Have You Been Able to Duplicate Your Test Lab Results at Customer Locations? Hi Howard, what a great question, and one I am sure is in the mind of anyone with whom we discuss a lab project. The short answer is yes, in every case we have been able to duplicate our lab results at customer…
Is the Testing You Do in Your Lab an ISTA Test? Thanks for the question, Jesse. It is a question that comes up often when customers send product to our lab for testing. The test protocol used in our lab is different from what is used by ISTA. To understand the difference, let’s take a…
Load Containment Follow Up We had a great response from the last Ask Steve post. Several of you asked about Total Applied Stretch and how it factors into load containment. So, I thought that would be an excellent follow up question to answer. Total Applied Stretch is exactly what the name implies. It is the…
Why Do We Have Load Failures, Even When We Meet Our Corporate Force to Load Containment Standard? That is a great question Clint, and a very common issue (and one that is not well understood). First, let’s talk about what load containment is, then how we measure it, finally how effective that measurement is. Load…
Would a Lighter Gauge Full Web Film Provide More Savings, or Would We Not Be Able to Apply as Much Pre-Stretch Resulting in the Same Weight of Film per Pallet Wrapped? Hi Sherry, We have tested various combinations of downgauged films, in the range of 35-gauge and less, at our lab in Phoenix. While the…
What Is the Optimum Number of Inches That You Should Wrap on the Pallet Itself to Best Secure the Load to the Pallet and Not Be Damaged by Forklift Tearing Film? Hi Fred, The key to optimal containment is to unitize the load with stretch film so there is little to no movement of the…
If Cycle Time Is Not an Issue, Do You Get Better Overall Value (Containment & Cost) by Using Thicker Film with Fewer Revolutions or Thinner Film with More Revolutions on Average? Hi Gary, That is a very good question and one that has been asked several times, so definitely something on people’s minds. For conventional…
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