Case Study: Making the Switch to Poly Strapping
With the holiday season in full swing, sometimes even Santas helpers need a little assistance. Our customer, a Southeastern grower and producer of Christmas trees,recentlyfound themselves in just such a spot.In order to transport more trees in one truckload, the client h…
Tensile Strength vs. Break Strength
Whether youve worked with strapping for many years or are a novice user,youve almost certainly heard about strapping tensile strength and strapping break strength. These two factors are key to understanding how your strapping works andknowingwhat grade of strap to choose to keep you…
Understanding the ins and outs of strapping tools and parts can sometimes be complicated, but this easy explainer provides a simple break down.
Poly Strapping
Polyester strapping and polypropylene strapping (jointly referred to as poly strapping or plastic strapping) are the two most widely used types of strapping.Whi…
What Is Tensile Strength?
Tensile strength is defined as the stress at which a product, such as plastic strapping, steel strapping, rope, or wire, breaks or permanently disfigures.
There are three definitions of tensile strength:
Yield Strength - The stress at which material strain changes from elastic deformation…
The case for poly strapping
Poly strapping can be broken down into two different types of plastic - polypropylene and polyester. There's benefits to both, and both make a great case to use when changing from steels trapping.
Not too long ago, steel strapping used to be the only strapping in the game. It's the oldest, …