Top five Challenges in using stretch film

Stretch Film top 5 problems

Stretch film is the ideal product to hold objects together and protect them during transport and storage.

When using stretch film to contain the products in an orderly manner, various issues can arise from human error, improper settings on your machinery, and various other sources of trouble.

 

1. Stretch Film Tearing

• A tear in stretch film tear compromises the stability, safety, and load containment of the wrapped pallet.
• Tearing is associated with various factors based on the method used; it can be through the manual labor in together with a dispenser of the stretch wrap or by using the stretch wrapping machine.
• Tearing can occur because of many reasons. Tearing should be avoided by using the programmed stretch wrap machine with exact settings per load containment.
• The use of an automated stretch wrap machine lacks feasibility, which calls upon a packaging expert analysis if the correct setting gets not defined for the wrapping process.
• After analyzing the dispensers, machinery, labor force, and operators in a day to day wrapping process, the representative gets expected to advise on ideal material and equipment optimization your materials and equipment to reduce wear and tear.
  

2. Wrong load containment of stretch film

• The use of inappropriate load containment leads to multiple problems. The number of wraps, wrapping force, and gauge of the stretch wrap used dramatically determines the safety of the pallet—the main components of load containment, which ensures the safety of the load containment. A correct optimization from the local expert should help to ensure the security, productivity, efficiency, and standard implementation procedures load containment.

 

3. Use of inappropriate Type Of Stretch Film

• When the wrong stretch film gets used in wrapping the pallets, there is a high probability of waste of materials, time, money, breakdown, downtimes, and other associated process issues. It is advisable first to understand the various types of stretch films: the correct application and proper machinery using the ideal ones.
•  There are several kinds of stretch film from various types, and each with different applications in its ideal use. These include; Machine Stretch, Hand Stretch, Color Stretch, UVI Stretch, VCI Stretch, No Cling Stretch, Vented Stretch, Reinforced Stretch, Double-Sided Cling Stretch.

 

4. Use of improper Size Of the Stretch Film

• There are several stretch wrap in different sizes with varying applications and products.
• When the wrong size of stretch wrap gets used on the products, it results in wasting wrap and other resources, which include time and money. There is also a higher risk of improper load containment, which leads to damage to the load. The shape and size of the product, width, and height of the pallets are the determinant of stretch wrap to be used.
• It would help if you reached the local packaging expert to analyze machinery and wrapping material, especially if in doubt of the stretch wrap to use. There is a benefit in saving time and money when the right stretch cover gets applied.
  

5. Using The inappropriate Stretch Film thickness 

• Use of an inappropriate stretch wrap gauge results in various problems.
• If the stretch film used is too thin for the associated products, it may have an inconsistent tearing resulting time, material, and money wastage. Use of thick stretch film for products that require a thin gauge of film, equipment, money, and time could get wasted.