Packaging can be quite stressful, but perhaps not in the way you’re thinking. While you may be dealing with the stresses of deadlines, customer demands, and daily operations, your packing tape will encounter a different kind of stress: adhesive stress.

Adhesive stress refers to how the adhesive bond is pulled, stretched, and otherwise deformed when acted upon by external forces. In this sticky article, we will go over the five types of stress your tape will face throughout packaging and shipping.

Tensile Stress

Tensile stress occurs when the adhesive bond is elongated or pulled apart by external forces moving away from each other. The direction of the pulling is perpendicular to the bond and the stress is distributed evenly across the surface.

Whether you’re a construction worker on the jobsite, or a DIY-er looking to improve their home, you want to keep the areas you’re not working on safe from the areas you are working on. The last thing you need when you’re in the middle of a project is your floors getting stained or damaged. That, and a devastating apocalyptic event.

Luckily for you, surface protection tape is available to answer your safeguarding needs. This adhesive film is easily unrolled onto your floors and keeps them safe from debris, stains, scrapes, and other kinds of common damage. However, some important steps need to be taken to ensure that your hard surface or carpet protection tape stays in place and works properly.

Clean the Surface

Before you apply an inch of tape, you need to clean the surfaces you intend to protect. For hard surfaces, dust and sweep to get rid of loose specks and particles. Then, mop your hard surfaces and let them dry before applying

On Monday, August 8^th, 2024, the moon will pass directly in front of the sun and create a total solar eclipse. Those in the path of totality of the so-called “Great North American Eclipse” will get to witness a potentially once-in-a-lifetime event:

Hopefully, you’ve already stocked up on CE and ISO-certified 12312-2 solar eclipse glasses that block harmful infrared and ultraviolet rays when you watch the eclipse. But there’s more to the eclipse than just what’s in the sky; in fact, there are plenty of phenomena happening all around that you can’t miss out on. With the help of our very own packaging supplies, here are three solar eclipse experiments you can perform to make the most of it.

Pinhole

Electrostatic Discharge, or ESD, can be devastating in packaging and shipping. This issue is no more prevalent than in the world of electronics and flammables, where items are incredibly sensitive to static shock. In fact, experts estimate the global cost of ESD damage to be around $5 billion per year.

Unfortunately, a common culprit for this is none other than the packaging. When you unwind a roll of packing tape or place two stretch-wrapped pallets too close to each other, the surface friction can build static electricity; your packaging can end up harming your goods instead of protecting them!

Fortunately, there is a solution: anti-static packaging. Materials like anti-static stretch wrap are specially manufactured and chemically treated to resist ESD. In this shocking article, we will cover how electrostatic discharge works and how anti-static stretch

Glove Actually

It’s an anthology of sanitary love! Set during the holidays in Nitri-London, we follow a series of interconnected stories of love, sorrow, and self-discovery. The Polyethylene Minister develops feelings for a PVC dotted glove working in his household staff. A deadbeat synthetic-vinyl rockstar attempts to rekindle his stalled career with a holiday song about keeping your hands safe. A food service glove and mother of two suspects her string knit husband is unfaithful. A recently-single brown jersey glove forms a close friendship with his latex housekeeper, eventually discovering that he wants to be more than

When you need to stick two surfaces together, it’s hard to beat double-sided tape! This convenient tool features a coating of adhesive on both sides of its backing. Double-sided tape is not only great for household repairs and DIY projects, but it is also used professionally in industries like construction and medicine. In this article, we’ve provided a video and step-by-step instructions on how to use double sided tape.

Portion Off a Section of Tape

First, unroll your tape to your desired length and cut the section of tape with either a pair of scissors or the serrated blade of a tape dispenser.

You’ve probably heard this joke before: Something isn’t moving and it should? Use lubricant. Something is moving and it shouldn’t? Use duct tape.

While this “advice” isn’t applicable to all situations, it does speak to the power of duct tape. Since its invention in the 1940s, duct tape has been a staple in homes and workspaces alike. It’s been used by repairmen, the military, and even by astronauts.

But we’re not repairing space shuttles or helicopters. Rather, we fight the battle of the homefront: household repairs and quick fixes that only duct tape can solve. In this durable and sticky article, we will go over some of the most common uses of duct tape, including some you may have never heard of before.

Patching Garden Hoses

Poly bag tape is a special kind of tape that is specifically made to stick to low-surface-energy materials, such as polyethylene and polypropylene bags. The strong rubber adhesive and durable plastic backing keep poly bags sealed and prevent the items held inside from spilling out.

Rather than painstakingly tying and taping the ends of poly bags by hand, you can instead use a poly bag tape dispenser. This simple machine is easy to use and makes the process of sealing poly bags quick and efficient. Follow along to our video and read the steps below on how to properly set up and use your poly bag tape dispenser:

1. Load the Tape

Before you load your dispenser, you want to make sure that your tape is the correct size. Visually check to

Tape guns are as much of a warehouse standard as forklifts and pallets. These dispensers expedite the process of sealing boxes and cartons. As standard as these accessories are, it can be a little tricky for first-timers to try loading one. In this article, we will provide easy instructions on how to properly load your tape gun.

We’ve made a short how-to video for loading your tape gun that you can follow along to here:

1. Ensure You Have the Right-sized Dispenser

Before you load the tape gun, you want to make sure that your tape gun is the right size for your tape. A roll of tape that’s too wide won’t fit, while tape that’s too thin can slide back and forth along the tape reel, resulting in messy taping jobs.

To determine if