Atlantic Shrink Wrapping Inc

Transport/Shipping

Atlantic Shrink Wrap is called upon from many different industries to protect their investments or products. The harsh weather conditions that transport or shipping loads come in contact with can severely damage some items or even destroy others.

Acid Plant – 88 ft long, 90,000 lbs. Roanoke, VA, Destination Argentina

Year round, items have to go over the road, rail or sea and need to be protected. Shipping containers or crates are not always an option due to the items size, weights or especially costs. Therefore they are shipped and transported unprotected. This subjects the item to whatever Mother Nature throws its way during its trip. Winter weather elements like snow, ice and salt from our country’s winter roads are terrible for most products. Rain, mud and road grime at other times of the year are equally damaging. When it comes to shipping overseas it is especially tough to battle the salt water and salt air associated with that environment with an unprotected item.

Robotic Machines, Culpeper VA, Destination Mexico

Trucking companies will tarp items to try and protect them but the tarps are not water proof, wind proof, salt proof or any other "proof" you can think of. A tarp simply cannot seal an item up and protect it from the elements the way some items need to be. And when the water, grime and salt do penetrate the tarps, then it gets trapped under them and damage and corrosion continue at a faster pace.

People Mover Train, Pittsburgh, PA, Destination China

In many cases damage from the elements gets adopted as part of the cost of doing business when shipping something large or heavy, and is considered the norm. No company likes to face down time and costs to repair something that wasn’t broken or a problem when it left. However, is now because of what that item had to endure during its trip. Protecting the item from the beginning helps save dollars and makes sense.

Mark 2 Helicopter Hagerstown, Md, Destination Egypt

That's where shrink wrap comes in. Shrink wrap can be installed from the beginning, protecting the item from the start. Atlantic Shrink Wrapping Inc. travels all over the country wrapping items for transport before they ever see the road. We install the proper wrap for task at hand. Most of our wraps are to protect the item 360 degrees and are 99.9% sealed. The exception to that 99.9% is the chains that tie the item down to the transport trailer. No matter what the size or weight, ASI can wrap it.

Electrical Load Bank, Dunkirk, MD, Destination South America

When designing a shrink wrap project ASI takes into consideration many different factors.

• What is the shrink wrap tasked to do? Protect the item from the top down or encapsulate and seal the item completely?
• What kinds of weather conditions will the item face during its trip?
• What kind of padding will be required to protect both the item and the shrink wrap?
• What kind of shrink wrap is necessary?
• What size plastic and what thickness will be required?
• Does the item require desiccant inside the wrap to collect any interior moisture?
• Does the item need to be vented?
• Does the item require Volatile Corrosion Inhibitors to fight surface rust and corrosion?
• Will the item be moved from one shipping trailer to another?
• Will the item need lifting points left exposed?
• Will access to the inside of the shrink wrap be required?
• And many others!!

Through careful consideration of these questions, ASI can put together a plan to install the perfect wrap. In many cases we will start with pictures and measurements of the item. When necessary we will make arrangements to visit the customer's location to view the item ahead of time.

Shrink wrapping may look easy but it is in fact an art that takes many years of experience to master. At ASI we pride ourselves on taking on any challenge and persevering. Drive down America's highways or visit some of her ports, you will see shrink wrapped items of all shapes and sizes. Now being able to see the difference in the quality of the wrap is different. Many companies can install a shrink wrap that looks great when its first done, but can it hold up against the test of time and Mother Nature. Many do not. They rip and tear going down the road or even just sitting still. ASI has a 100% success rate on every commercial shrink wrap we have ever installed. We have never had a failure.