14 Dec2015

Using the shipping scale – Do you know how?

Posted in Shipping Supplies / Date: 14.12.15 / by Merlyn

A shipping scale is a vital piece of equipment for any business where delivery of products to customers is important. When looking for a suitable shipping scale, there are a number of design characteristics and features to check out to make sure the selected shipping scale will do the job required. The principal feature to look out for is that the shipping scale can handle the weights of the packages you intend to ship. Other key features include, accuracy and an easy to use intuitive design. Well calibrated and easy to read LCD display will mean that user errors when reading the weights are reduced to the minimum.

14 Dec2015

Why use cable ties?

Posted in Cable Ties / Date: 14.12.15 / by Merlyn

Cable ties have a simple but important application when securing packaging; the key use is that need to seal the wrapping securely. Cable ties are designed with a simple principal function. The cable tie comes with a head and a tail; the body in between contains a series of gear rack locking teeth. When used, the tail is passed through an aperture in the head and the tail moves through smoothly and can be pulled easily in one direction for closing. However, the design of the cable tie is to make movement in the opposite direction impossible as the gears lock the tie shut.

14 Dec2015

How does polyolefin shrink film work?

Posted in Shrink Products / Date: 14.12.15 / by Merlyn

Highly resistant to tearing or to wearing out, polyolefin shrink film is perfect for use with regular and irregular shaped objects. It is also soft and flexible. Thanks to its flexibility and softness, it can never be accused of being too brittle. As it is used extensively in the food industry and is FDA approved, it is odor free and has no smell whatsoever. Polyolefin shrink film is exceptionally strong too. In fact, polyolefin shrink film, with a gauge of 60 is actually stronger than a PVC film with a thicker 75 gauge. Thanks to its strength and relative cost being the cheaper than PVC, polyolefin shrink film is better value for money, as you get more per square foot for your money than you do with PVC.

14 Dec2015

Understanding rules regard ing garbage trash bags

Posted in Bags / Date: 14.12.15 / by Merlyn

Depending upon where you live, the rules regarding garbage trash bags will apply. For something as apparently innocent as a garbage trash bag, you may wonder what all the fuss is about. The problem is that the disposal of trash is a business and an environmental challenge that faces everyone around the world. The best suppliers of garbage trash bags have understood this and they supply the right bags for the right trash. What this means in real terms varies state by state and city by city. What you have been used to where you lived before you moved may no longer apply in the area you have moved to. There are some basic rules and you can find out if they apply to you.