It is essential to choose the right packaging technique to have an efficient packaging process and to achieve the optimal packaging quality to protect your product.
When selecting packaging for your product, multiple techniques are available, each with its own strengths. It is essential to consider the purpose of the packaging to ensure the best fit.
For packaging building materials, large rolls, and similar products, packaging solutions such as orbital wrapping, sleeve wrapping, heat shrink packaging, and RoRo StretchPack® are commonly used.
Below you will find a comparison of different techniques (orbital wrapping / sleeve wrapping / heat shrink packaging / RoRo StretchPack®) typically used for packaging of rolls, building materials and similar:
| Orbital wrapping |
Sleeve wrapping |
Heat shrink packaging |
RoRo StretchPack® |
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| Film type | Stretch wrap film | Shrink film | Shrink film | Tubular stretch hood film |
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| Single-layer packaging | |
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| 100% waterproof and dustproof | |
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| Sealing during the packaging process – only one operation | |
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| Uniform packaging | |
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| High repeatability | |
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| Smooth film surface – non-sticky | |
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| Logo and graphic print on film | |
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| High tear and puncture resistant | |
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| Large film rolls available (up to 10 km film depending on film thickness) |
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| Low maintenance | |
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| Film consumption | – | – | – |  |
| Energy consumption | – |  |
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If you have any questions regarding the comparison, please contact Tentoma.
