PET strapping for aluminium profile and ingot packing

PET (polyester) strapping is the modern substitute for steel strap on heavy loads — in an extrusion plant it secures profile bundles, ingot pallets and finished packs before loading. Unlike steel it does not rust, leaves no corrosion marks on profile surfaces, and a strap cut under tension releases safely instead of whipping back like a blade — ask anyone who has cut steel banding off a pallet.

The numbers that matter for this material: a melting point around 260°C, elongation roughly one-sixth that of PP strap — so the pack behaves almost as if it were steel-strapped — and long-term tension retention: a bundle strapped at the factory in China arrives in Europe still tight. The strap stays flexible in the cold rather than turning brittle, which matters for sea freight and winter yard storage. A V0 flame-retardant (self-extinguishing) grade is available to order — required for battery-module packing and increasingly checked in customer audits.

We supply the strap in coils across the full range of widths and thicknesses, with embossed or smooth surface, transparent or opaque, in green, black or custom colours. It runs on standard battery-powered or pneumatic friction-weld tensioning tools; we match the strap cross-section to your pack weights and the tools you already own.

This is a consumable, so we handle it like a supply partner rather than a machinery dealer: you order by the pallet, the manufacturer's warehouse ships within 2–3 weeks, and the best economics come from adding strap to a container already carrying your packing machines — the freight then costs next to nothing. We publish no single price because none would be honest: cost depends on cross-section and volume, so we quote per coil or per tonne for your exact size. Send us the dimensions of the strap you use today and we will return a quote with samples.