Polypropylene Webbing Tape No 18
The lightest webbing in common use, dope dyed for colour that cannot wash out and priced for high volume assembly.
What This Item Is
Polypropylene Webbing Tape No 18 is woven to order at the width and thickness you specify rather than picked from a stock range. Width is made to request and thickness sits anywhere between 0.65 mm and 2.5 mm. We match colour to Pantone or to your physical sample, then hold one dye lot across the full quantity. Sampling runs 3 to 7 days; the production window is 7 to 15 days from approval.
Key Benefits
- Computer jacquard logo weaving available on the same tape
- Screen printing available after weaving when tooling cannot be justified
- SGS testing arranged on request before shipment
- Samples in 3 to 7 days and production in 7 to 15 days
- Packed 50 yards per roll and 30 rolls per carton, or to your own packing list
Problems It Solves
- Width variation that stops hardware sliding cleanly on the finished strap
- Repeat orders that no longer match the original because nothing was archived
- Branding that wears off a component long before the product does
Who It Is For
- Packaging and strapping converters buying by the tonne
- Pet product brands needing tape that washes and dries fast
- Furniture and garden goods assemblers working outdoors
Application Scenarios
- Garden furniture and deckchair webbing
- Low cost lanyards and promotional straps
- Cargo and luggage tie-downs
- Tote and shopping bag handles
Technical Features
- Thickness woven from 0.65 mm to 2.5 mm, or to your own figure
- Width made to your request rather than to a fixed catalogue range
- Pantone matched colour, or matched to a physical swatch
- Computer jacquard logo weaving on the same construction
What Is On The Specification Sheet
Everything below comes from our own specification table for this item. Width is made to your request, so it is quoted rather than listed.
| Product Type | Polypropylene Webbing |
|---|---|
| Catalogue Reference | polypropylene-webbing-18 |
| Material | PP, cotton, polyester, nylon; eco-friendly and non-toxic yarns |
| Colour | Pantone matched or to your own reference |
| Thickness | 0.65 mm to 2.5 mm or custom |
| Width | Made to your request |
| Logo Method | Computer jacquard |
| Testing | SGS |
| OEM | Welcome |
| Payment Terms | T/T, Western Union, PayPal |
| Shipping Terms | EXW, FOB, CIF |
| Sample Time | 3 to 7 days |
| Production Time | 7 to 15 days |
| Packing | 50 yards for one roll 30 rolls for one carton or by your request |
| Minimum Order | 1000 metres |
Materials
- Polypropylene filament, dope dyed with pigment added to the melt
- Anti-ageing agent added at spinning where the strap will live outdoors
- Fine denier polypropylene where wicking and fast drying matter
Quality Control
- Heat setting held well below the 165 to 173 degree melting range to protect the hand
- Tensile checked on the finished tape rather than on the yarn alone
- Pigment lot recorded against your order so a repeat matches the first run
- SGS testing arranged on request before shipment
What You Can Change
- Any width to your drawing, thickness 0.65 mm to 2.5 mm
- Dope dyed colour matched to a Pantone reference
- Computer jacquard logo or post-weave silk screen printing
- Soft or firm hand set during finishing
How This Item Is Made
- Pigment selection and melt dyeing
- Filament spinning and drawing
- Warping and weaving
- Controlled heat setting below the melt point
- Width and tensile check
- Rolling, measuring and packing
How It Compares
Polypropylene saves roughly 30 per cent of the weight and costs less, but its melting point is only 165 to 173 degrees Celsius and its light and heat ageing resistance is poorer. Choose polyester where the strap lives in sunlight.
Polypropylene will not mildew and dries almost instantly, which cotton cannot do. Cotton still wins where a natural hand or later garment dyeing is required.
Polypropylene is 20 per cent lighter and far cheaper, with similar wet strength. Nylon has the better abrasion life and takes conventional dye.
Use Guide
- Specify an anti-ageing additive when the strap will be permanently outdoors
- Expect some static during cutting and sewing and earth your equipment accordingly
- For light shell fabrics ask for dope dyed rather than surface dyed tape
- Do not iron or hot press the tape; the fibre softens close to 165 degrees Celsius
Other PP Tape References
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Questions Buyers Ask About Polypropylene Webbing Tape No 18
Will polypropylene webbing fade outdoors
Its light and heat ageing resistance is weaker than polyester. Adding an anti-ageing agent during spinning improves it considerably, and we do that as standard for straps you tell us will live outside.
Can polypropylene webbing be dyed after weaving
Not reliably. The fibre has almost no moisture regain, under 0.03 per cent, and is the hardest of the chemical fibres to dye conventionally. We colour it by adding pigment to the melt before spinning, which is why the colour cannot wash out.
Can you supply a test report
SGS testing is arranged on request before shipment. Tell us at quotation stage which properties need to be reported.
Will a repeat order match this one
Yes, provided you quote the same order reference. The colour reference and any jacquard plate stay on file here for exactly that reason.
Do you weave to a drawing
That is the normal case. Width and thickness come from your specification rather than from a standard size list.
Ask About Polypropylene Webbing Tape No 18
Quote the catalogue reference with your width, thickness and colour and we will come back with price, minimum quantity and a delivery date.