Understanding Types of Transport Seals

20 Nov Blog

One of the various methods of load security is the use of transport seals. In addition to keeping the contents safely locked up, it enables the owners of the storage facility or trailer to ensure that the load has not been tampered with during its journey.

The majority of the time, a security code is put on a seal in a form that makes it difficult to conceal tampering. Hologram printing or laser etching is a technique used in some of the most popular designs.

A transport seal might be made out either metal or plastic. A transport seal made primarily of plastic might be a pull-tight seal or a padlock seal, but most padlock seals are made of metal. Ball seals, bolt seals, and cable seals are some of the most used types of metal seals.

Below are the list of the most common type of seals being used by the in the transport industry:

• Barrier seals are devices or materials such as pressure seals, cable ties, padlocks, container Devices or materials that act as passive barriers against entry include cable ties, padlocks, pressure seals, container seals, and bolt seals. When violated, they offer concrete proof of tampering (eg, broken belts or links, or a lack of tightness if removed completely).
• Plastic seals are frequently employed for transportation and momentary damage control. If you weigh security vs cost, you would prefer a high security cable seal or bolt seal since plastic type seals are highly cost-effective (container seal).
• Typically, metal and plastic are used to create cable sealing, and a metal security wire is permanently affixed. Cable seals are frequently employed in damage prevention strategies where sealing is necessary, taking advantage of the smoothness of cables.
• High security seals are often composed entirely of metal and metal wire, are intended to be intrusion-resistant, and conform with ISO security seals and international customs regulations.
• Typically, the lock head and locking rod of High Security Bolt seals (cargo seals) are made of heavy-duty A3 steel. It is frequently employed in long-distance theft prevention strategies for container sealing or truck sealing to offer protection for a protracted length of time.

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