Patent-pending sealing tape has a 35-mm (1.4") strip of adhesive on each side. The middle remains free of adhesive so contents of box are not damaged.
Gapped flap box taping
Designed to reduce corrugated material costs, a new taping system from 3M Masking and Packaging Systems (St. Paul, MN) permits the use of RSCs with shorter top and bottom flaps with up to a 3" gap in the middle.
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