How To Choose Hand Held Strapping Machine

So you've been given the task of bundling together a big pile of small boxes. Lets say shoe box size boxes, and lets that there are twenty of them. So there you are, surrounded by twenty shoe-box sized boxes, and you've got to get these boxes into some kind of manageable state because they have just been designated for shipment to a new storage facility. As if you weren't lost in the task already, you're superior has just informed you that you have six minutes to get these boxes in some kind of order.

At this juncture it might be time to inform you that you are working alone in this task. That's right, you have to somehow get twenty shoe-box shaped boxed into a transportable, storable state on your own, in virtually no time at all. But don't worry, because I think I have the solution to you. In truth I could offer you several solutions, but one in particular stands out as the dynamic, economic and less wasteful solution. A strapping tool.

Strapping is a plastic or steel ribbon/tape that holds packages together through tension. A very rigid object can be made out of several boxes just a few strips of strapping tied around the pile in vertical and horizontal directions. Think of a classic christmas present with the ribbon that ties at the top into a pretty bow.

Strapping doesn't have a pretty bow (the strapping solders semi-invisibly) but it is the same principle. There are several ways to work with strapping from the semi-manual strap-cutters all the way up to the pneumatic-industrial strapping machines that wrap, pull, solder and then snip the strapping to a tension and to a timescale that no person could compete with.

So you can get your head around what tools are available and more importantly which one is right for you I have put together a list of the different types of strapping tools that are available. I will come clean right now and tell you that as someone who has had some experience with high-volume small-product packaging I am inclined to favour the hand held strapping machines, in a busy and dynamic factory environment they soon become your right hand.

The various types of strapping tools on the market right now range from snippers and leather gloves, to hand held devices and all the way up to large machines with conveyor belts and "keep clear" signs. Which of these you might need depends on the size of the bundles or pile of boxes you need to strap and how fast you need it done. Here are the main types of strapping tools you will want to consider.

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