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Solar Shrink - Tougher
The technology behind Solar Shrink Mulch Film is patented and no other agricultural plastic is produced by this method. The film is manufactured on custom built machinery, designed and constructed by Hydrox Technologies, which physically modifies the molecular structure of the sheet, vastly increasing its breaking strength and puncture resistance and building in shrinking stresses.
Solar Shrink uses polymers designed to increase film toughness when made by Hydrox`s unique manufacturing process. These polymers, combined with chemically resistant UV light stabilizers and nano-particle sized carbon black, with no cheap fillers, ensure the sheet retains its strength for the entire season.
This retention of strength permits Solar Shrink to be easily lifted and removed by machine, saving approximately nine man hours per acre compared to manual lifting.
The waste film is cleaner and less contaminated for recycling, with reduced loss of topsoil.
- Lays faster: High tensile properties, self shrinking and long roll lengths make for efficient high speed laying
- Shrinks tight: Provides maximum contact with the bed ensuring improved heat transfer to the soil, increasing early season temperatures
- No flapping
- Shrinks in sunlight
- Stronger
- Lift by machine