Packaging Machinery - News, Technology and Reviews

A packaging wrapping machine is ideally suitable for wrapping up any flexible material like plastic sheet or film, foil, paper or other materials around a product. A typical packaging wrapping machine has a capability to wrap any material vertically or horizontally.

• Semi Automatic Machines: They work as a bridge between manual and fully automatic wrapping machines. It is cost effective as one operator is sufficient to run it.
• Fully Automatic Machines: Complete automatization of the wrapping process is the key factor to ensure higher speed, efficiency, and a large number of products packed in a minute. Some of the popular packaging wrapping machines that are prevalently under application in industries include following machines.
• Biscuit packaging machine: There are various models available in the market, depending on the type of biscuits like plain biscuits, cream biscuits, biscuits pre-packed in wax or butter paper. It depends on the shape of biscuits. Fully automatic biscuit packing machines have automatic feeding arrangement.
• Flow wrapping machine: Flow wrapping machine pack the rectangular or cylindrical shaped objects like chocolates, toothpastes and bandages, with laminated films, cellophane, and BOPP film.
• Over-wrapping machines: It wraps a product or a batch in flexible packaging material with a series of folding procedures. The wrapping film fed in and cut in the required size.
• Shrink wrapping machines: It is a comparatively new technology. It helps to collate small objects into compact packs. A shrink film wrapped around the product and kept on the conveyer and the film shrunk by applying hot air or by passing through the shrink tunnel.
• Fold wrapping machines: It wraps a product in a deformable material such as paper or plastic film, folds and heat-seals, glues, etc. the ends of the wrapping material. This machine is widely used for packaging foodstuffs, confectionery, sundry goods, and printed matter.
• Stretch wrapping machines: Pulls the stretch film around the product and seals the edges. It is in use when the product needs to hold together tightly for transportation and warehousing.
• Twist wrapping machines: It seals the open ends of the wrap by twisting them. It can twist the wrapping function in various forms like single and double twist machines.
• Paper stack wrapping machines: These wrapping machines wrap a stack of paper in flexible wrapping material like paper or film.
• Sleeve wrapping machines: Sleeve wrapping machine wraps a thermoplastic band on the product before the pack passes through a shrink tunnel.
• Pleat wrapping machines: A wrapping machine that gathers and folds flexible material around a product and seals it at one point by applying a label. It is in use for round and oval items like cheese and jams and soaps.
• Roll wrapping machines: This wrapping machine wraps a cylindrical product or group of products to form a roll shaped pack like paper, fabric and weaving, and carpets.
• Spiral wrapping machines: Wraps a web of thermoplastic around a product or group of products, in a series of turns while the product conveyed through the machine. This packaging machinery is suitable for long products and vertical loads.