http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog Package Machinery Overwrapping Machines Blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:32:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are lots of new wrapping materials out there today.  Between normal new product introductions and deletions, we are also seeing films from new sources, such as cellulose, and corn. Reductions in gauge as a way of reducing both weight and cost is also a factor in changing wrapping materials. We ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/changing-wrapping-materials-3-problems-solved/ There has been an interesting dialog this week on the Green Packaging Forum on LinkedIn. It started with someone looking for clear but green packaging for sandwiches "for a retailer who still wants to show the sandwich ingredients while still being green." The cool parts was this was a global conversation. Comments ranged ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/what-is-green-packaging/ One of the fun parts of our job is trying to figure out how to wrap or package different things. Here are some of the things we have been asked to package. hot dog bundles powdered metal tissues asparagus stacks of hexagonal waxed paper telephone cards scotch tape bundles fruit cake brownies frozen pies stamps sliced bread reams of paper tomatoes muffins bundles of macaroni and ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/wrapping-projects-find-package-machinery/ What our customer taught us and you can benefit from. Our customer bought a new FA-ST overwrapper to replace his 1940's vintage FA overwrapper last year. They bought with the initial intent of using it only to wrap their shrink-wrapped, two-piece  boxes of candy in seasonal gift paper. After some issues ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/candy-box-wrap-material-savings-with-prettier-wrap/ It is not too soon for us to be thinking about what wrapping machinery we will take to Pack Expo 2010 at the end of October in Chicago..... We will be showcasing how you can save film and energy by using overwrap rather than shrink wrap or flow wrap. We have ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/package-machinerys-new-machines-to-be-at-pack-expo/ When our customers permit and it is consumer safe, we donate all our FAT products to the local Food Bank for distribution to people in need. We might not have found this perfect outlet  for product that ranges from a few cartons to a pallet load if it were not ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/wrapped-products-go-to-those-in-need/ There is  a great recent article Maximizing Your Equipment Life by Determining Failure Modes by Terry Harris, in which he discusses how machinery failures can be prevented and preventive care enhanced. [caption id="attachment_432" align="alignright" width="300" caption="FA-ST wrapper film feed"][/caption] He says, "I have been in a few textile and oilseeds plants where ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/why-wrapping-machinery-wears-out/ As we were reading Green Your Supply Chain: 7 Questions and 7 Tips, we were thinking about how inexpensively one can buy overwrappers these days. The question is what value do you get for your money? One critical point Green Your Supply Chain makes is that more durable and reliable equipment usually ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/green-wrapping-machine/ Why you should consider an FA-ST overwrapper from Package Machinery [caption id="attachment_407" align="alignright" width="150" caption="FA-ST overwrapper from Package Machinery"][/caption] Package pioneered the use of servo technology for wrapping machinery Servos offer more accuracy and repeatability in making film meet and fit package Servo technology reduces 65% of moving parts and reduces aftermarket parts needs ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/the-elevator-pitch-on-package-machinerys-overwrappers/ A customer bought our new TTDF to speed up their candy wrapping process.  Their fastest and most skilled hand wrapper  was doing 75 candies an hour.  Our TTDF can cycle at 18 per minute. With the TTDF, this customer is wrapping 500 candies an hour, a 533% improvement. [caption id="attachment_396" align="alignright" ... http://www.packagemachinery.com/blog/2010/533-productivity-improvement-with-new-wrapper/