PE, also known as Polyethylene, is a polymeric organic substance commonly utilized in our daily lives. PE protective films are an eco-friendly, environmental product that is non-toxic, pollutant-free, and a green alternative to other protective films.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied on a particular polyethylene (PE) plastic sheet that serves as the base for PE protective film. Depending on the extent of smoothness of the customer’s product surface, PE protective film manufacturers will create a variety of customized protective films, including sticky polyethylene protective film that best suits their needs.

black & white PE films

The different types of PE protection films are:

PE protective film is based on special polyethylene (PE) plastic film, which is divided into high-density polyethylene protective film (HDPE), Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)., and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) according to density. Polyethylene film can also be manufactured in different colors or transparent. In addition, it can be processed in different thicknesses.

Your product must tolerate much stress during assembly, storage, and transportation. Often, a general film cannot offer adequate protection from compressive damage. Placing other materials or covers loosely on a product or surface leaves it vulnerable to harm from scrapes or grime. In addition, coated films can leave behind unwanted residues. That’s why PE protective films are your best bet.

PE protection films come in a variety of forms. High-viscosity Polyethylene protective film, medium-viscosity PE protective film, low viscosity PE protective film are the three basic viscosity categories. Each has slight differences in adhesion and applies to different textured surfaces.

In our daily lives, polyethylene protective film is frequently used on surfaces like computer cases, phone screens, LED displays, instruments, stainless steel surfaces, glass doors, windows, etc. The benefits and applications of PE protective film will next be discussed.

transparent PE protective film

What are the benefits of using PE Protective Films?

There are several reasons to use PE protective films:

  • Protecting the product from scratches, corrosion, and contamination and maintaining its original brilliant and shining surface during manufacture, transit, storage, and usage is one of the benefits of polyethylene protective film, which boosts product quality and competitiveness in the market.
  • PE protective films do not leave adhesive residue on surfaces once removed, thus minimizing any risks to the product. However, they are as easy to stick and easy to tear off.
  • It is a green, environmentally safe option since there is no corrosion or pollution.  It has passed the EU’s ROHS environmental pollution test.
  • It is a soft material and has good extensibility, and its elongation rate can reach more than 300%. Therefore, it could be affixed to many shapes of material surface and could fit the surface well.

Although PE protective film is quite a useful material, it is not suitable to use at high temperatures. It could withstand max 70 degrees. If you are looking for a protective film that has excellent temperature resistance, please try on our PET protective film.

PE Protective Film Manufacturers You Can Trust

At Wuxi Changsheng, our primary goal is to satisfy the demands of our clients. This entails providing a wide range of high-quality goods at competitive prices. As a skilled PE protection film manufacturer, our products have been used extensively in various industries, including the deep-drawing process, electronics, home appliances, windows, marbles, doors, carpets, plastic sheets, stainless steel sheets, and glassware. Contact us if you would like to learn more regarding the best customized or industrial polyethylene protective film.

When customers choose protective film products, they often face such choices: PE film or PET film, how to choose? Before we answer this question, let’s look at what PE/PET film are:

Polyethylene film (also known as PE film), is a plastic film made from ethylene, a hydrocarbon that is mainly obtained from natural gas or petroleum.PE film is the most common plastic that can be found everywhere. It is used for a wide range of applications, such as packing, labels, plastic bags and etc.

PE Protective Film

Polyethylene terephthalate ( also called PET film), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibers for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fiber for engineering resins. While used for packing, it could be aluminized by adding a thin film of metal aluminum onto it to reduce its permeability, to make it reflective and opaque.

PET Protective Film

Although PE or PET protective film could be used for packing, there are differences between them:

Material: PE film is a soft material, while PET film is a hard one.

Extensibility: PE has extensibility, its elongation varies from 150% to 300%. While PET has no extensibility.

Tensile strength and friction resistance: These two properties of PET film are better than PE film.

Weather resistance and anti-aging resistance: PE film can withstand max 70 ℃ temperature, while PET film can withstand up to 240 ℃.

Our PE protective film is mostly used to supply temporary surface protection for aluminum window and door profiles, glass, and other building materials. Because of its softness, it could better fit protected surfaces than other materials. It is not only suitable for general material surfaces but is also recommended to use on rough surfaces like carpets, spray aluminum profiles, and other surfaces. However, it is not resistant to high temperatures and will break down under long-time sunlight. We usually suggest our customers tear them off asap, especially in summer. As the aluminum window and doors will absorb more heat, tearing them off asap could also help to avoid the risk of glue residue.

Our PET protective films have a double-layer composite structure. The first layer is an ordinary PET film, which can meet the needs of customized LOGO. The second layer uses the aluminized PET film mentioned above. It provides shading and sealing protection, so it could avoid the fading or aging of profiles to some extent. This film is recommended to use on PVC/UPVC profiles in high UV intensity / high-temperature areas. Through the feedback from the Xinjiang Branch of Zhongcai Profile, which is the leading manufacturer of PVC profiles in China, the outdoor anti-aging performance after 3 months is indeed better than other protective film products.

PET Film

Each of the two materials has its own characteristics. Only when we totally understand customers’ demands, know what our customer’s most concerns are, and have full knowledge of the protected surfaces, can we provide customers with appropriate protective film solutions.