System solutions for building materials industry.

There are very specific challenges for products and materials from the building materials industry: on the one hand they are exposed to extreme weather influences, and on the other hand, sharp-edged and heavy goods are mainly handled here. The use of PET strapping, which has gradually replaced steel strapping, is therefore especially suitable as a strapping solution. The advantages over steel strapping are obvious: PET strapping is more cost-effective, easier to handle, weather-resistant and has a significantly lower risk of injury for the user.

Material properties are also decisive when choosing the strapping for securing building materials. Read more…

Strapping

Strapping for clay and concrete paving stones that do not alter their volume, are rigid, partially sharp and heavy must be splice-proof and have a high edge strength. LINDER PREMIUM PET strapping meets all these criteria and is designed for the weight of pallets. Our extra-wide 25 mm PET strapping is particularly suitable for such heavy and solid materials. In order to affix the layers horizontally, many concrete block plants still reach for the PP strapping, since the breaking load is not what matters here, but rather securing against slipping. However, PET tape alone is used for the vertical strapping of concrete blocks or paving stones.

In the case of roofing tiles made of clay or concrete which are packed in smaller packages, the use of PP strapping is recommended since the weight and therefore the requirement for the strapping for roof tile packages is lower. The pallet with roof tiles is then strapped with PET strapping again due to the high total weight.

Manufacturers of parquet or laminate have to deal with fragile material, which must be specially protected against damage from impression. The laminate or parquet is usually packaged in bundles and shrunk. The strapping for parquet or laminate packages in order to secure the building materials on the pallet must have a high breaking load due to the high weight of the pallet. This is possible with PET strapping. In addition, special attention is to be paid to the protection of the uppermost and lowermost layer: squared timber, a protective panel or edge protection protect the parquet or laminate from pressure damage, so that PET strapping can be attached using a battery-powered strapping tool or within a conveyor belt with a fully automatic PET strapping system.

Strapping tool

Battery-powered devices are often used when strapping heavy, rigid goods such as bricks, stones and concrete. Manual equipment is sometimes also used. Pneumatic devices are suitable if in particular strapping takes place when stationary or especially when high tension forces are required, such as when processing 25 or 32 mm PET strapping. Here we recommend our Survivor LST404 battery-powered strapping tool.

Strapping machine

The construction sector is concerned with the packaging of mostly heavy and rigid goods with tasks such as “How does a solution for the strapping of concrete blocks or roof tiles work”? Or “What solution for securing paving stones on a pallet do you have for us”? The field of application of the machines is often dusty and subject to further environmental influences.

LINDER is the right partner for finding the right strapping solution for the building materials industry, because we understand your challenges and make them our own! A rotary arm wrapper or a winding robot can be used in the case of particularly heavy packaged goods, for example. The advantage of these machines is that the pallet weight does not matter for the machine. The pallet is on the floor. The winding robot can also be used in a mobile manner, for example on a open surface. The surroundings, however, have to be dry.

In the case of a large number of items and a request for a strapping solution for a concrete block plant, fully automatic solutions are often used for pallet strapping or stretching pallets with concrete blocks. We also offer excellent and well thought-out strapping solutions, e.g. for terracing slabs and paving stones, for fully automatic systems including conveyor technology.

Cargo securing

The units are palletised for the transportation of building materials and securing the load in containers for export. The pallets are secured to a trailer with lashing straps. As load-securing specialists, we supply you with the appropriate lashing straps and ratchet. In the case of sharp edges of concrete blocks or pavers, the goods and the strapping must be protected with edge protection. Jumbo edge protectors for lashing straps are, of course, part of our product portfolio.

Anti-slip mats from LINDER are used in order to secure the palletised units on the trailer against slipping.

Concrete blocks, paving stones, roof tiles or other construction materials are affixed on a pallet to prepare the building materials for export. This is done by means of PET strapping from our own LINDER GmbH production line and the battery-powered strapping tools, which are used flexibly and in a mobile manner in the container. A lashing strap with the appropriate tensioning device and stay fastener is used to secure the pallets in the container. In order to prevent transport damage in containers, spaces created between the pallets are filled with dunnage airbags made from PP woven material or kraft paper.