Do production line choices really only come down to budget and cost? Invariably yes, cost and space. Robotics and the latest technology costs money, it's an unfortunate fact of advancement. For the next generation of semi automatic shrink wrap machines you might pay more than on like for like products that offer slightly less but you can still compare price against fully automated shrink film machinery.

 

There's nothing wrong with being a new start up and having some form of manual labour on the shop floor. In fact one might consider it ideal to monitor the production line in some form this way, especially if a new enterprise. A production or end of line with distribution can only do what it is programmed or set up to do.

 

If boxes are not taped properly because the unit moved to fast, if shrink film begins to bubble or get ears because the chamber wasn't hot enough, if a conveyor belt is too tight and bottles or trays are getting jammed often, a semi automatic shrink wrap machine can become an invaluable assets in the chain of automated robotic production. Even if the method of control is pressing a button or a foot pedal.

 

We are of course not against technology and we envisage a day when robots may well count as a reliable workforce with very little human involvement at all. We are leaning to understanding your current budgetary requirements and your faith in losing all control at source. Even a business that uses fully automated shrink machinery today took careful steps to relinquishing control to software and losing an element of human quality control.

 

Though we believe a range of test runs and mathematical calculations can perfect any production line, there might be many reasons why human quality control, an element of human function or indeed spending less on machinery might be a sought after ideal. An automatic L sealer can be five or six times the cost of a semi automatic L sealer and that multiple is similar throughout all  semi automatic shrink wrap machine when compared to automatic.

 

Each level of automation comes at a cost, whether it is in-line feeders, kissing devices, laser sizing, built in chambers and attached tunnels, and using adjoining units with labelling machines, palletizers and machine pallet wrapper. Whether it's cost and budgeting, labour force concern or quality control, perhaps it's simply space on the shop floor that you'll decide upon semi automatic shrink wrap machines instead. Contact us for a free consultation, demos and a meeting today.