Vented Stretch Film for Wrapping Vegetables
- Material: LLDPE / multi-layer PE
- Color: Clear or light tinted
- Thickness: 12-30 um
- Width: 400-500 mm
- Core: 2 inch or 3 inch paper core
- Hole design: 6-20 mm holes with adjustable spacing
Quick Pack Tape Company is a manufacturer of vented stretch film for wrapping vegetables, developed for produce pallets that need airflow after wrapping. Made from 12-30 um LLDPE / multi-layer PE, this perforated stretch film lets field heat, moisture vapor, and trapped air move through cartons or crates while keeping the pallet contained. It suits vegetables, fruits, flowers, chilled goods, and cold-chain handling where solid wrap may cause condensation, wet cartons, softened labels, or poor barcode readability.
Product Overview
Fresh produce often needs to be secured soon after washing, grading, or field collection, but it should not always be sealed tightly inside solid film. Many vegetable loads still carry field heat and surface moisture. If humid air stays inside the pallet, it can gather around carton corners, tray gaps, crate walls, and label areas.
This perforated stretch film creates ventilation paths through the wrapped load. The film clings around cartons, while holes allow air to move between layers and around ventilated packaging. The useful value is not larger holes; it is a perforation layout that keeps enough film contact for warehouse movement, refrigerated transfer, and transport vibration.
For small packhouses or manual wrapping stations, manual perforated stretch film for aeration gives operators control around irregular crates and uneven produce stacks. For larger cold-chain lines, machine rolls help maintain consistent tension. Widths of 400 mm, 450 mm, and 500 mm are common. Hand rolls are usually 250-600 m, and machine rolls are usually 1000-1800 m. Hole spacing, thickness, and open ventilation area can be selected by carton vent design, pallet height, cooling method, stacking pattern, and equipment.
Benefits
- Allows airflow through fresh produce pallets without fully enclosing humid air.
- Helps lower condensation risk on cartons, trays, labels, and barcodes.
- Balances ventilation and pallet stability through hole spacing, film contact, and overlap.
- Keeps product marks, carton codes, and scannable labels visible.
- Reduces tearing risk around perforations by matching thickness, hole size, and tension.
- Supports hand, semi-automatic, and machine wrapping for fruit, flower, plant, chilled, and mixed produce pallets.
How Should the Hole Pattern Balance Airflow and Pallet Stability?
The hole pattern is not only a set of openings. Each perforation must support airflow without creating weak wrapping zones. Suitable hole spacing helps warm air and moisture vapor leave the pallet while keeping enough film contact around cartons, crates, or trays. If holes are too dense, holding force may drop. If openings are too limited, condensation can still collect. A balanced ventilated stretch wrap for pallet use combines perforation layout, overlap, and moderate tension, so airflow does not reduce load containment.
TDS
Item | Typical Value |
Product Type | Vented / perforated stretch film for produce pallet wrapping |
Base Material | LLDPE / multi-layer PE |
Film Thickness | 12-30 um |
Common Width | 400 mm, 450 mm, 500 mm |
Roll Length | Hand roll 250-600 m / machine roll 1000-1800 m |
Core Size | 2 inch or 3 inch paper core |
Hole Shape | Round, oval, or linear perforation |
Hole Diameter Reference | 6-20 mm |
Hole Spacing Reference | 20-80 mm |
Open Ventilation Area | 5%-25% reference range |
Wrapping Method | Manual, semi-automatic, or machine wrapping |
Stretch Performance | 120%-250% reference range |
Key Function | Airflow, condensation reduction, pallet stabilization |
Main Use | Vegetables, fruits, flowers, chilled products, breathable pallet loads |
Applications
- Vegetable pallet wrapping for leafy greens, peppers, cucumbers, cabbage, onions, and other produce packed in cartons or crates.
- Vented stretch film for wrapping fruits where airflow is needed around trays, boxes, or ventilated cartons.
- Vented stretch film for wrapping flowers used around sleeves, trays, and horticulture cartons.
- Cold-chain ventilation for chilled products, refrigerated transfer, and temperature pull-down after palletizing.
- Produce distribution centers that need clear film, barcode readability, and lower wet carton risk.
- Farm, packhouse, and warehouse operations using air flow vented pallet wrap for daily produce handling.
What Pallet Conditions Need Vented Stretch Film Instead of Solid Wrap?
Vented stretch film is useful when wrapped goods still need to breathe after palletizing. Fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers, chilled foods, and moisture-sensitive packaging can release water vapor, heat, or gases during storage and transport. Solid stretch film may trap this moisture, especially when carton vents are blocked by heavy overlap or uneven stacking. Perforated stretch film creates airflow paths through the load while still holding cartons or crates together, making it practical for cold-chain ventilation, post-harvest cooling, flower transport, and aerated produce pallets.
FAQ
What is vented stretch film used for?
It is used for vegetable, fruit, flower, and chilled product pallets that need airflow after wrapping.
How is vented stretch film different from solid stretch film?
Solid film covers the pallet surface, while vented film uses a controlled hole pattern for air circulation and condensation reduction.
Can the hole size and spacing be adjusted?
Yes. Hole diameter, spacing, thickness, width, and roll length can be adjusted by carton vent design and pallet stability needs.
Does vented stretch film guarantee longer freshness?
No. It supports airflow and moisture control, but storage temperature, harvest condition, carton ventilation, stacking pattern, and handling also matter.
