How does UV Stabilization impact FIBC Bags?
FIBC Bags applications are primarily for outdoor activities, such as construction sites, landscape debris, mining & fishing activities, transportation of materials, collecting & filling agricultural produce, and more. When you keep FIBC Bags in outdoor settings, they will be exposed to natural events, such as moisture, UV rays from sunlight, water, and more.
Protecting your FIBC Bags from exposure to direct sunlight is crucial, as UV Rays might damage the bag and its contents. In this blog, we will walk you through how UV Stabilization impacts FIBC Bags and whether it is safe to store bags outside in direct sunlight spots.
UV Degradation
Several FIBC Bag Manufacturers worldwide mention on their website content and blogs that their FIBC Bags are UV-Resistant and provide adequate safety from UV Rays. It leads to numerous questions regarding its authenticity.
To some extent, it is true that FIBC Bags materials and seams give appropriate safeguarding from UV Rays. However, it doesn’t mean it will not lead to bag degradation with exposure to heat for a longer duration.
FIBC Bag Manufacturers always recommend to store the bags away from direct sunlight.
UV Degradation happens when bags are kept in direct sunlight for extended hours. Ultraviolet Radiation energy from the sun is absorbed within FIBC Bags’ molecular bonds, leading to the disintegration of the inner molecular bonds binding the bag structure together.
It will deteriorate polymers used in Bag manufacturing, damaging the bag and its content. It might lead to severe events and jeopardise people’s lives.
Using Stabilizing Materials
Pay meticulous attention to FIBC Bags Manufacturing materials employed by your FIBC Bag Manufacturer to overcome this challenge of bag deterioration and satisfactory protection from UV Rays. Several Manufacturers mix polymer stabilisers with polypropylene (PP) for the intended protection from UV Degradation.
Polymer Stabilizers are chemical additives class added to polymers during the FIBC Bags Manufacturing process to curb bag & its contents deterioration. Polymer Stabilizers are renowned for adding a robust layer of strength to the bag’s structure to shield it from UV Rays by absorbing them & dissipating them as low heat.
However, these Stabilizers only guarantee short-term solutions. You can opt for it to give decent additional protection to the bag’s structure for protecting it against UV light
Conclusion
After reading the blog, you will have clarification of the impact of UV Rays on FIBC Bags & their contents, what UV Degradation is, and using Polymer & other Stabilizers for an additional layer of sufficient protection from UV Rays. However, if you have questions or need assistance, feel free to contact us.
At Umasree Texplast, we provide effective options to our clients, including Polymer Stabilizer usage, to give them peace of mind while using FIBC Bags for outdoor applications and keeping them in direct sunlight & protection from UV Rays.
At Umasree Texplast, we manufacture an extensive range of customised FIBC Bags that you can customise according to your applications and opt for stabilisers and pallet options for ideal shielding from UV Rays.
For our FIBC Bags quotation, contact us at 9909957564 or email at mail@umasree.com.
