The purchase price to buy a wrapping machine should be weighed against the cost to operate the wrapper. A cheap old machine that runs fast may not give you the throughput you require because of learning curve, set up time, maintenance expense.
Initial purchase price can be misleading in that it does not include start up costs, installation or maintenance costs, much less the cost to ship the machine to your facility.
- You get high wrap quality with minimal investment in knowledge and time with Package Machinery’s semi-automatic overwrapper, the Wrapster.
- Installation cost is minimal for a semi-automatic overwrapper. Hook it up to an air supply and plug it in. The manual tells all.
- A semi-automatic wrapper costs less to run because the skill level of staff to operate the machine is minimal.
- A semi-automatic wrapper costs less to maintain. It does not require highly skilled maintenance staff to support it. It is brand new and comes with a one year warranty.
- Changeover is simple and easy. Mechanical machines take a long time to set up when a package size changes. Wrapster set up is done in couple of minutes with an Allen wrench.
- Size parts are much less expensive. For lots of short product runs, there is no better option in overwrapping than the Wrapster.
Of course, all this depends on your volume of product to wrap within your time constraints and the the skill level of your existing maintenance employees.
For more information on the Wrapster, see http://www.packagemachinery.com/pages/wrapping-machinery/wrapster-semi-auto-wrappingmachine/
For a video of the Wrapster in operation, look athttp://www.packagemachinery.com/media/wrapster/
Understand your options in wrapping machinery.