Stretch film has become an indispensable product in the commodity industry and popular in the market for its convenience and affordable price. There are two types of stretch film: Manual and Machine. However, not everyone knows how to distinguish them to choose and use them appropriately. Let’s follow this article so we can better understand them
Manual Stretch Film 
- Low film roll weight: from 1.5kg to 4 kg. Specially designed to be able to wrap items manually without the need for any additional tools or equipment.
- Convenient and portable: The film comes in a roll that is lightweight and easy to hold, and can be used in a variety of environments.
- Flexible in tension control. It can be stretched to the desired level to achieve optimal load containment without compromising the integrity of the wrapped item.
Machine Stretch Film 
- High film roll weight: from 10kg or more. Designed to be used to wrap pallets, products with large surfaces such as wooden furniture, bulky machinery, and heavy items with specialized machines.
- Packaging speed is fast and uniform.
- Good load stability, errors rarely occur
- Cost-effective: Machine wrapping requires less material, people and time to wrap a load, saving on packaging and labor costs.
Should we use Manual Stretch Films or Machine Stretch Films?
Consider the number of products needed to wrap daily. If you wrap fewer than 50 pallets per day, hand stretch film may be a more suitable choice. However, companies that wrap large quantities of pallets can benefit from using machine stretch film to increase productivity.
In terms of the specific industry, hand-wrapped films will be suitable for manufacturing, seafood, food processing, ready-to-eat food industries, etc. While the machine-wrapped will be suitable for use in protecting and wrapping goods. products with large sizes, weight, bulkiness such as furniture production, industrial machinery and equipment, automobiles, etc.
Based on packaging requirements. Hand films are an ideal for wrapping small-sized, light-weight goods. As for machine film, it cannot be more different than that it is suitable for the packaging needs of large sized and heavy goods. Suitable for products that need to be packaged with multiple rounds of firmly fixed requirements.
Therefore, to choose the appropriate PE film, it depends on the purpose of use, both the specific needs of the industry and the individual packaging requirements of each business.
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