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From cereal to concrete, stretch wrapping plays an important role in the shipping journey of many kinds of products. In our industry, we often say that anything can be stretch wrapped. Some items just need special considerations and planning before they are wrapped, but for the most part, you can stretch wrap anything.

Your shipping manager has asked you to review a list of stretch wrappers he’s considering purchasing. You want a stretch wrapper that will get the job done (wrap loads) and make your life easy. You already have enough work on your plate. So, when problems come up for you to solve, it’s important to solve them quickly.

Stretch wrapping pallet loads has a number of benefits, but most of the benefits of stretch wrapping are ancillary to the driving reason behind most stretch wrapping efforts:

So you’ve shopped around for stretch wrappers and you’re at the point in your purchasing journey where you need real numbers to go any farther. You know you need to request a quote, and you probably have a nebulous idea of the specifications or options you are looking for, but what do you need to know to get a good quote and what’s going to make the biggest impact on your budget?

If you’re in the market for a new automatic stretch wrapper, one of the specifications you are going to need to know is capacity. How much throughput your new stretch wrapper can be expected to handle is an important factor in the purchasing decision. Purchase a stretch wrapper with too little capacity for your operation and efficiency suffers. Purchasing excess capacity, however, isn’t always the answer.

The data from the Plant Engineering 2016 Maintenance Survey offers some fascinating insights including:

Thinking of buying a stretch wrap machine? Should you buy new or look for a used one? Do you like the idea of knowing no one else has used your equipment or does the lower cost and depreciation appeal of a used machine get you interested?

Searching for a stretch wrapper can be an overwhelming process. Sometimes it feels like the more machines you look at the more similar they appear. To simplify things, consider focusing on just a few areas. Our customers seem to be paying the most attention to safety, reliability and ease of use for a machine. They also want support if something goes wrong. In this blog we will break down those four topics and give you tips on how to evaluate a semi-automatic stretch wrapper.

4 Topics To Evaluate a Semi-Automatic Stretch Wrapper

Choosing the right semi-automatic stretch wrapper for a specific application can be tricky. The most important thing to keep in mind when making your decision are the loads that will be wrapped on it. While there are several different models of semi-automatic machines, there are two general categories of stretch wrappers: a turntable wrapper and a straddle wrapper.

When was the last time you walked into the grocery store and no one was in line? But later, when you went to pay for your groceries, the checkout line is packed.

When the lines are long, maybe the store will open additional checkout lanes or maybe a bagger will come help so customers move through the lines quicker. Either way you like the stores that can get you in and out fast because your time is valuable.

Using a stretch wrapper can be similar to waiting in line at the grocery.