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Minimise your use of packing tape and seal your bags well

Tape is an indispensable tool in the everyday life of many businesses, but few think about how they seal their shipments and how much packaging tape they actually use. In this post, we give you different tips on how to smartly seal your packaging while saving on tape.

The “right” way to seal

If the tape is used for packaging purposes, it’s called packaging tape. As a packaging supplier, we naturally have a strong focus on how an envelope should be sealed, and a general attitude we often encounter is: “More is good!” Often, the package literally consists only of tape, which is both a waste of material and not necessary at all. Below, we show you three methods you can safely use to seal your packages:

Choosing the right tape

It’s not just sealing that matters, but also choosing the right type of tape so that your package arrives intact. When making this choice, it’s important to ask yourself the following questions:

1. (Some tapes stick best to kraftliner. We recommend kraftliner-backed cartons, which all our cartons have.)
2. What is the weight of the product?
3. What climate will the tape be exposed to? (Cold country, wet environments or extreme heat.)
4. Does the dust from the unrolling of the tape play a role? (You can get dustproof tape, or choose PVC tape)

Here’s an overview to make it a little easier to choose the right tape for your needs:

Use and storage of packaging tape

When applying packing tape, it should not be done at a temperature below 10 °C, and on a dry and dust-free surface. When applying PP packing tape, you should avoid stretching the tape, as this may cause the tape to spread. We recommend that you store tape for a maximum of 6 months, and at a temperature between 18 and 25 °C. If the tape is stored at a different temperature, the adhesion will not be optimal and we recommend that the tape is stored for 24 hours at room temperature before use.

… fun fact:tESA is often used as a synonym for tape, and for many is synonymous with tape of high quality. If a product’s brand name gradually replaces the generic name, it is called a generic brand. Other famous examples of generic names can be: Plexiglass, Lego, Kleenex, Gaffatape…

At Rajapack we also sell tesa tape, and if you want advice or guidance you can always contact our packaging specialists on 22 51 40 00 or at post@rajapack.no.