Chopped vegetables in brick
CHOPPED VEGETABLES IN BRICK – SECONDARY PACKAGING
This sector includes bricks for supermarket shelves, containing ready-to-eat onions, parsley, etc., usually wrapped with shrink film through shrink ovens.
Critical points
HIPAC solutions
Hipac has developed “Collation stretch”, a special family of stretch films for the cold shrink wrapping of industrial packs.
The films most commonly used for this type of application belong to the C200 series, and are generally used on machines that wrap the bundle in discontinuous mode.
The thickness typically used varies from 9 to 15 µm.
The advantages of HIPAC films
Reducing the thickness saves up to 50% of the material used to make the pack
No need for a shrink oven, up to 90% electricity savings
transparent stretch film
Available in NetRoll version
CASE STUDY: CHOPPED VEGETABLES IN BRICK
AN EXAMPLE OF THE SAVINGS YOU CAN GET WITH HIPAC PREMIUM FILMS
WRAPPED PACK
| Wrapped goods | Brick containing herbs |
| Dimension | 90 x 110 x 180 (H) cm |
BUNDLING MACHINE
| Model | LP Packaging SB 800 |
| Type | Stretch Bundler |
Film | Heat shrink film | Hipac C605 |
|---|---|---|
Thickness | 25 µm | 15 µm |
Film consumption | 5,1 g | 3 g |
Material saving | 41%
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