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The New Zealand arm of Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific is now manufacturing film for `stretch hood' packaging of pallets.As account manager Logan Roe explains the new method helps revolutionise the old multi-layer stretch wrap method of securing loads to a pallet.
"Traditionally pallets were wrapped with layers and layers of film stretched around the pallet with a sheet on top; what the stretch hood method does is lower a hood over the pallet and drops a single stronger layer of film over your pallet."
The method has multiple benefits - primarily amongst them is that it gives total load integrity and yet still avoids any deformation of non-rigid products. The method also allows printing on the stretch hood film, meaning your company logo and other business information can be displayed.
The stretch hood covers the top and sides of the pallet, fully enclosing the pallet load from weather, dust and other potential contaminants. The stronger film keeps robust and heavy loads such as bricks safe and secure and provides a tamper evidence wrap.
The stretch hood method utilises a highly automated process which minimises the requirement to manually reload rolls of film, addressing many OSH issues including heavy lifting and manual handling.
"It's also a lot more efficient cost wise if you are doing around 20 pallets an hour or around 200 pallets a day. There is less down-time with roll changes, there is no overwrapping, less wastage and the wrapping is very tamper evident," he says. And, never more important than 2013, the product can be recycled where industrial waste collection and recycling programs are in place.
Logan says a snapshot of benefits of the new product includes:
- Fully protects pallet from weather and other contaminants
- No overwrapping
- Film can be printed
- Able to read barcodes through film
- Total load integrity
- Film retains memory during load shift
- Fully recyclable where collection and recycling programs are in place
- Faster packaging speed
- Automated stretch hood system
As manufacturers of the film product, Amcor is working closely with the stretch hood machine manufacturers and can refer interested clients to them.
For more information about Amcor, please visit www.amcor.comAmcor is keen to share information about this exciting new development in pallet wrapping and will be at Stand M106 at the
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