Roll Cradles for Roll-Up Doors
Heavy steel roll-up doors require an innovative shipping and storage solution that is gentle enough to protect the metal from denting and strong enough to prevent shifting and bumping during transit.
Rollguard’s soft but durable fiber cradles offer the rigidity and stability necessary to hold your pallet configurations tightly while cushioning the products to prevent costly damage and downtime. Learn more about how our German-made skid packaging solutions for roll-up doors can help you.
Skid Packaging for Roll-Up Doors
A fiber cradle is a convenient, cost-effective packaging solution for rolled and cylindrical products — from tape to roll-up doors. Unlike wood, pulp fiber cradles do not produce sawdust or require stapling or nailing. They provide an easy way to store more parts per pallet and stack more configurations.
Our compact, lightweight pulp fiber cradles help manufacturers save on time, money and labor efforts because they:
- Are easy and safe to use
- Take up less warehouse space
- Reduce outbound freight costs
- Require less material than other solutions
- Provide a safe working environment
Advantages of Roll Cradles for Packaging Roll-Up Doors
There are several factors to consider in order to effectively secure roll-up doors in shipping to prevent denting and scratching from different angles. These doors need stability and protection against rough handling, pallet rollover and units bumping into each other during transport and storage.
Common loading and unloading techniques involve wrapping the doors with protective materials and securing them with straps. This requires more time for palletizing doors and a considerable amount of protective materials like wood slats and micro-foam wraps.
Roll cradles match the door profile exactly, securing each unit in place without any shifting. They can be placed flat and widthwise on the pallet and layered to maximize storage. Their innovative design distributes the door’s weight evenly, providing greater stability.
Some of the key advantages of roll cradles for roll-up doors include:
Reduced Damage
Roll cradles are specially designed to offer stability and cushioning to cylindrical products. Their design maintains the integrity of the metal curtain and door hardware. They provide secure horizontal configurations, reducing the risk of damage from rough handling and rollovers.
Simplified Handling and Stacking
Traditional unloading and offloading methods can be challenging and time-consuming. Roll cradles are designed for easy handling and stacking. They streamline the palletization process with less packaging material needed and a faster installation. Roll cradles also allow for safer vertical storage and stacking capabilities, distributing the roll-up door’s weight evenly.
Space Optimization
Roll cradles are a space-saving option, whether you want to clear warehouse space or load the most pallets possible during shipping. Beyond increasing your stacking capabilities per pallet, roll cradles require minimal space when not in use. They are lightweight and smaller compared to other packaging materials like foam.
Enhanced Durability
Roll cradles are made from strong, long-lasting materials. They provide reliable support for heavy applications like roll-up doors and maintain their structural integrity, making them a convenient and reusable packaging solution.
Cost-Effectiveness
Roll cradles are a more affordable packaging option that reduces costs in different ways, including:
- Packaging: Roll cradles minimize the use and costs of packaging materials to protect roll-up doors.
- Operations: This packaging solution reduces lead times and optimizes workers’ time. Roll cradles make preparing roll-up doors for storage, handling and shipping easier and faster.
- Shipping: Roll cradles are lightweight and increase stackability, maximizing shipping space without adding weight.
- Reduced callbacks: Securing your roll-up doors with roll cradles is the best way to prevent callbacks from damaged products, protecting your budget and reputation.
Pallet Configuration for Roll-Up Doors
Not sure which of our products is suitable for your pallet configuration? Rollguard provides molded fiber cradles in standard pallet sizes, from 60 to 120 centimeters. We also offer a pallet configuration tool that helps determine which of our packaging solutions is suitable for your application.
To begin, fill in your configuration, pallet width and roll diameter. When you’ve found the right Rollguard solution for your application, request your free sample. We’ll ship it to you within three to four business days so you can try it out to make sure it’s the right fit before you commit to ordering a large batch.
The Benefits of Using Rollguard® for Packaging Solutions
There are several advantages to using Rollguard pulp cradles over other cradling materials like foam and wood:
- Easier unpacking: Our versatile, lightweight fiber pulp cradles nest well and make loading and unloading freight safe and hassle-free.
- Greater eco-friendliness: The recyclable pulp material reduces your overall waste, making it a more sustainable solution than foam for large factories and warehouses.
- Increased space and production efficiencies: Save space by loading more parts per pallet with our durable, stackable fiber cradles.
- Strength and durability: The thick-walled pulp material is durable yet soft and pliant, ensuring products are fully supported and protected from damage.
- Made in Germany: Your custom fiber pulp cradles are manufactured and shipped from our central Europe location in Germany, ensuring fast and cost-effective delivery.
Contact Rollguard® for Your Custom Roll Cradles
As a leading molded fiber cradle manufacturing company in Europe, our engineers and manufacturers work hard to provide the most space- and cost-effective packaging solutions. Our premium, high-quality cylinder packaging for roll-up doors will protect your products from damage during shipping, handling and transportation while saving you space, time and money, ultimately improving your bottom line.
Get in touch with one of our knowledgeable Rollguard representatives today to learn how our innovative solutions can benefit your business.
