​Manually Stretch Wrapping Pallets

Although many commercial and industrial warehouses that handle pallets daily use semi-automated turntables and overhead stretch wrapping machines as well as robotic/automated stretch wrappers, some businesses still choose to manually wrap.

However, few businesses elect to hand-wrap pallets if they pack, wrap and ship in large quantities. It is simply not economical to stretch wrap large pallet amounts by hand.

An economy of scale applies when companies choose to machine-wrap their shipments. Manually stretch wrapping is a time-consuming affair. It is slow and tiresome. It is also hazardous for the workers since the strain put on lower backs and limbs significantly increases the likelihood of muscular-skeletal injuries. Worker compensation claims stemming from manually stretch wrapping could easily outweigh the cost of investing in modern and professional stretch wrapping equipment.

Manually wrapping pallets is also ineffective at properly securing loads to pallets. Workers hand wrapping cannot achieve the same tension and uniformity on their film that a wrapping machine can.

Manually wrapping a pallet increases the likelihood that a load will shift or break apart in transit. Considering the rule-of-thumb that manually wrapping pallets decreases efficiency when packing more than 15 pallets per day, it is much more cost-effective for warehouses to invest in stretch wrapping machinery.

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