The packaging industry quite often uses steel strapping to bundle or hold packages/goods together. Steel is considered the strongest of strapping materials due to its strength, making it perfect for use in heavy duty industries. Besides its strength, it is also least prone to stretching, hence making the close to unbreakable and therefore irreplaceable in manufacturing industries. Strapping with steel is thus commonly applied to bundle steel coils, metal strips, bricks and pavers, roll end-binding and bailing wire, all making maximum use of its high tensile strength.
While its strength makes it ideal for holding very large objects, its surface is additionally polished with paint and wax, zinc and wax or bluing. All of these help to spread the tension uniformly around the bundle with which it is used thus making it perfect fit for many tensioners. Besides its strength, steel is known to be durable and, capable of weathering normal wear and tear. Its sheer toughness makes steel strapping a popular choice among strapping tools. It is also believed to be the oldest type of strapping option.
Today, most manufacturers produce both manual and automatic steel strapping tools. These include standard, industrial, and pneumatic versions to be used in varied industries. Their common virtue is that manufacturers typically include the following additional steps to enhance greater strength of the strapping tool.
- The strapping tool is given high heat treatment, maximizing its high tensile strength and toughness. Manufacturers never overlook the fact that it is this strength that makes steel straps popular in the industry.
- With careful but quick precision, straps are applied and cured using quartz lamps. Infra-red curing system is typically used.
- This is finished with an additional coat of paint, wax or zinc.
Allstrap has remained a popular choice for buying strapping tools, due to their credibility, strict adherence to quality and timely service rendered by staff. If you are looking for best quality steel strapping tools, then start by contacting their service representative through a call or an email. You can even fill an online form for further details and online quotes.