| Shrink Wrap Packaging | | | | shrink back to it’s original format. Creating a |
| When it comes to your business, even if it a small | | | | tight seal wherever it has been placed. |
| operation, a shrink wrap machine can be an | | | | Manufacturers are constantly looking into ways of |
| invaluable asset. Today, shrink wrap is THE | | | | making the shrink wrap films ever more efficient. |
| preferred material packaging material. Versatile | | | | Shrink Wrap Uses |
| and non toxic, it can be used to wrap just about | | | | Because shrink wrap film can be stretched around |
| anything, from a single CD to a pallet of baked | | | | virtually any object. It can be used for just about |
| beans! Even machinery and appliances will arrive | | | | anything that might need protecting. Amazingly, it |
| with the customer ‘shrink wrapped‘. An | | | | is even used by manufacturers to cover boats |
| I-Bar shrink wrap machine is suitable for low or | | | | for winter storage! The possibilities do seem |
| mid volume packaging tasks. The film being | | | | endless. However, it can, and is, used for basic |
| shrunk using some form of heat gun. | | | | cover up and packaging jobs too. Many |
| For bigger shrink wrap packaging jobs, an L Bar | | | | manufacturers use shrink wrap as a primary |
| shrink wrap machine is needed. This also requires | | | | protection for food. A hygienic, air tight, and |
| a heat tunnel, or a very efficient gun, to shrink | | | | simple solution. You’ve almost certainly bought |
| the packaging correctly. Products can also be | | | | meat or cheese from the supermarket which has |
| made ‘tamper resistant’, by applying | | | | been shrink wrapped. Anything from a pound of |
| shrink bands. | | | | bacon to the latest video release will be supplied, |
| Shrink Wrap Film | | | | hot from the shrink wrap machine! |
| Shrink wrap, also referred to as | | | | |
| ‘shrinkwrap’ or shrink wrap film, is a | | | | Knowing Your Options |
| plastic film made of polymers. Polymer, originally a | | | | Although shrink wrap may seem like simple thing, |
| Greek word, which roughly translated means | | | | it’s always best to get updated with the |
| ‘many parts’, was first coined by Jons | | | | technology involved. You do have options! |
| Jakob Berzelius, in eighteen thirty three. The | | | | Especially when it comes to the machines and |
| words definition and uses are very different | | | | other equipment available. Regardless of whether |
| today, in a modern world. Polyolefin is the most | | | | you are looking for an industrial or small business |
| popular kind of shrink wrap. Although PVC and | | | | equipment. |
| various other polymer compositions are available. | | | | Make sure you understand what your options are, |
| Shrink wrap film can be manufactured to shrink | | | | and that your choice of shrink wrap equipment will |
| bidirectional or in one direction. Known as | | | | actually meet your company’s needs. Making |
| mono-directional or unidirectional. Because they are | | | | allowances for production levels both now, and in |
| all different, it is important to choose the right | | | | the future. Don’t find yourself being caught |
| type for your packaging needs. The film is | | | | short six months down the line. Get it right, and |
| pre-stretched. So after it has been wrapped | | | | like most companies, you’ll be glad you did! |
| around an object, reheated and left to cool, it will | | | | |