Refrigerated Products

Hand wrapping pallets of refrigerated products can lead to damage, bruises, and spoilage during transport or storage. A pallet wrapping machine from Handle-It will provide a cleaner, more consistent, and secure wrap.

Handle-It pallet wrapping machines come with a wide range of useful features, such as:

Oversized Pallets Packaging Pro Tips

We offer two levels of cold kits for our machines—freezing and just below freezing. Kit features include:

• Heater for the control panel to keep it warm.
• Low-temperature oil for gearboxes.
• Cabling and plastics are softer and more flexible (to avoid cracking).
• Support casters for the turntable are softer (to avoid cracking)

In cold environments, the stretch film can become static—we offer an anti-static brush that can reduce or eliminate the static.

Here are a few other pro-tips for stretch wrapping refrigerated products:

• Start with a 50% film tension for most loads using two or three top and bottom rotations.
• Start with less tension and slower speeds for cycle time and load containment. Gradually increase to optimize.
• Use a thicker film or lower tension when wrapping products with sharp edges.
• Increase the overwrap delay (“flanging time”) and top rotations for outlier products at the top.
• Try using a fixed height setting or increase the flanging time (Model 1100) for voids or empty spaces.
• Lock in with roping divide and set reinforcement extra height.
• Use variable tension to start with a lower tension at the pallet bottom. Gradually increase tension on the way down for a more secure load.