Pro Pack Solutions, Inc.
Celebrating 50 years of service from 1958-2008
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Pro Pack Solutions, Inc. Celebrating 50 years of service from 1958-2008
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Gummed Tape is available in several different strengths and three different styles. Reinforced Tape Reinforced Gummed Tape is available in several different sizes and strengths. Recently manufacturers have added metric sizes as well. The most common for 20-40 pound boxes is the Medallion brand by Intertape. The Medallion is a natural 3 way reinforced, 70mm by 500' with 6 rolls per carton. The Medallion tape is also available in a 3" by 450' roll, brown or white. A good medium (aka industrial) grade for 40-60 pound boxes is the Carton Master brand available in a natural 3 way reinforced, with 3" by 375' per roll, 8 rolls per case. When pricing tape, we always recommend buying the tape by the foot. If you are buying 10 rolls of 450' for $46.00, your cost is $ 0.0102222222222 per foot (42.00/4500'). After determining price per foot, buy the longest roll that will fit in the machine. The largest roll will save time and labor in your operators having to change out the rolls. (Estimated time average 3-5 minutes depending on how far the packer has to walk to get another roll of tape. At $7.00 per hour, change out will cost $0.58333 for 5 minutes!) Determining price per foot will also determine best buy. The 500' x 70mm 6 rolls per case is highly recommended due to the size and weight of the carton. Your packers will appreciate the smaller size, and it fits better at packing stations. This tape is dispensed in the Better Pack 500, Better Pack 555eS, TapeShooter 333. Asphaltic Reinforced Gummed Tape Used mainly by the Federal Government and considered out of date. Asphaltic tape will gum up a tape machine very fast due to the black asphalt used in the manufacture of the tape. With the advancements in tape, we recommend using the 3-way non-asphaltic reinforced gummed tape above. This tape is dispensed in the Better Pack 500, Better Pack 555eS type machines that incorporate an automatic blade oiler to prevent build up of black asphaltic materials on the cutting edge. Paper Tape Plain Paper Gummed Tape aka Non-Reinforced Kraft Sealing Tape used to be the only tape used prior to 1966. Gradually over the years usage has dropped to a mere trickle of pre 1966 levels. Today the most common is 60# tape available in 2", 2 1/2" and 3" standard widths with 600' on a roll. Kraft tape is used on light boxes, generally under 25#, and mostly for inner pack type applications. This tape is dispensed in the Better Pack 500, Better Pack 555eS, TapeShooter 333, or in the Pull and Tear NPS model NO. 22. The other style of plain gummed tape is known as "inch and a half, gummed side out." This tape is used in meat markets, and in printing companies for binding. The tape is dispensed in the NPS Model No. 31 Packager, the Better Pack TapeShooter 404, or the NPS No. 208. Printed Tape We also handle the equipment to print on tape as it is dispensed. The CT#6 by Better Packages for the Better Pack 500 prints your message on the spot. We do offer one or two cases for the smaller users. If you need of a source, email our sales department by clicking here and advise your location. |
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