Shrink film is widely used around the world, it helps packing products more conveniently. This makes it possible to pack larger quantities of products and deliver more products per time, and it reduces shipping costs for the suppliers.
Shrink film can be made of several types of materials. The most common ones on the market today are polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyolefin (POF), and polyethylene (PE).
As for PE, there are 3 different forms which include Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE), Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE), and High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE).
PVC Shrink film
The PVC shrink film, is a kind of plastic which is flexible. Since it has a high resistance and high stretch against abrasion, it is suitable for a great variety of applications. Because packing with the PVC shrink keeps the materials tight, it is a great choice for packing of fragile things such as glass.
There are different kinds of shrink films such as dry shrink film and soft shrink film. From the aspect of applications, they can be classified into different models such as packing PVC film, expanded core PVC film, the PVC film of shrink machine, static spreading film, and manual PVC film. Each of them should be used for a special case. However, the manual PVC film is the most common choice since it is easier and optimal to use in comparison with others.
Generally, the PVC shrink film gets encloses the product tightly by using of a controlled heat inside a special machine. The PVC packing films are vulnerable to temperatures more than 20 degrees Celsius; thus, it would be better to keep them in a proper condition before the usage to not to get damaged.
PVC shrink film is used in the packaging of all kinds of non-food products such as toys, stationery materials, boxes, cosmetics and confectionery boxes. PVC shrink film with high brightness, transparency and high resistance to tearing gives easily results even at low temperatures. suitable for use in automatic packaging machines.
Post time: Jul-01-2022