Sunday, February 8, 2009

Buying Poly Bags without Having them become Worthless.

By Briant Littlehorn

If you're browsing the internet trying to find a poly bag, but don't know how to establish the dimensions, you're not by yourself

Picking out a new measurement of poly bag to be used is actually difficult. Not everyone is knowledgeable when relating the bag specifications to the merchandise it is expected to carry. Here are the essential things to think about when measuring its specs.

Polyethylene bags are either flat or gusseted. Flat bags are two dimensional, while gusseted poly bags expand to add the dimension of depth. In either case, one must bear in mind that the length and width measurements are calculated when the poly bag is lying flat. In real-world use, the bag will be opened, thus any amount of increase will reduce the length. You will need to add that number to the length dimension to compensate for its loss.

This is the same regarding the width. As gusseted bags generally do away this issue when they accurately correspond to the packed goods. Flat poly bags must have an added adjustment for its width and length. take no notice of size adjustments, and you are likely to end up with an order of useless poly bags.

For instance: Mr. Doe wants to pack up his 8" x 12" books into a poly bag. These books are 1/2" thick, and he needs to put 4 into each poly bag. That makes the volume 8" x 2" x 12". He ought to allocate area for inserting the goods without stretching it, so the suggested dimension for a flat poly bag would be" 11" x 16" long. That will hold his 10" of total good width (8" + 2") and 14" of total goods length (12" + 2") and permit 2" more for him to close the poly bag with a tape or a heat seal.

So, taking some effort to determine your packaging necessities is within anyone's abilityif you take the initiative. - 15246

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