Packaging Guides Selection Procedures and Comparisons
Nine guides covering how to choose a cushioning format, how to size a dunnage bag, which shrink film gauge to run, and where paper genuinely replaces plastic.
How to Choose an Air Dunnage Bag Size
The model table read as a selection procedure: measure the void, check the cargo height, then check the bearing strength.
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Water Activated Paper Tape Compared With Plastic Tape
Where gummed paper tape genuinely outperforms plastic tape, where plastic tape is still the right answer, and what the change costs at the bench.
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How to Choose POF Shrink Film Thickness and Format
Working through gauge, width, fold type and perforation so the film matches both the pack and the machine it will run on.
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Honeycomb Paper Compared With Bubble Wrap
An honest comparison for buyers moving to plastic-free packing, covering where honeycomb paper matches bubble wrap and where it does not.
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Air Column Bags Compared With Moulded Foam Inserts
Tooling, storage, redundancy and cost per unit, for buyers deciding how to protect a high value fragile product.
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The Main Types of Air Cushion Film
Air pillow, air bubble film, air quilt and small tube compared, with the roll sizes, thickness and carton weights for each format.
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The Wide Range of Application of Air Cushion Film
Where inflatable cushioning is used beyond parcel void fill, and the physical properties that make it work across so many product categories.
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Your Best Choice of Air Cushion Machine
How air cushion film is inflated, and how to choose between AWPACK-004 and AWPACK-005 based on your film width and daily volume.
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The Advantages of Air Cushion Film
Why merchants shipping glass and ceramics moved from loose fill and cut foam to inflatable cushioning, and what the material actually does in the carton.
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Who are these guides written for
People choosing a packaging specification: packing engineers, buyers and warehouse managers. They use the same numbers that appear on our datasheets.
Do the comparisons favour your own products
Where another material is the better answer we say so. A comparison that only ever concludes in our favour would not be worth reading.
Can I get a figure that is not in a guide
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Cannot Find the Answer in a Guide
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