Spiral Stretch Wrapping Aluminium Extrusions

An Aetna product story

Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Nov 3, 2005

Schuco International, producers of architectural aluminium building systems for the UK and European markets, needed a fast and reliable wrapping system for its painted extrusions.

Schuco International, producers of architectural aluminium building systems for the UK and European markets, needed a fast and reliable wrapping system for its painted extrusions.

The team at the headquarters of the company's UK operation in Milton Keynes, consider pack protection and security of paramount importance to ensure products reach installers in first class condition.

Enquiries in the powder coating trade led to the door of Aetna UK, manufacturers of the Robopac range of spiral stretch wrapping machines.

The Robopac Spiror HP range is available with a variety of ring sizes from 300mm to 900mm diameter.

The 400HP was selected as it is fully equipped to handle a wide range of cross sections, without operator adjustment, said Aetna.

At full speed the machine wraps at a claimed 40 metres per minute with a maximum pack size of 300mm wide by 200mm high, which is suitable for the aluminium extrusion market.

To ensure the products leave in as good a condition as they arrive, the rollers are covered in polyurethane, which provides wear resistance and also eliminates any possibility of marking the product as it passes through to wrap head.

Aetna said that the Spiror 400HP can run with 250mm wide film, which means that reel changes are less frequent and film is cheaper than narrower widths.

Schuco International it chose Aetna not just because of the robustness and reliability of the Robopac Spiror 400HP but also because of the level of technical support and guidance offered from the company's technical consultants, particularly during the learning period when operator error is frequent Looking to the future, Aetna said that it sees an increasing demand for horizontal stretch wrapping and interest is growing in the larger sector where several of the bigger systems have been installed over the past year and demand for the smaller ones remains buoyant.