Stretch film guides
Short answers to the questions people ask at the wrapper: which gauge, cast or blown, how many turns, how much film a month, and what happens to it afterwards. Each guide names its sources at the end and says when they were last checked.
Choosing film
Gauge, type, and what it is.
Stretch wrap gauge chart
63 to 115 ga by load weightWhich gauge for which load, from a named buying guide.
Wrapping and using it
On the dock.
How to wrap a pallet
By hand or on a turntableWhere to start, the base wraps, the climb and the tail.
Where to start
Depends on the problem in front of you.
New to buying film, or taking over a dock someone else set up? Read the gauge chart first, then cast against blown: between them they explain nearly every spec line on a case. Loads arriving damaged, leaning or loose? Go straight to containment force and the wrapping guide; the fix is more often the pattern than the roll. Asked to cut cost or plastic? The film-per-pallet sum shows where it goes, and the recycling and PCR guides cover what happens after the receiving dock cuts it off.
After the load
Used film and recycled content.
Two short reads for anyone asked about plastic waste, recycling targets or sustainability reporting.
Ask for a stretch film quote
Read enough? Send the film, width, gauge and monthly quantity, and we will quote it.
- Step 1 asks what you need, how much a month, the delivery ZIP and how to reach you
- Step 2 asks the film, the width and the gauge; skip what you don't know