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King Group has launched a 'game-changing' stretch film for pallet wrapping and is offering PKN readers a free trial offer to test the film yourself.

 

Called Edge, the new film is made by a leading Malaysian supplier for Japan Inc, but now it's also available in Australia through Pack King, part of the King Group.

 

So what makes this film so interesting?

King Group's Ron Mileham explains that during extrusion of this 7-layer cast film, the edges are turned over on to the main roll, then flattened.

 

“This creates the unusual shape of the finished roll, where the outside edges are larger in diameter than the body. Why? Ever received film that has been nicked on the outside edges, so that when it is stretched it tears, well the Edge film can be dropped without damage to those vulnerable surfaces,” Mileham says.

 

“The two reinforced edges bring stability and strength to the most vulnerable part of the roll – the edges – so it acts like a double thickness, twine-like, strengthened edge which holds product more firmly,” he adds.

 

“The film ingredients and additives, plus the method of manufacture, makes this film ultra strong, ultra stretchy, and ultra clear, to enable product to be identified easily. There is virtually no noise when pulled from the roll.”

 

The film comes in only two gauges for hand use – at 12um which is equivalent to other ordinary films of 20um, and 16um which is equivalent to, or better than, ordinary films of 25-30um. It is also available in black security film in 16um only.

 

For machine use, there is only 16um, which in ordinary film equates to around 30um. It's available in clear or black.

 

When used on a pallet with a 1400mm high load, and wrapping twice around the base, with a 25% overlap between wraps, one roll of The Edge wraps 121 pallets, compared with a standard film roll wraps 107 pallets under test conditions.

 

Trial the film and see for yourself

Pack King has a number of butt rolls, with enough film to trial several pallets against any other film on the market. Ron  Mileham told PKN : “We will gladly send out a roll to any business using more than 30 rolls per month of machine film or 40 rolls per month of hand film. They can conduct their own trials, to prove to themselves that the Edge film is cheaper, as tough or tougher, and produces less waste than their current film.”

 

“This is a very big boast,” says Mileham, “but we are confident that this game changer is the future of stretch film.”

 

Pack King Edge film trial 1

 

The picture above shows the Edge film on the right after being applied to the same load and under exactly the same conditions, as the standard film (on left), and the difference in volume, which manifests itself in a) the roll being lighter and easier to carry, and b) less volume taken up in the waste bin upon removal.

 

Mileham says: " The film is capable of being stretched 300% without losing elasticity. The two rolled edges [see picture showing the two slightly bulbous ends of the roll] act as reinforcing to the part of the roll that is typically subject to damage and therefore tears and breakages. But on the Edge film it makes no difference, therefore it resists tearing and adds another layer, making each edge extremely strong (double the gauge from 16um to 32um), exactly where it's most needed."

 

To participate in the free trial offer, contact Ron Mileham on 041 030 2033 or ron@kinggroup.com.au

 

 

 

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