LINQSTAT (3M Velostat Alternative) Packaging Dimensions and Weights

This arti­cle address­es the com­mon ques­tion of the Pack­ag­ing Weights and Pack­age Dimen­sions of the LINQSTAT Vol­ume Con­duc­tive Film (VCF). This prod­uct is CAPLIN­Q’s equiv­a­lent prod­uct to 3M Velo­stat* material.

The pack­ag­ing dimen­sions are made up of two spe­cif­ic com­po­nents, the width of the rolls and the length of the rolls. Typ­i­cal­ly, if roll widths are longer than 36″ (91.4 cm), the width is fold­ed on top of itself into what is know as a V‑Sheet. For exam­ple, a 72″ (182.4 cm) roll is too wide to be sent as is, and so it is fold­ed on top of itself before being rolled, giv­ing a width of 36″ (91.4 cm). The length of the width will deter­mine the out­er cir­cum­fer­ence of the roll once added to the core roll diameter.

The packing weights are made up of 3 components:

1. The spe­cif­ic grav­i­ty (SG) of the material
2. The roll core weight and
3. The ship­ping pal­let weight

Specific gravity

The spe­cif­ic grav­i­ty of CAPLIN­Q’s Lin­q­s­tat mate­r­i­al is 1.08g/cc. This means that a roll that is 72″ (182.4 cm) wide by 150′ (4572 cm) long by 0.004″ (0.01016 cm) thick will have a weight of 20.3 lbs as shown below:
(182.4 cm) x (4572 cm) x (0.01016 cm) x 1.08g/cc = 9.175g = 9.2kgs (20.3 lbs).

Roll Core Weight

The Lin­q­s­tat mate­r­i­al — once pre­pared — is rolled onto a core so that it can be han­dled more eas­i­ly, or mount­ed onto auto­mat­ic equip­ment. This core weighs approx. 0.25 lbs/in, which trans­lates to 9lbs for a 36″ (91.4 cm) width.

Shipping Pallet Weight

To ship the rolls, they are nor­mal­ly loaded onto pal­lets for ease of trans­port. These pal­lets each weigh approx. 35lbs.

Example for rolls of 72″ width x 0.004″ thick Linqstat

Using the infor­ma­tion above, we can see that a roll of 72 in x 150 ft. roll will weigh is 29 lbs (13 kgs), and for a roll that is 72 in. x 750 ft. will weigh 110 lbs (50 kgs). We add to this the 35 lbs. weight of the pal­let and we get the following:

• 6 rolls of 72 in x 150 ft x 0.004 in, weighs 209 lbs and for 12 rolls, it is 383 lbs.
• 2 rolls of 72 in x 750 ft x 0.004 in, weighs 255 lbs and for 4 rolls, it is 475 lbs.

Tables of these val­ues are shown below.

LINQSTAT VCF: 72″ (in.) x 750′ (ft) x 0.004″ (in.) in V‑Sheet

LINQSTAT VCF: 72″ (in.) x 150′ (ft) x 0.004″ (in.) in V‑Sheet

* 3M is a reg­is­tered trade­mark of 3M Cor­po­ra­tion. Velo­stat is a trade­mark of 3M Corporation.
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