Roll Cradles for Medical Film

Many different films for the medical industry come in roll form, requiring the highest protection and stabilization levels to prevent damage during shipping, handling and storage. Traditional packaging materials like boxes are often ineffective because they leave space around the product, increasing the risk of movement or impact damage during shipping.

At Rollguard®, we manufacture an extensive line of roll cradle protective products to handle your medical packaging requirements. These cradles provide the security and stability your merchandise needs to arrive safely and undamaged at your customer’s facility.

The Challenges of Securing Medical Films in Shipping and Handling

Whether plastic, fabric or polymer-based, the medical industry relies on materials supplied in roll form for a variety of applications. From imaging film to medical-grade dressings, these rolled products are engineered to meet stringent health care standards and ensure optimal performance for their intended use. The challenge is securely storing and transporting these goods so they can be dispensed in clinical environments.

High-quality packaging is crucial in medical manufacturing. Providing sufficient packaging for transport is vital to maintaining a productive bottom line and protecting these highly sensitive products.

Medical films in cylindrical rolls require best-in-class packaging protection to safeguard product quality — from the manufacturing plant to warehousing to the point of use. Even minor imperfections, such as creases, dents and edge damage, can render them unusable. If not adequately supported or secured, medical film rolls are at risk of:

• Contamination
• Flattening and deforming
• Inefficient stacking
• Difficulty in inventory management

Rollguard’s Cylinder and Reel Packaging for Medical Film

Our molded pulp roll cradles offer superior protection for highly sensitive cylindrical products, conforming to the specifications of your medical rolls. The material we use to make our roll cradles provides higher protection levels than lighter materials like foam and newsprint, ensuring your medical products arrive at their destination in top condition.

Our roll cradles come in various sizes and shapes to accommodate a broad range of unitization needs. Our design team can help you customize your cradles specifically to your application.

Our roll cradles can protect the following medical products during shipment:

• Surgical films: Used as sterile drapes or surgical barriers, these lightweight films require secure packaging to maintain roll shape and structure
• Textile rolls: Medical textiles, such as those used for surgical gowns or drapes, require special handling to avoid snagging or breakage
• Adhesive films: Medical-grade tapes and dressings must be packaged in a way that prevents contamination
• Diagnostic films: Large rolls of film used in imaging equipment, such as X-rays, require specialized care to preserve their integrity
• Modular cylinders and tanks: While not films themselves, the containers and storage used to hold rolled medical films require a flexible packaging solution

Benefits of Using Roll Cradles for Medical Film Applications

Protect your sensitive health care products from contamination and damage with Rollguard. Any products used in the health care industry require extra care and consideration. Experience the following advantages when using our roll cradles for your medical film over conventional packaging products:

Product Quality Protection

Medical films in cylindrical rolls are essential for maintaining sterility. However, traditional wood cradles are often treated with chemicals that can contaminate supported materials. Our roll cradles are free from chemicals, splinters and other contaminants that could taint medical film.

Increased Space Efficiency

Medical facilities and distributors often have limited storage space and need an efficient stacking solution to reduce clutter. Rollguard cradles take up less floor space than many foams, end caps and corrugated insert designs for a more compact storage footprint.

Reduced Freight Costs

The efficient stacking configurations allow you to load more product onto a truck while using less space. Many configurations allow double-stacking, enabling you to use vertical space and save even more money.

Ease of Handling

Medical personnel and health care manufacturers need to access and dispense their materials quickly and hygienically. Our roll cradles work for even the heaviest or most cumbersome rolls, keeping them right where they belong. No rolling or shifting reduces the risk of injury to your staff and contamination to your products.

Time and Labor Savings

Our simple cradle design reduces the time it takes to unpack your materials. Fewer packaging products also means less waste to discard.

Environmentally Friendly

Health care manufacturers continue to adopt sustainable practices in response to stakeholder expectations and evolving regulations. We manufacture our cradles from 100% biodegradable and recyclable materials.

Enhanced Safety

Our cradles provide a secure section for product placement. They are less susceptible to movement and shifting for improved employee safety.

Pallet Configurations and Skid Packaging for Medical Film

Our roll cradles work by being placed along the pallet’s base. You then securely lay the first layer of medical film rolls into the cradle. The cradles double up on each subsequent layer, providing adequate protection to the top and bottom of your medical items. We ship the cradles in hinge pairs, allowing for easy folding or breaking apart.

Our broad range of cradle designs allows you to create multiple pallet configurations for your medical products, from single-stack layouts to patterns consisting of multiple rolls. Explore our configuration tool to learn which product design best fits your application.

Trust Rollguard With Your Medical Film Packaging Needs

Together, we can find the perfect packaging product for shipping your medical film and other materials. Contact us online today to request a quote, sample or more information for any of our roll cradle products. Our expert team is ready to assist you.