会社のニュース What is PE tape used for?

PE Tape is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape where the backing (the carrier material) is made from Polyethylene (hence, "PE").

The most common and familiar form of PE tape is what most people know as packing tape or box sealing tape. Here’s a detailed breakdown of its primary and secondary uses:

Primary Use: Packaging and Sealing This is the overwhelming majority of PE tape's purpose:

1. Box Sealing: Its most common job. It's used to seal corrugated cardboard boxes for shipping, storage, and moving. The tape is strong, flexible, and provides a good seal to keep boxes closed and their contents secure.

2. Carton Sealing: In industrial and warehouse settings, automatic case sealers use rolls of PE tape to quickly and efficiently seal thousands of cartons a day.

Key Properties That Make It Ideal for This:

• Water Resistance: Polyethylene is inherently waterproof. This protects box contents from moisture, humidity, and light spills during transit or storage.

• Strength and Durability: It has good tensile strength (resistance to pulling) and tear resistance, ensuring the seal holds under stress.

• Conformability: The PE backing is flexible and conforms well to the uneven surfaces of cardboard boxes, creating a strong bond.

• Cost-Effectiveness: It is very inexpensive to manufacture, making it an economical choice for businesses and consumers.

Other Common Uses Beyond just sealing boxes, PE tape's properties make it useful for a variety of other applications:

• Bundling and Holding: Used to bundle together items like cables, pipes, or loose parts temporarily. Its flexibility allows it to hold irregular shapes together.

• Pallet Wrapping: Light-duty pallet wrapping (stretch wrap) is often made from polyethylene. While not a "tape" in the traditional sense, it's the same base material used to unitize products on a pallet for stability.

• Masking and Protection: In painting, construction, and manufacturing, low-tack PE tapes are used for masking off areas to protect them from paint, dust, or debris. It's also used as a surface protection film on appliances and finished products during installation.

• Light-Duty Fixing: Temporary repairs on items like tarps, covers, or bags.

• Color-Coding: PE tape is available in a wide variety of colors (e.g., red, yellow, blue, green).

This is used in warehouses and factories for color-coding packages, marking defective items, or indicating specific handling instructions without needing to write anything.