What's the standard wall thickness for tape and label manufacturing?
The most common wall thickness for tape cores and label cores, used during many manufacturing and converting processes, is .125" (1/8"). Click here for a list of tape and label cores available for imm |
I'm shipping expensive prints internationally. What wall thickness should I order?
Most of our clients shipping expensive prints internationally order their mailing tubes with a .125" or .187" wall thickness. Bulk shipped mailing tubes usually have a wall thickness of .060", .070", |
How do I measure a paper tube or paper core?
Paper tubes and paper cores have 4 parts: 1. Inside diameter 2. Wall thickness 3. Outside diameter 4. Length Diameter Definition: a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a bod |
On other sites, I'm seeing mailing tube thicknesses referred to as "3-ply". What does that mean?
The most common wall thickness for a "standard" mailing tube is .060" (1/16"). Paper tubes are made with "layers" or "plies" of paper. A generic assumption would be to assume a mailing tube with a .06 |
Los Angeles Tape Cores and Label Cores
We’re offering a variety of tape and label cores online ! After receiving requests from customers who needed cores faster, we launched our store in October 2013 to do just that. A year and a half l |
What's the crush strength of a 3" ID x 24" usable x .060 mailing tube?
Unlike corrugated boxes, spiral paper tubes do not have industry standard crush strengths. Paper tubes with thicker walls are stronger than paper tubes with thinner walls. |
What's the difference between an "inside diameter" and an "outside diameter"?
The inside diameter is the distance between the inside of the circular opening of the tube. The outside diameter is the distance between the outside of the tube. To find the inside diameter, when only |
Litho Display Poles – Temporary Floor Displays
Some of the most common floor displays are temporary floor displays. Temporary floor displays are seasonal and used to promote products for a short period of time. To help keep costs down on temporar |
Carpet Cores and Star Crimped Inserts
What’s the difference between a “core” and a “tube”? Paper cores and paper tubes are structurally the same, how each is used determines what it’s called. A paper tube is called a “core� |
What are “seaming tins” and why do so many want them?
Seaming tins are circular, punch-pressed metal end closures, used on the tops and bottoms of Fiber Cans and Telescope Tubes . The process of permanently applying a tin part to a paper tube is defined |
Paper Caps: The Teenager of All End Closures
They’re so cute when they’re babies. Then we get to dress them up like dolls when they first start school. But then they become teenagers, and the cuteness we once knew somehow disappears. We sti |
3 inch Tape and Label Cores
We offer 90+ different lengths of 3″ ID tape and label cores. All of these cores have a standard .125″ wall thickness. If you, like many other tape manufacturers and label manufacturers, have inc |
I need 3″ tape cores and 3″ label cores…yesterday!
As a manufacturer, we make everything to order. This means we do not keep any tubes, cores, or edge protectors in stock. Distributors keep stock on their warehouse floors and deliver to end users on |