for transport. Stretch wrap is pulled around the load and stretched. The plastic has a memory and wants to return to its original size. This "elastic band effect" holds the load tight.

Generally stretch wrap comes in 12”, 15” and 18” sizes for hand wrapping and 20”-60” sizes for machine applications. Shrink wrap is available in most even number sizes between 4-20” and is generally “center-folded”, that is the film is folded over itself to form two layers. The product is inserted between the two layers and sealed on the remaining three sides, then shrunk by heat.

For more information on these products you can take a look at “Stretch Wrap 101” on our website www.allstarsupply.com.

About the Author:

Tom Zotter is President of Allstar Supply, Inc., one of the nation’s leading suppliers of both stretch wrap and shrink wrap films.

Article Source: thePhantomWriters Article Submission Service

Featured Local Company

Crown Packaging Corp

(812) 476-2933
701 N Weinbach Ave
Evansville, IN
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