what's the best way to stretch wrap your pallet load?

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

Film Layers

Film Tension

Containment Forceis made up of

It’s taking the body temperature

of your loads.

Measuring Containment Force

Measure your load with a tool

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: allisonm@Lantech.comCall 800-866-0322 prompt 2Visit www.Lantech.com

Thank you!