Have You Ever Seen Such a Packaging Bag Seal? — 3M Grip Lock Reclosable Seal
#BM Tape News or Information ·2025-11-05 16:40:26
In daily life, we can hardly live without packaging bags in our daily necessities of life. After multiple uses of the packaging bag, how to maintain repeated opening and closing?
Is it this kind of zipper?

Or this kind of plastic sealing strip?

Or this kind of plastic pull strip?

Now, for reusability, 3M can provide a different sealing method: 3M Grip Lock Reclosable Seal.

3M™ Grip Lock Strip Reclosable Seal, a new product developed using 3M™ microstructured technology platform, applied to various packaging bags that require reclosable seals.
Follow us to see how this seal closes:


After reading the introduction of the above two pictures, do you have a general impression? Don't worry, we can learn more.


Product Introduction



PP/PE composite material.
Hook-to-hook microstructure design.
Reclosable without precise alignment.
60% reduction in thickness compared to traditional ones.

At the same time, for some common seals on the market, we have listed the following to help you analyze:

Extrusion Seal Strip.

Advantages
Usually considered to have air sealing function.
Mature application - both production and application are recognized by manufacturers and consumers.
Disadvantages.
Requires alignment for better sealing.
This solution has been around for a long time and is not new.

Sliding Pull Strip.


Advantages
Usually considered to have air sealing function.
Mature application recognized by consumers.
Disadvantages
Production is relatively not so easy.
Higher cost.

Hook-to-Hook

Advantages
Mature application recognized by consumers.
Obvious tactile advantage during the closing process.
Compared with traditional applications, it is more novel and has more differentiated advantages.
Disadvantages
Not air sealing.
Relatively difficult to produce, high equipment modification cost.
After reading the above introductions, do you feel that none of them are very satisfactory? Let's take a look at the solution provided by 3M for you!


Advantages of 3M™ Grip Lock Reclosable Seal.


For Customers.
No precise alignment required, easy to close.
The sealing form is more novel.
Perceive the process of closing the seal through the tactile feeling of finger pressing.
Even if food crumbs enter the seal, it will not affect the sealing effect.
For Manufacturers.
60% thinner than other seals
Due to the significant reduction in thickness, the production speed of packaging bags can be significantly improved.
Only minimal modifications to the machine are required to apply this product.
In addition, experimental data shows that crumbs have no effect on the sealing quality.



Product Reliability Test.



Put 1.35kg of items in the packaging bag and invert it for 48 hours, it can still maintain its sealing effect.
Repeating opening and closing the packaging bag 50 times has no significant impact on the sealing effect.
Two weeks of aging test has no significant impact on the sealing effect.


Packaging Bag Production Chain


The four main relevant parties:
FMCG Companies.
Packaging Bag Processing Plants.
Equipment Suppliers.
End Consumers.



Equipment Suppliers


Packaging Bag Production Equipment

Film-bag-packaging processing equipment suppliers


3M™ Grip Lock Strip is formed by hot pressing packaging. Due to its thin and light thickness, it can speed up the operation speed of machinery and equipment. Only a small part of the modification to the existing machinery and equipment is required to put it into production.

For the equipment modification problem, please leave it to 3M to solve!

