Boat Shrink Wrap Process #1 - Welding

Shrink wrapping a large object such as a boat is quite straightforward once you have mastered a couple of simple techniques and understand the process. In this video, a Princess Yachts V42 is being shrink wrapped to protect it against damage during a long road journey from England to a customer in Russia. This video picks up the shrink wrap process about half way through. A 'perimeter band' of rope or strapping has already been run around the boat, just below the waterline. A 12m wide,( approx. 40'), 180 micron shrink film has been unrolled along the top of the boat and unfolded down each side. Then the shrink film has been tucked around the perimeter band ready for 'welding'. This video shows the welding process taking place. Once the shrink wrap has been welded all around the bottom of the boat then the cover is ready for shrinking. Welding the shrink wrap around the perimeter band in this way, means that when the shrink wrap boat cover is heat shrunk,(see shrink wrap process #2 video), it becomes 'tight as a drum skin'. On smaller boats or products the shrink wrap is sometimes just taped to the hull of the boat but we prefer the perimeter band/welding method as it is far stronger and reliable. To see the final stage in the shrink wrap process - see next video Boat Shrink Wrap Process #2 - Shrinking. My business specialises in the shrink wrap protection of the world's largest products. For more information please visit www.boatcoat.co.uk or www.tufcoat.co.uk. Thank you for watching!

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• boatwrap
• boat
• shrinkwrap
• shrinkfilm
• marine
• boats
• shrink-wrap
• shrink-film
• cover

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