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Shrink wrapping equipment or shrink packaging equipment is designed to package products or packages within a film that is subsequently heat shrunk around the product or package to create a very tight seal with the package.
Shrink wrapping is sometimes used as the primary packaging. Some individual foods, soaps and other products may be wrapped directly. More commonly shrink wrapping is used as a secondary or tertiary packaging. An example of secondary use is shrink wrapped six-packs of beverage cans or 24 pack bundles of water.
Wrapping is also commonly used as a tertiary packaging such as overwrapping an individual carton or bundle of cartons. In the past, appearance of the tertiary packaging has not been considered critical important as the customer never saw it. The rise of club stores like Costco and Sam’s Club has changed this. The 6 pack of canned corn is now the unit of sale in these stores and appearance has become critical to branding. Previously translucent grey film was fine since nobody outside of the stockroom was likely to see it. Now, glossy film with registered graphics is needed to catch the customer’s eye using bullseye or end seal wrapping. This affects the choices of machinery that can be used.
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One important consideration when selecting the proper a shrink packaging machine is the type of shrink package that is desired around the product. L-bar sealer shrink packaging equipment forms a film seal around a product that has three side seams, one the front of the package and one on each side of the package. Flow thru shrink packaging equipment forms a shrink film package from a single roll of shrink film that has an overlapped shrink film seal underneath the package and a cross seal on the front and back sides of the package. Shrink bundler packaging equipment forms a shrink film package around the product from two rolls of shrink film which has cross seam across the front and back sides of the package and openings in the film package on the left and right sides of the package.
Once a product has been wrapped in shrink film, the product passes through a heat shrink tunnel. The heat from the heat shrink tunnel causes the film to shrink around the product forming a tight package around the product.
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Arpac, Model 25TW-28, inline, intermittent motion, bundler and integrated shrink tunnel rated up to 25 bundles per minute – depending on materials and application. Product size range: 7" to 20" in Length x 6" to 18" in width x 4" to 12" in Height. Equipped with 20" long x 24" wide in feed conveyor, 28" wide hot impulse seal jaw with 13" vertical travel, side mounted film racks and splice station, with film rolls up to 27" in width; and 14" OD on 3" core. 18" long x 24" wide transfer conveyor into single zone shrink tunnel with 29" wide flex link conveyor and 32” in width x 16" in height aperture and 67" long chamber, top mounted blower motor and cooling blower at discharge. Control panel has Allen-Bradley controller with PanelView operator interface and color touch screen, message display and self-diagnostics, low film alert, bypass mode – allows product to pass through the machine without being wrapped and without heating the tunnel. Mounted on heavy duty frame with status light bar and interlocked safety guarding.
OAD: 180"L x 78"W x 80"H
EDL Model FBS22, inline, continuous motion, bundler and integrated shrink tunnel. Rated up to 35 bundles per minute – depending on materials and application. Product size range: 10" to 24" in Length x 5" to 11" in width x 3" to 10" in Height. Equipped with 76" long x 15" wide in feed conveyor and has pneumatic gate indexing, 23" wide hot impulse seal jaws set on 27" centers with flight bar, film rolls up to 22" in width; and 12" OD. Single zone shrink tunnel with 24" wide flex link conveyor and 26” in width x 16" in height aperture and 77" long chamber with top mounted blower motor. Control panel has Allen-Bradley controller with touch screen HMI. Mounted on heavy duty frame with status light bar and interlocked safety guarding.
OAD: 231"L x 61"W x 96"H
EDL Model FBS22, inline, continuous motion, bundler and integrated shrink tunnel. Rated up to 35 bundles per minute – depending on materials and application. Product size range: 10" to 24" in Length x 5" to 14" in width x 3" to 10" in Height. Equipped with 80" long x 15-1/4" wide in feed conveyor, 124" long x 24" wide metering conveyor with pneumatic gate indexing, 25" wide hot impulse seal jaws set on 27" centers, with flight bar, film rolls up to 24" in width; and 16" OD. Single zone shrink tunnel with 24" wide flex link conveyor and 25” in width x 16" in height aperture and 80" long chamber with top mounted blower motor. Control panel has Allen-Bradley controller with touch screen HMI. Mounted on heavy duty frame with status light bar and interlocked safety guarding.
OAD: 240"L x 58"W x 80"H
Skinetta, Model Film Teq 3030, Automatic, inline, intermittent motion, single lane up end shrink bundler and tunnel. Rated from 10 to 32 cycles per minute with number of product – depending on materials and application. Bundle size range: 5" to 16" in Length; 3" to 11" in Width; 3 to 10" in Height. Bundler: With 10" wide x 46" long in feed conveyor, 16" long product upending section with side product assist belts, 12" wide seal jaw and interlocking safety guarding. Control panel has touch screen HMI and statis light bar.Single zone shrink tunnel: With 12" wide x 12" high aperature and 24" long shrink chamber with top mounted blower and has speed and velocity control dials and discharge cooling fan. Both mounted on (4) leveling leg frames with interlock guarding.
OAD: 195"L x 50"W x 90"H
EDL, inline, continuous motion, bundler and integrated shrink tunnel. Rated up to 55 bundles per minute – depending on materials and application. Product size range: 7" to 28" in Length x 6" to 22" in width x 4" to 9" in Height. Equipped with 40" long x 14" wide in feed conveyor, 45" long x 14" wide metering conveyor with pneumatic gate indexing, 23½" wide hot impulse seal jaws set on 30" centers stream flight bar, side mounted film racks, with film rolls up to 22" in width; and 14" OD. Single zone shrink tunnel with 24" wide flex link conveyor and 24” in width x 16" in height aperture and 60" long chamber and top mounted blower motor. Control panel has Allen-Bradley controller with touch screen HMI. Mounted on heavy duty frame with status light bar and interlocked safety guarding.
OAD: 222"L x 78"W x 93"H
Arpac, semi automatic, inline, shrink bundler and tunnel. Rated from 1 to 15 bundles per minute – depending on materials, application and operator dexterity. Product size range: 6" to 18" in Length x 6" to 35" in Width x 6" to 18" in Height. Arpac Model 737C bundler equipped with 37" wide hot knife seal jaws with 20" vertical travel and (2) handed cycle start push buttons and roller transfer conveyor into shrink tunnel, powered film feed and has film specifications of 37" in width up to 14" in diameter on 3" OD core and film type polyethylene or low density polyethylene with film gauge of 1 to 3 mil.
Arpac Model HVP, single zone shrink tunnel with total aperture of 40” in width x 20" in height and has a chamber length of 60" with top mounted blower. Control panel has temperature, variable air flow, variable conveyor speed and e-stops. Capable of running boxes, trays, cartons or any conveyable type product. Mounted on a common frame with leveling legs.
OAD: 141" L x 61" W x 83" H
Arpac, Model 25TW-28, inline, intermittent motion, bundler and integrated shrink tunnel rated up to 25 bundles per minute – depending on materials and application. Equipped with 34" long x 24" wide in feed conveyor, 28" wide hot impulse seal jaw with 13" vertical travel, side mounted film racks and splice station, with film rolls up to 27" in width; and 14" OD on 3" core. 38" long x 24" wide transfer conveyor through seal and into single zone shrink tunnel with 29" wide flex link conveyor and 32” in width x 16" in height aperture and 67" long chamber, top mounted blower motor and cooling blower at discharge. Control panel has Allen-Bradley controller with PanelView operator interface and color touch screen, message display and self-diagnostics, low film alert, bypass mode – allows product to pass through the machine without being wrapped and without heating the tunnel. Mounted on heavy duty frame with status light bar and interlocked safety guarding.
Sani-Matic Systems, COP spray booth. Vessel dimensions: 48" wide x 48" deep x 88" tall (34" wide x 48" deep x 68" tall usable space). Equipped with a hinged front door, (6) spinning spray nozzle bars supplied by a 10 HP Ampco centrifugal pump and (2) diaphram solution pumps. Control cabinet with AB controller, touch screen HMI and chart recorder.
OAD: 72"L x 52"W x 100"H
APV Anderson, Model 486-5, stainless steel single zone shrink tunnel. Number of packages per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Equipped with a 33" Wide x 12" High aperture x 48" long heat chamber, 29½" wide x 67" long product conveyor belt with 36" in feed and discharge height and top mounted 1 Hp blower. Control panel has push button start / stop / E-stop, heater on / off switch and heat adjustment dial. Mounted on (4) legs with casters.
OAD: 72" L x 56" W x 67" H
Arpac, Model 45TW-28, inline, intermittent motion, bundler and integrated shrink tunnel.Equipped with 70" long x 24" wide in feed conveyor, 29" wide seal jaw with 12" vertical travel, side mounted film racks and splice station, 66" long x 17" wide transfer conveyor through seal and into single zone shrink tunnel with 29" wide flex link conveyor and 28” in width x 16" in height aperture and 70" long chamber, top mounted blower motor and cooling blower at discharge. Allen-Bradley controller with PanelView operator interface and color touch screen, message display and self-diagnostics, low film alert, bypass mode – allows product to pass through the machine without being wrapped and without heating the tunnel. Mounted on heavy duty frame with status light bar and interlocked safety guarding. Speed dependent on materials, application and machie configuration. Film rolls up to 28" in width; and 14" OD on 6" core.
OAD: 262"L x 80"W x 88"H
Axon, Model Thermoflow, Stainless steel, steam shrink tunnel and conveyor with number of product per minute – depending on materials and application Capable of handling round, square, oval and other irregularly shaped containers. Container size range 1" to 6" diameter x 2" to 12" tall. Equipped with 30Kw steam generator, 6½" wide x 13" high aperature x 36" long tunnel, with (3) sets of steam nozzles and 6" wide x 140" long stainless steel conveyor. Mounted on stainless steel frame.
OAD: 144"L x 53"W x 80"H
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