Unhappy with the look of the shrink overwrap used on cartons for its range frozen and flash frozen gourmet braided breads and rolls in a variety of flavours, US bakery Zimmbäcker solved the problem with a S4B100FF wrapper from UK overwrap specialist Marden Edwards. The medium speed machine has PLC control and can handle a wide variety of pack sizes.
Miles Kiefer, Zimmbäcker’s production manager, enthuses: “Our products now look much better compared with the results the shrinkwrap process was giving us. Another factor was the simplicity of operation compared with other machines we considered”.
The wrapper can operate at between 30-50 packs/min - a threefold increase on the shrinkwrapping speeds being achieved. Pack dimensions range from 9 x 4.25 x 2.25in up to 7.5 x 4.25 x 2.6in.
Film costs are less expensive when compared with the shrinkwrap material used previously and there is no waste using the overwrapping process. As there are fewer working parts and no heat tunnel, maintenance times and costs are also expected to decrease.
