A custom-built pallet wrapper with an extended mast proved the perfect blend for one legendary coffee producer. The unique pallet wrapper was supplied following a partnership between distributors Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS), manufacturers Robopac and the UK branch of the international coffee specialists.
The bespoke pallet wrapper was based on a standard Masterwrap rotary arm model, however the mast was extended to a non-standard 2.4m height. This allows the coffee producer to wrap their pallets of chilled coffee cups, which reach to 2.2m high and which can be unstable until fully wrapped.
The new pallet wrapper offers a huge upgrade on the company’s previous older machinery. As well as comfortably wrapping the high pallets it delivers:
- Stability of wrap for unstable and heavy pallets, such as the coffee cup loads which can weigh up to 250Kg, as the wrapping arm moves around the pallet rather than the pallet being rotated.
- A significant increase in wrapping speed.
- Improved pallet containment, with adjustable settings ensuring that the perfect wrap can be programmed.
- Reduced plastic usage from continual monitoring, allowing adjustments and improvements to be made. This fits well with the coffee producer’s drive toward carbon neutrality.
- Ease of use for the warehouse operatives, with a simple to learn, interactive, digital HMI.
“Working with both the machine manufacturer and the customer, we were able to deliver to them a system that was ideal for the use they had in mind,” commented YPS Sales Manager, James Doyle.
“The pallets they deliver to their supermarkets and wholesalers arrive with the products as well protected as possible, while the coffee producer can also keep their eye on material usage to make sure they’re also meeting their other key goals.”