Banking twine is a nondescript yellowish-brown or gray thin rope that can be found on the shelves of highly specialized or specialized stores. It bears a rather loud and respectable name, but what does simple twine have to do with the financial system, and also, why will it be useful for everyone to get twine?
What is twine?
Referring to encyclopedic sources, one can easily find out that a strong thread consisting of twisted fibers with a thickness of 1 to 2.5 mm is called twine. It is produced by joining two or three thinner cores made of natural or synthetic components. Bank twine is a traditionally flax thread, however, other bast plants are used at least for its manufacture. Among them, the annual spinning culture hails from Asian subtropics called jute.
A distinctive characteristic of twine is its high strength: to break a thin thread with bare hands, without using any improvised means, you need to have truly heroic strength. Depending on the thickness and composition, this unpretentious twine has a breaking load of 7 kgf (paper twine), 13-20 kgf (linen twine) or 30-100 kgf (polished twine).
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The twine is actually used everywhere, most often as a thin, but strong and reliable rope, indispensable in the household. No wonder many summer residents and flower growers have chosen it - it is convenient to tie bushes and other vegetation with twine.
Banking twine is also indispensable for corporate organizations. Collector bags (hence the name “bank”), documentation, various packages and goods are tied with this thread. Strong twine will not tear by itself, and valuable packages for greater reliability are sealed with wax seals.
An additional advantage is the cost of such packaging material as twine. The price for a skein varies from 75 (a small reel, in which the threads are no more than 150 m) to 500 rubles (a reel 600-700 m). On sale there are also skeins of medium size - 200-300 meters each, their cost ranges from 200-300 rubles. It is worth noting that polished bank twine is a little more expensive than linen or jute, but the price is higher due to the fact that it is sold in large skeins, on which segments with a minimum length of 100 m are wound, most often, their footage is calculated in thousandths. For one such reel, you will need to pay an average of 80 (125 m), 1250 (2200 m) or 1400 rubles (5000 m).
The essence is one, and nature?
So, the twine, as we found out, is the most diverse. First of all, it differs in its composition. There is one-piece or mixed twine, however, in the second case, the thread consists of different fibers of plant origin, but without synthetic impurities.
White, polypropylene yarn is an artificial twine. It is reliable, strong and durable, not subject to rotting or drying out. It is used as an auxiliary material for packaging or wrapping parcels, goods and other cargo in need of transportation.
Natural twine (linen or jute), in addition to strength, also has the following characteristics:
- environmental friendliness;
- durability;
- low thermal conductivity.
A thread of flax at cost is more expensive than jute. This is largely due to the fact that jute is a cheap raw material, its production is established very efficiently and on a large scale. This parameter is important, first of all, for construction, since twine is often used to warm crowns in wooden log cabins. The consumption of this material in this area is high, and therefore manufacturers offer twine of a mixed composition, in which flax fibers are combined with jute. However, bank twine is predominantly a one-component linen thread of different thicknesses.
Practical use
As mentioned above, banking twine is successfully used in a number of the most diverse spheres of human activity. First of all, it is a good packaging material. Flax fiber has the amazing ability to absorb moisture instantly, while the threads dry quickly, they do not like various pests, such as moths, bacteria or fungi.
The eco-friendly twine of the bank allows using it even in food production. To be more precise, they wrap meat and fish products during its baking or smoking.
Thin twine is rarely used in construction, to insulate joints, they often use special caulking, tow or tow, this must be taken into account when choosing twine, since there are quite a few varieties of twisted rope made from plant fibers. Twine is also called an impressive rope in thickness, which will be difficult to find application in ordinary household goods.
Rope, curl
Well, and another area of application of banking twine, which cannot be mentioned only in passing, is needlework. This thread only at first glance looks quite unpresentable, due to its fibrous structure, natural color, which can be in brown and gray tones, it is very often used in several directions of hand-made.
The twine is soft and pliable, it holds its shape well, it is easy to twist knots and make figures out of it, in addition, it perfectly manifests itself in contact with adhesives, which allows you to reliably fix the composition, the basis or details of which are described by the thread. Due to these qualities, macramé crafts are made from linen twine, it is an indispensable material for wrapping decorative vases, pots, bottles and jars. Craftsmen make amazing souvenirs, magnets, Christmas toys and even jewelry out of it.