How to make your product package fast, good, and save money

Editor: Intelligent Manufacturing Observer Li Bin

Keywords: packaging, wrapping film packaging, wrapping, automation, saving money

Lead: Packaging is an indispensable part of the production and circulation of goods. Today, the author introduces a new packaging method with wrapping film as packaging material, which has many advantages such as high automation, time saving, labor saving, saving money, dustproof, moisture proof, leakage prevention, damage prevention, loss prevention and so on. It has become an alternative or effective supplement to many traditional packaging and is widely used in various industries.

Packaging is an indispensable part of the production and distribution process. About 90% of the products need to be packaged in different degrees and types. Carton (box) packaging, bag packaging, container packaging, composite packaging, wooden packaging, metal packaging, tape packaging, etc. are all common packaging methods, each packaging has its own characteristics and advantages. Today, the author introduces a new packaging method with wrapping film as packaging material, which has many advantages such as high automation, time saving, labor saving, saving money, dustproof, moisture proof, leakage prevention, damage prevention, loss prevention and so on. It has become an alternative or effective supplement to many traditional packaging and is widely used in various industries.
Stretch film packaging is the use of manual or special equipment to wrap the goods in a way we need them with a wrapping film (also called stretch film, heat shrink film). This packaging method has the following advantages:
1. Wide application range. Widely used in foreign trade exports, glass products, metal products, electronic appliances, clothing and textiles, auto parts, tire plastics, food, beverages, medicine, ceramics, paper, chemicals, building materials, refractory, chemical fiber, cable and other industries. Some products can directly replace the original packaging method, and some products can be used as an effective supplement to the original packaging to achieve specific functions.
2. Unitization. It can be packaged as a whole for bulk goods, and realizes containerized storage, transportation, loading and unloading. This is obviously important today in the global circulation of goods and mass transportation.
3, dust, moisture, leakage, damage, loss prevention. Because the wrapping film has good water resistance, good self-adhesiveness, high tensile retraction rate, tight packaging and no looseness. After wrapping the goods, a very light and protective appearance is formed around the product to achieve functions such as dustproof, moisture-proof, oil-proof, anti-leakage, anti-dumping, anti-bumping, anti-damage, etc. It also prevents the loss of goods and makes it easier to count. It is especially important that the wrapping film package makes the packaged articles evenly stressed, and avoids damage caused by uneven force. This is not the case with traditional packaging methods (bundling, packaging, tape, etc.).
4, compression fixed. The product is wrapped by the retracting force of the stretched film to form a compact, space-saving unit, so that the trays of the product are tightly wrapped together, which can effectively prevent the products from being misaligned during transportation. The movement, while the adjustable tensile force, makes the hard product close to each other, making the soft product tight, especially in the tobacco industry and the textile industry.
5. High degree of automation, saving time, effort and money. Through different types of wrapping film packaging machines (also known as wrap-around machines), it is easy to realize automatic winding packaging for various types of products. The original 5 or 6 workers' packaging tasks for one day are now completed in a few hours by one or two people. Not only the packaging efficiency is high, the packaging appearance is beautiful and firm, but also greatly saves manpower, reducing the cost and risk of labor and management. According to the material cost analysis, according to the industry calculation, the winding film is only about 15% of the cost of the original wooden box packaging, and about 50% of the packaging cost of the carton.
At the Shanghai International Processing and Packaging Exhibition just past, I have seen a fully automatic brand remote-wrap packaging machine that can realize automatic filming and film breaking. It can control 6 winding machines while driving a forklift. A lot of manpower and material resources are saved, and the degree of automation is amazing.