 Resins
For Making Bubble Wrap
Looking for affordable reprocessed resins for making bubble wrap? We
purchase post industrial scrap, recycle it and sell it for making bubble
wrap. As a plastic recycler, we recover post industrial materials for a
variety of packaging products made using the extrusion or injection molding
processes, i.e., plastic bubble wrap. Our resins, NPI –
04HDPE Mixed Color and NPI – 01LL/LD Mixed Color
are all manufactured from recycled plastic and are ideally suited for
making bubble wrap. If you make bubble wrap and looking for a viable
alternative to virgin resin, we carry a well stocked supply of recycled
plastic resin and are well located to offer you the lowest cost performance
solutions available.
What is Bubble Wrap?
Bubble Wrap is a flexible transparent plastic material invented for packing
fragile objects. It consists of sheets of plastic film embedded with enclosed
packets of air. These sheets can be layered or wrapped around items that
require extra protection during the shipping process. Consistently spaced,
these protruding air inflated packets called bubbles provide the necessary
cushioning for precious or breakable items. As a type of package cushioning,
bubble wrap is used to help protect fragile items whenever they are
accidentally dropped, kicked, and impacted by potentially damaging shocks.
Transportation vibration from conveyors, trucks, railroads, or aircraft are
virtually eliminated. Placed inside a shipping container such as a corrugated
cardboard or wooden box, the bubble wrap is designed to absorb levels of
shock and vibration depending on how thick the cushioning
Benefits and Properties of Bubble Wrap
The benefits of bubble wrap are well known. It's more flexible than
cardboard, provides a better moisture barrier than wood or paper, has a
higher resistance to tear propagation, and offers greater protection due to
its advanced sealing properties. Bubble wrap makes up a large portion of the
package cushioning market. As a kind of packaging material, bubble wrap
performs several functions:
1. It protects fragile objects
2. It absorbs shocks and vibrations.
3. It controls the movement of the items inside the shipping container.
Choosing the Right Resin for Bubble Wrap
Part of our plastic recycling service involves helping you to choose the
right resin. Selecting the right resin for making bubble wrap involves
knowing what are the most important properties of the resin, how these
properties are suited for a molding process and the type of packaging. The
most important property of our polymers concerns how suited the resin is for
the molding process. The melt index describes the flow behavior that can be
expected during processing. If you're looking for resin to use in blow
molding, film extrusion, pipe and profile extrusion processes, the
lower the melt index, the greater the melt strength will be. If
you're looking for resins for your injection molding process, a higher melt
index will mean a faster melt flow which helps to fill the mold cavities in
shorter period of time.
Low or High Density Polyethylene
Low density polyethylene resin is often used for making many different kinds
of packaging. When processors try to bring recycled high density polyethylene
into the mix, their efforts can be hampered by its higher melting point.
Because its melting point is significantly higher than the low density
polyethylene, it takes longer for it to reach the point where it is fluid
enough to flow. This difference can lead to processing difficulties. It can
also lead to quality problems when cooling the high density polyethylene,
which tends to solidify at a temperature above the low density polyethylene.
Uneven solidification can cause irregularities like scale lines (also known
as fish scales) which can lead to irregular bumps on the final product.
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Nexcycle Plastics Inc.
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