What's the best way to stretch wrap your pallet load?
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Best Way to Stretch Wrap Allison Myers Senior Product Manager Welcome to the
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Best Way to Stretch Wrap Allison Myers
Senior Product Manager
Welcome to the
By the Numbers
Lantech’s Years ofStretch Wrapping
Experience
Lantech’s Years of Lean Manufacturing
Experience
My years ofStretch Wrapping
Experience
UNITIZATION
Why We Wrap in the First Place
at lowest
cost effectively shipped.”
“Get Load from point A to point B,
in ‘As Made’ condition,
What is the best way to stretch wrap a load?
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Containment Force
It’s the KEY stretch wrapping metric!
It’s total squeeze or force on all points of the load
It’s taking the body temperature
of your loads.
Measuring Containment Force
Measure
TOP
MIDDLE
BOTTOM
Need help measuring. Visit our website for an instructional video.
Bagged Product10 LBS
Paper Towels4 LBS
Bottled Water14 LBS
Containment Force Examples
Effectively Wrapped
1. ENOUGHCONTAINMENT FORCE
2. LOCKED TOTHE PALLET
3. NO DRAGGINGFILM TAILS
3 Keys To Effective Stretch Wrapping
Locked to the Pallet
Avoid Forklift tears or rips!
Rolled film cable Doesn’t come unraveled
LOCKED TOTHE PALLET WITH ROLLED CABLE PLACED ABOVE THE FORKLIFT FORKS
Effectively Wrapped
1. ENOUGHCONTAINMENT FORCE
2. LOCKED TOTHE PALLET
3. NO DRAGGINGFILM TAILS
No Film Tails
Don’t get stopped!
Film Breaks
Try to STOP you from getting your containment force!
Film Breaks
ClampFailure
27%
LoadProfileHazard
25%
FilmFlaw
21%
WrapperComponent
Failure
10%
WrapperSettings
7%
OperatorError
6%
Other
4%
Primary Causes of Film Breaks in Stretch Wrappers
Film BreaksFilm Breaks
OperatorTweaksOperatorTweaks
Higher RisksAnd CostsHigher RisksAnd Costs
ReducedContainment Force
Reduced Containment
Force
FilmHow to pick film thickness?
ThinFILM
40-55 GAUGE
Film Thickness ChartMid
ThicknessFILM55-80 GAUGE
Heavy - ThickFILM80-120 GAUGE
10+ lbs. Containment
Force
5-10 lbs. Containment
Force
2-4 lbs. Containment
Force
Pick a Film…
Maintains highest film tension with minimal film breaks for your load type.
Consistent quality. Variable quality invites constant operator adjustments lead to lower containment force.
Pre-stretch
How to select %?
is the sweet spot
225%
Higher Pre-stretch %
Film Tension
Film Layers
What should I do right now? Learn More.
• Figure out what containment force is needed1. Go Measure
3. Establish a containment force standard
2. Check against our chart
What should I do right now?
• Ship with the right containment force
What should I do right now?
• Fix as much as you can!
QuestionsEmail: [email protected] 800-866-0322 prompt 2Visit www.Lantech.com
Thank you!
