The chilling process is very effective at removing a large amount of heat in a short period of time. By doing so, the polymers can be frozen while still in an amorphous state. For most end uses, this is a very desirable feature of the extrusion process.
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Which is better, Cast or Blown?
The cast process generally produces a stretch film with characteristics superior to that of a stretch film made by a blown process. Casting of film provides more uniform gauge, better cling, and greater percentages of stretch than blown film. Cast film is superior to blown film in tear strength in the machine or transverse direction, which aids in the prevention of tear propagation.
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Do you offer colored Film?
Yes, we offer a variety of standard colored films in both our hand and machine film. In addition, we are happy to customize products to meet your most demanding applications. For more product availability, please contact Paragon's Customer Service Department at 918-250-FILM.
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What is the difference between Hand Film and Machine Film?
Hand film is used with manual stretch wrappers which use the power of the operator. The operator stretches the film using breaking handle on the wrapper while walking around the pallet. Hand wrapping is typically designed for those who unitize less than 10 pallets per day, have decentralized warehousing or need a backup to powered stretch equipment.
Machine Film is used with powered stretch equipment. There are several different types of powered stretch equipment available today. The most common is the rotary spiral pre-stretch machines. The rotary spiral pre-stretch machines wraps the pallet load in a spiral fashion using film widths of 20" or 30". Rotary Spiral Pre-Stretch is the most popular means of applying stretch film today and is the most widely used type of stretch film equipment.
Pre-stretch isolates the film from the load, thereby enabling the film to be used at much higher performance levels than conventional rotary stretch equipment. In conventional rotary stretch wrapping the turntable is pulling the film against a breaking force on the roll. With pre-stretch the stretching takes place either between two geared rollers or one powered and one driven roller . This provides greater and more uniform stretch, less neckdown and enables the operator to adjust the force of the load.
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How do you choose the right stretch film?
Click here to see how you choose the right stretch film.
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Where is your film manufactured?
All of Paragon's film is manufactured and warehoused in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Taylorsville, North Carolina. In addition, we have several geographically strategic warehouses throughout North America.
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What is a gauge band?
These are hard or soft rings on a roll of film which caused by a very slight gauge (thickness) variations in the film. Often gauge bands do not result in any wrapper failure. If a failure does occur it will result from a wrinkle in the band area. It will appear as a slit starting between the prestretch rolls.
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How are freight charges handled?
All of Paragon's films are shipped FOB destination freight prepaid. All single (1) skid shipments will incur a $50.00 shipping fee. No fees will be incurred for shipments of two (2) or more skids.
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Do you print on film?
No, Paragon does not print on any of our film. However, we are happy to customize products to meet your most demanding applications when possible. Please contact Paragon's Customer Service Department at 918-250-FILM to find out more information.
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How many pallets of product can you fit on a truck?
The number of product pallets that can fit on a truck vary depending on the weight of the pallet. To quickly calculate a rough estimate, divide the weight of one product pallet into 40,000 lbs. For example if the product pallet weighs 1200 lbs, then roughly 33 pallets will fit on a truck (40,000 lbs. / 1200 lbs. = 33 Pallets).
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Do you break skids down and sell individual rolls or boxes of film?
We only sell our film in pallet quantities. We require a minimum order on most standard products.
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