Partially Wrapped Products
PPMA information relating to partially wrapped products and the related machinery and equipment used.
- Band Wrapping Machine
- A wrapping machine that wraps a band of material around a product or group of products and secures it with adhesive or heat. The band is usually made of paper but increasingly can be made from plastic film.
- Sleeve Wrapping Machine
- A wrapping machine which wraps a band of thermoplastic material loosely around a product or group of products before being passed through a shrink tunnel to form a shrink wrapped pack. The band can be formed from one or two reels of film.
- Stretch Banding Machine
- A wrapping machine which wraps a band of thermoplastic film tightly around a product or group of products without the application of heat.
- Stretch Film Bundling Machine
- A wrapping machine which wraps a web of thermoplastic tightly around a product or group of products, in a series of turns while the product is conveyed through the machine.