Friction Weld Tool vs Manual Strapping: A Comparison

Is it taking you too long to strap your products?

Strapping or banding products is an everyday occurrence in most warehouses and is a process used across a variety of industries including building merchants, timber suppliers and manufacturing. Strapping is used to protect products from moving around in transit, by securing them to a pallet or it can be used to bundle bulky items together in storage.
 
A friction weld tool can dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to strap or bundle items together as it acts as an all in one – it tensions, seals, and cuts.
 
Here we outline the key benefits of switching to an automatic battery-operated strapping tool.

A consistent seal to your strapping, every time

An automatic strapping tool provides a consistent seal and applies the same tension to each of your loads. An alarm is triggered if you open the tool before the seal is complete, so you will always know when the job is finished. It also beeps to alert you when the seal is complete.

Whereas, strapping a pallet using a manual tool can depend on the applicator and how they use the tools. How long it takes can also depend on how experienced they are with the equipment.

Reduce the cost of strapping pallets

 
Strapping tools are generally designed for use with one width of strapping. For one seal, a sealing tool and a tensioner would be required. If there was a need for different widths of strapping for different items, then further tools would need to be purchased, in addition to different buckles or seals to go with each of the strapping widths required, meaning costs keep going up and up.
 
The Typhoon friction weld strapping tool is capable of sealing strapping widths between 12-16mm with a thickness 0.5mm to 1.2mm, giving you the flexibility to band together the products needed without having to purchase multiple different tools.
 
As the seal type on this strapping tool is friction weld, there are no buckles or seals required, saving you money and time. Each time you seal by hand, you could do five times the number of seals with the friction weld tool, meaning your team can be more productive in other areas of the warehouse.
 
 
  
 

A friction weld tool is designed with the user in mind

Strapping by hand can be a laborious job, lining the strap up, pulling it through the ratchet, ooops you tensioned it too tightly, let’s start over and repeat … in today’s fast paced world, “ain’t nobody got time for that”!
 
 A friction weld tool, designed for use vertically or horizontally, offers a front and rear guide to assist users with adjusting for a change of strapping thickness.  
 
 It’s also one of the lightest strapping tools on the market at 4.2kg. Eliminate all of the fuss that comes with strapping by hand and will be music to the ears of your staff who manually strap day in, day out!
 
 
 Still not convinced on the benefits?
 
 We’ve put together a list of other key features of the Typhoon Friction Weld Tool:

* For use with Extruded PET or Polyprop strapping

* Max tension is 3800N on the package

* A front and rear guide that are adjustable to change the strapping thickness.

* Max tensioning speed, 12/m per minute

* Alarm triggered if you open the tool before the seal is complete.

* Bosch Professional 18V rechargeable battery, with a rapid charge time of 65 minutes.

* Battery overload protection is built in to avoid breaking if it’s too hot

* Brushless motor which gives an improved battery life and is more energy efficient.

* Lithium ion battery.

* 12 month warranty, parts only

* Perform at low and high temperatures -10 and up to 40 degrees

 
Why not take advantage of our 11-4 delivery promise to receive your Friction weld Tool. Place your order by 11am and receive delivery by 4pm* 

 * within 50 miles of Plus Packaging