Nowadays, product protection during transportation has become essential as import-export is increasing drastically. As a result, wrapping is used to stabilize and protect the goods and must be performed properly. The most commonly used wrapping material is the linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), either manually or through a mechanical equipment. This study will focus on the adequation of stretch film standard to wrapping and transport applications. Both manual and mechanical films were analysed. The anisotropy of the materials was investigated. Characterization of the material was focused on tensile properties, elastic recovery, permanent deformation and stress retention in order to correspond to pallet wrapping applications. It was found that both materials showed anisotropic behaviours. Standard testing conditions were found to not be described properly transport wrapping applications. Relaxation time and extension speed were found to significantly affect hysteresis properties.
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