Do you have doubts about the real usefulness of the pre-stretch device? Let’s take a little quiz
1 meter of non-pre-stretched film weighs 11.2 g
1 meter of 200% pre-stretched film weighs 3.74 g
Wrapping a pallet with 11 turns using our Oscar robot with a 200% pre-stretch consumes 181 g of stretch film.
You would use 542 g of it if you didn’t use a motorized pre-stretch.
How much can you save?
Finally, remember: a packaging with a greater quantity of film used does NOT mean a more stable load!
Pre-stretch is installed on these machines: