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Damaged coil doesn’t just slow you down. It affects your reputation and your bottom line. That’s why Fortify uses best-in-class packaging, tested to protect materials in transit.
Our coil packaging goes the extra mile to prevent damage to your material, whether it's being delivered to your storage facility or directly to your jobsite for production. All Fortify coils contain the following packaging components.
- Pallets: All coils are palletized to ensure ease of mobility and transport, from our facilities to trucks and our customers’ warehouses.
- Banding: Coils are banded to help prevent telescoping. Telescoping occurs when the inside rolls of a coil begin to shift and vibrate out of alignment with the outer rolls of the coil. An example is when you take a sheet of paper and you roll it up with your hands, then twist, changing the length of the roll. While telescoping is not necessarily a defect that will prevent you from rolling out a coil later, it can become an issue if the amount is excessive. Coils are also banded to the pallet.
- Rain caps: Rain caps help protect the coil from moisture infiltration and banding damage.
- Outside diameter coil protector: Protects the edge of the coil
- Fiber core: Coils are rolled out on a fiber core, which is a type of compressed cardboard that helps protect the inside diameter and helps ensure a uniform, clean roll.
- Shrink wrapping: Finally, all coils are finished with heat shrink wrapping, adding an additional layer of protection from moisture during transit and storage.
Our coils are also transported “eye to the sky”, meaning the middle part of the rolled coil always faces up, as opposed to the side. This allows coils to be stacked and helps with less transit issues like vibration or cosmetic defects.
Although coils are well-protected once they exit our facilities, there are steps you’ll need to take to ensure maximum protection once they’re on your job site.
When You Receive Coil
1. Store coils in a clean, dry location if they will not be roll-formed immediately.
2. Protect coils from exposure to moisture, weather and UV light.
3. Confirm that the lot numbers on the coils match your order documents.
4. Record and maintain lot numbers used on each job. This information is required if a warranty claim is ever necessary.
5. Allow for adequate airflow in storage areas to help prevent condensation.
6. Once packaging is removed, run the coil and install the panels as quickly as possible.
Working with Film-Applied Coils
Depending on your market or project, you might need filmed coils. Filmed coils come with a thin plastic film covering the material for the entirety of the coil. If you are working with filmed coils, you’ll need to run it, install, and peel the film as quickly as possible to prevent damage from UV rays, heat exposure and water. The longer that film sits on a coil, the harder it will be to remove.
Resecuring Coil
If you only ran part of your coil and need to store the remaining coil, here are steps you should take to resecure the coil to protect from damage.
1. Verify the inside diameter fiber core is still present.
2. Resecure the outside diameter of your coil. You can do so with fiber infused tape, ratchet straps or banding.
3. Remove your coil carefully from the roll former.
4. Place the coil back on the pallet and store “eye to the sky”.
5. Store your coil away from the weather, with air circulation to prevent long-term condensation.
Tips for Operators
Follow these best practices to help minimize damage to coils during the roll forming process:
- Stay alert and monitor the process closely.
- Run test panels to confirm your machine is calibrated and performing properly.
- Perform regular maintenance on your roll former to keep it in peak condition.
- Inspect coils for defects before beginning roll forming.
- Remember: damage costs more than material, it costs time and trust. Protect both by ensuring every coil is handled and processed with care.
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