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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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Flow-through, horizontal shrink wrapper rated from 40 to 110 packages per minute – depending on materials and application. Package range: 6.7" to 22.25" in Length; 3.5 to 12" in Width; up to 3.9" in Height. Equipped with a 80" lugged infeed, high product sensor, no product / no package, dual film mandrels, splice station, 4 wheel perforation, static eliminator bar, bottom static seal, vacuum transfer conveyor, (one up) 13" hot knife cross seal and panel view controls. Film: up to 24′ web width. Mounted on adjustable screw legs and casters.
OAD: 176"L x 54"W x 78"H
Coder available at additional cost.
Arpac, Model TS33CF, continuous motion, horizontal flow thru shrink wrapper and tunnel . *Package size range: 4" to 48" in Length; 8" to 26" in Width; 1/8" to 12" in Height. Equipped with 240" long lugged in feed conveyor currently set on 30" centers with 3½" high lugs, 25½" wide x 53" long former conveyor, 19½" wide x 32" long side seal conveyor, 25" wide x 30" long seal conveyor, 33" pre folded side film unwind, perf wheel, scrap removal, side seal and 28" wide hot knife cross seal with 12" vertical travel. A/B controller with touch screen HMI. Arpac, Model MPD163090, two zone shrink tunnel with 16" high x 30" wide aperture, 90" long two zone tunnel, 28" wide x 106" long conveyor and cooling fan.*Package maximums cannot occur together.Rated from 0 to 80 linear feet per minute with number of product – depending on materials, application and machine configuration.OAD: 466"L x 72"W x 80"H
Arpac Model T54-40-120, high speed, (2) zone shrink tunnel with number of product per minute – depending on materials and application. Tunnel has total aperature of 40" in Height; 54" in Width. Chamber dimensions of 120" in Length. Equipped with 150" long x 45" wide nylon fiberglass flexlink product belt conveyor with 38" in feed and discharge heights. Top mounted dual blowers independently controlled to accommodate high speed shrink wrapping systems. Control panel has heater 1 and 2 controls, power on, cycle start, stop, cycle, reset e-stop buttons. Mounted on heavy duty frame with (4) height adjustable legs.
OAD: 150" L x 100" W x 94" H
Arpac Model TS37 and XT18, horizontal continuous motion, side seal shrink wrapper and tunnel. Product size range: 3-1/2" to 60" in Length; 2" to 16" in Width; 1/4" to 7-1/2" in Height. Equipped with 72" long lugged in feed conveyor, LDPE walking beam cross seal jaws and next generation side seal assembly. Features Allen Bradley PLC, interlocked guarding, pull out film carriage, no product detection, perf, scrap removal, jog and E-Stop.Film specifications: up to 39" wide single wound film on 3" OD core; up to 14" in diameter.
Shrink tunnel: Aperture: 24" in Width; 14" in Height; tunnel 72" in Length. Equipped with 120" long x 22" wide conveyor, top mounted blower with variable speed and temperature controls. Mounted on height adjustable legs.
Speed dependent on materials, application, machine configuration and operator dexterity.
OAD: 251" L x 63" W x 61" H
Arpac Model HC37, horizontal, continuous motion, servo driven, flow thru shrink wrapper and bottom lap sealer rated from 0 to 90 linear feet and 0 to 80 packages per minute – depending on materials, application and product stability. Product size range: 3-1/2" to per application in Length; up to 16" in Width; up to 7-1/2" horizontal jaws and up to 12" vertical jaws in Height. Equipped with 245" long Lugged servo driven in feed conveyor with 1/2" wide x 1" high lugs set on 16" centers with adjustable guide rails into the flow wrapper forming plow, with 19" long 9-1/2" wide vacuum conveyor pulling film and product to 32" long x 9-1/2" wide neophreme belt conveyor thru the 17" wide interchangeable horizontal or vertical cross seal jaws and overlapping bottom film static lap seal to the discharge. Centerfold film maximum width up to 37" and film roll maximum OD up to 14" and has 38" long servo driven film rolls with perf wheels. Control panel has A/B CPU and A/B panelview controller with seal bar and lap seal temperature controllers, manual / jog, cycle start and on / off with e-start, Mounted on (4) leg base frame with interlock safety door guarding.
OAD: 84" L x 64" W x 78" H Flow Thru Sealer 245" L x 36" W x 36" H In Feed Conveyor
Sani-Matic single tank, 304 stainless steel, sanitary CIP system. Equipped with one 200-gallon single wall holding tank with 18" manway (6) 3-1/2" OD, (1) 2-1/2" OD sanitary top ports and 3" OD sanitary side bottom discharge. Has all stainless-steel tube in shell heat exchanger with 1.5" ID sanitary tube in / outlets, Fristam stainless steel centrifugal pump with stainless steel 10 Hp motor drive. The system has 2" OD stainless steel sanitary piping and fittings, flow meter with read-out, inline filter, air and check valves, temperature sensors and gauges. A/B controller with flow rate and level controls, conductivity meter, solenoids, and breakers. Mounted on 108" long x 48" wide stainless steel platform.
Heat ExchangerMAWP: 150 PSI @ 375°FMDMT: -20°F @ 150 PSI
OAD: 108" L x 48" W x 80" H
Arpac, Model 105-24 Inline, intermittent motion, shrink bundler and tunnel. Rated from 5 to 20 bundles per minute – depending on materials and application. Equipped with 22" wide x 70" long in feed conveyor, 24" wide film rolls, 25" wide seal jaws with 13" vertical travel, 22" wide x 22" long Intralox transfer conveyor to shrink tunnel. Single zone shrink tunnel has 24” wide x 15" high total aperture x 60" long with 90" long x 24" wide Intralox product conveyor. Control panel has touch pad controls and readout, start / stop / e-stop / manual seal push button controls and digital temperature controls for seal bar and tunnel. Mounted on heavy duty base frame.
OAD: 190"L x 63"W x 84"H
Arpac, Model 105TW28, Inline, shrink bundler. Equipped with 20" wide x 70" long slip torque in feed conveyor, 28" wide hot knife cross seal with 12" vertical travel and 25¼" wide x 12" long transfer conveyor to shrink tunnel. 70" long shrink tunnel has 29” wide x 17" high total aperture, 110" long x 29" wide product conveyor and cooling fan on discharge. AB PLC and touch pad controls with readout, start / stop / e-stop / manual seal push button controls and digital temperature controls for seal bar and tunnel. Mounted on heavy duty frame. Speed dependent on materials, application and machine configuration
OAD: 202"L x 72"W x 90"H
Arpac, Model 108-28 TW, right angle shrink bundler. Rated from 10 to 20 bundles per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Equipped with 10" wide x 40" long in feed conveyor, film hoist, 90° product pusher, 29" wide hot knife seal jaws with 10" vertical travel and bundle hold down tamp. 83" long single zone shrink tunnel has 30” wide x 16" high total aperture, 128" long x 29" wide product conveyor and cooling fan on discharge. Control panel with AB controller, touch pad controls with readout, start / stop / e-stop / manual seal push button controls and digital temperature controls for seal bar and tunnel. Mounted on heavy duty base frame.
OAD: 223"L x 68"W x 121"H
Arpac, Model 55GI-20CX, Inline, continuous motion, shrink bundler. Rated from 10 to 55 bundles per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Equipped with 13" wide x 36" long in feed conveyor, (2) 21" wide film roll holders with film splicing stations, film hoist, 21" wide walking beam seal jaws with 11" vertical travel and 13" wide x 26" long transfer conveyor to shrink tunnel. 70" long single zone shrink tunnel has 21” wide x 16" high total aperture, 90" long x 20½" wide product conveyor, cooling fan and roller side compression on discharge. Control panel with AB controller, touch pad controls with readout, start / stop / e-stop / manual seal push button controls and digital temperature controls for seal bar and tunnel. Mounted on heavy duty base frame.
OAD: 167"L x 60"W x 105"H
NAFM, Model YS-130L, stainless steel steam shrink tunnel. Capable of handling round, square, oval and other irregularly shaped containers. Equipped with a 5" wide x 12" high x 80" long tunnel, with (12) sets of adjustable steam nozzles, (6) flow controls, 1" NPT connections for steam supply and mounted on a height adjustable "H" style base to accomodate line heights from 32" to 45".
OAD: 80"L x 40"W x 70"H
Thiele, dual lane shrink bundler. Product: up to 8½". Film width: up to 15". Equipped with 90° / right angle infeed, dual pusher plates, dual 16" wide seal bars, dual 15" wide x 21" long transfer conveyors, stainless steel shrink tunnel with 15" high aperture and 48" long chamber. Stainless steel frame with interlocked safety guarding and leveling pads. AB PLC with PanelView. Speeds dependent on materials, application and machine configuration.
OAD: 180"L x 64"W x 96"H
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