Load Containment System offers stability with ventilation.
Press Release Summary:
Consisting of Scotch® Stretchable Tape and 3M(TM) ST1000 Stretchable Tape Wrapper, Stretchable Tape Load Containment System helps prevent loads from tipping, vibrating, and shifting. Tape is automatically stretched and wrapped in selected pattern, even around bottom of pallet when necessary to prevent lateral shifting of load. Providing 40 lb/in. tensile strength at 650% stretch, tape facilitates ventilation, preventing corrugated degradation from condensation.
Original Press Release:
New Load Containment System from 3M Offers Stability with Ventilation
St. Paul, Minn. - April 4, 2006 - To maintain product quality during transit around the plant and across the country, the Stretchable Tape Load Containment System from 3M helps prevent loads from tipping, vibrating and shifting. It provides ventilation so loads chill faster and prevents corrugated degradation from condensation.
The two-part system features Scotch® Stretchable Tape and the 3M(TM) Stretchable Tape Wrapper ST1000, a semi-automatic pallet wrapping device that ensures consistent, optimized tape stretch ratio and pattern. Tape is automatically stretched and wrapped in the selected pattern, even going around the bottom of the pallet when necessary to prevent lateral shifting of the load. Stretching the tape changes the molecular structure of this unique 3M tape so that strength increases, reaching 40 pounds per inch tensile strength at 650% stretch.
Having elastic memory, Scotch Stretchable Tape contracts to tighten the load but not crush the cartons. It also loses adhesion after stretching so that it will be less likely to damage graphics or printing on labels.
This system saves material cost and storage space compared to stretch film, and at the receiving end there is up to 95% waste reduction. When the load arrives, removal starts with a simple, quick cut. Then tape is gathered up as it slips from the load.
For more information about the Stretchable Tape Load Containment System from 3M, call
1-800-567-1639 ext. 5017, or visit www.3m.com.
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