LDPE covers cut to the size of the thing they cover

Cover specifications

How to measure for a top cover: length and width of the pallet or machine footprint, plus the height, plus 100 to 150 mm of skirt below the bottom edge so wind cannot lift it. Send those three numbers and the skirt is our problem, not yours.

Three jobs, three specs

Sunlight is the only thing that kills a cover

Covers do not usually fail from abrasion or load. They fail because ultraviolet light breaks the polymer down: the film goes chalky, then brittle, then it tears at every fold. Once that starts you cannot repair it.

What that means in practice:

• Indoors, gauge is all you need. An 80 micron cover in a warehouse will last for years because nothing is attacking it.
• Outdoors, UV grade is not optional. Non-UV film in Indian sun starts degrading in four to six months. A 24-month UV package costs a little more per kilo and multiplies the life of the cover.
• Light colour helps twice. White or silver reflects heat, which keeps the covered equipment cooler and slows the degradation of the film itself.

We ask one question before quoting outdoor covers: how many months does it need to survive? Then we quote the UV package for that, rather than the cheapest film that technically fits.

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