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    3M Packing Tapes

    Packing tape, also referred to as parcel tape, is most used to seal up cardboard boxes, secure packages or used to repair or secure a box or package if necessary. They are ideal to use when packaging up goods for postage or when packing up boxes for moving. You can learn more in our guide to packing tape.

    Features and Benefits

    Parcel tape is usually made from polypropylene or polyester, it is a pressure sensitive adhesive used widely in numerous businesses, factories, warehouses, shops and at home. Packaging tape is available to buy individually or in a pack of several rolls. Packing tape is ideal in helping to ensure your customer is satisfied with the goods that they receive, and that their parcel or supplies arrive securely and are in pristine condition on delivery.

    Our offer includes transparent tape, coloured tape, clear tape and brown tape. It comes in a variety of sizes, although most common small core rolls of tape are 19 mm x 33 m, large core tape rolls are 19 mm x 66 m and packaging tape is 50 mm x 66 m. Although many different width (mm) and length (m) tapes are widely available.

    How to apply packing tape?

    The packaging tape can be applied in a variety of ways, manually with a small stationary dispenser, like that of Sellotape. With a handheld tape dispenser with a serrated edge to cut the tape at the correct place and prevent it from becoming tangled and unnecessarily wasted. Or the packing tape can be applied with automated machinery, in this case, low noise tape can be especially effective and ideal when using it for high-speed packaging lines.

    Type of packing tapes

    Parcel tape is available in a range of variations that work effectively on different surfaces. Different tensile strengths are available ranging from 7N/cm all the way to 800N/cm with various backings for different package type applications such as;

    • Glass Fibre
    • Kraft Paper
    • PVC
    • PET

    Applications of packing tape

    Packing tape is widely used in a variety of applications such as;

    • Warehouse
    • Industrial
    • Food Packaging

    Brown Parcel Tape

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