If you’re transporting valuable equipment, presenting products to customers, or storing delicate components, protective cases keep their contents safe, organised and ready for use.
Protective cases are specialist, reusable packaging containers that protect sensitive or valuable items from physical damage, moisture, dust, and extreme environments. They range from lightweight carry cases for presenting samples in meetings to heavy-duty, rugged containers for industrial equipment and military gear.
At Polyformes, we supply an extensive range of protective equipment cases, bags, boxes, and containers. We partner with leading manufacturers, including Rose Plastic and Explorer Cases, to offer high-quality off-the-shelf options, which we can customise with precision-engineered foam inserts. We also offer custom flight cases, manufactured in-house, and padded bags suitable for a wide range of applications and industries.
Your business can source a wide range of protective cases and industrial containers from us.
Alongside your protective cases, you can choose to enhance any of them with bespoke, precisely tailored foam inserts.
The benefits of using protective cases include:
The main difference between flight cases and plastic cases is their construction. Flight cases (or road cases) are custom-built using plywood or lightweight composite panels and an aluminum frame, making them ideal for heavy, unusually shaped industrial or musical gear. Plastic hard cases are mass-produced using injection or rotational moulding, making them lighter and providing significantly better protection against water and dust ingress.
Hard equipment cases are generally allowed as carry-on luggage as long as their exterior dimensions comply with your airline’s specific size limits (typically around 22 x 14 x 9 inches or 56 x 35 x 22 cm). Many manufacturers design models specifically to meet maximum airline carry-on regulations.
Yes, you can choose to customise virtually any protective case in several ways. Options include bespoke foam inserts, exterior printing (e.g. logos and branding), labels, and even size and format for custom options (such as flight cases). Certain case ranges are also available in a range of different colours and sizes to better suit your products and brand.
Closed-cell Polyethylene (PE) foam is the best foam for creating equipment case inserts. It’s dense, rigid, and highly resistant to oils and water. It is the industry standard for tools, cameras, equipment and military gear due to its cushioning performance, durability and appearance. Open-Cell Polyurethane (PU) Foam – often found as “egg-crate” or “pick-and-pluck” foam – may also be suitable for lightweight items.
Although at Polyformes we specialise in foam conversion, we have long supplied protective cases and similar industrial packaging solutions to a wide range of businesses.
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