Shrink wrap for transport is another specialty of Atlantic Shrink Wrap. Many industries call upon ASI to protect their investments or products during transport. We provide our clients with high-quality shrink wrapping services to US military personnel and customers in the United States. The harsh weather conditions that transport or shipping loads encounter can severely damage some items or destroy others. Shrink wrap protects objects for international shipping or transport across the U.S.
Shrink-wrapped Acid Plant in Salem, VA, for overseas transport to Argentina
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Shrink Wrap Protects From the Elements
Year-round, we must transport items over the road, by rail, or by sea; they need protection. Shipping containers or crates are not always an option due to the items’ size, weight, or especially cost. Therefore, they are shipped and transported unprotected, subjecting the item to whatever Mother Nature throws its way during its trip.
Winter weather elements like snow, ice, and salt from our country’s highways are corrosive for most products. Rain, mud, and road grime at other times of the year are equally damaging. Shipping items overseas can be challenging because saltwater and salt air damage unprotected items. Shrink wrap can seal in clean, treated air and seal out harmful salt air.
90’Long Industrial / Military Ship Crane shrink wrapped for transport from Baltimore, MD to Alabama
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Shrink Wrap Provides a Custom-Fit
When items reach a size that requires shipping on special trailers, such as the photo above, shrink wrap is the best way to protect them. There is no way to tarp an item of such great size and weight. Our shrink wrap, on the other hand, can be custom-formed and tightly fitted to accommodate the dimensions and contours of any item, regardless of size or weight. This ensures a secure, durable shield against weather, debris, and potential damage during transport.
Robotic Machines shrink-wrapped for transport from Culpeper, VA, to Mexico
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Trucking companies will tarp items to protect them, but the tarps are not waterproof, windproof, saltproof, or any other “proof,” for that matter. A tarp simply cannot seal an item up and protect it from the elements the way some items need to be. When water, grime, and salt penetrate the tarps, the tarp traps them under them. Damage and corrosion continue at a faster pace.
Industrial Methane Gas Compressor Skid shrink wrapped in Fredrick, Maryland for over the road shipping to California
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Shrink wrap covers an item more tightly and smoothly than any tarp could and alleviates the need for tarps altogether. After you shrink wrap an item, you can’t tarp it. The tarps will move and tear the plastic, causing total failure.
Tarps may seem quick and convenient, but they do not offer a tight seal to prevent moisture, dirt, or UV rays. Shrink wrap is better for long-term protection, especially in challenging environments where items need to be fully sealed from the elements.
People Mover Train shrink-wrapped for overseas transport from Pittsburgh, PA, to Guangzhou, China
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Professional Shrink Wrapping Services: What Makes Us Different
Many companies don’t understand the cost behind shrink wrapping. Sometimes, people ask us to explain how shrink wrap can cost more than other plastic protection, like stretch wrap, which is simply plastic you wrap repeatedly around an item, overlapping itself.
Shrink wrap protects an item for open transport better than any other method. This protection is not just putting plastic over something. It is “asset protection and a reliable solution to a plaguing shipping problem.” At ASI, we know what it takes to professionally shrink wrap an item for transport. Our crews have professional training. We use tried and proven installation methods, and our materials are the best in the world.
Now, there is a major downside to shrink wrapping. Anyone can download photos from the Internet, put them on a website, and claim they can protect your assets.
That is the furthest thing from the truth. Shrink wrapping takes years of knowledge and hands-on techniques. Anyone may be able to make things look good at first, but on a lonely highway in the middle of a shipment, you can’t rely on someone’s word. You must know things were done right.
In many cases, damage from the elements is 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 downtime and the cost of repairing something that wasn’t broken or a problem when it left, but is damaged because of what the item had to endure during its trip. Protecting the item from the beginning helps save dollars and makes sense.
Shrink wrapping of Mark 2 Helicopter in Hagerstown, MD, for overseas transport to Egypt
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That’s where shrink wrap comes in. You can install shrink wrap 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 the task at hand. Most of our wraps 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.
Shrink wrapped Electrical Load Bank in Dunkirk, MD, for overseas transport to South America
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Get Complete Shrink Wrapping Services
We provide full shrink wrapping services, serving companies from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other states along the Atlantic. Call (410) 376-7052 or start your next project with Atlantic Shrink Wrapping on our website. Our experts can help you protect items for overseas shipping and transport.