Compact stretchwrapper
April 1st 2008 Staples USA opened its first
store in Massachusetts in
1986. Twenty years later,
thanks to its vision for
recognising and meeting the
office products needs of its
customers, it employs more
than 65 000 people
worldwide.
When Staples UK
reviewed its pallet wrapping
operation, it decided to
upgrade from hand
wrapping to pallet stretch
wrapping. The parameters
for the new machine were
strict. It had to be robust
and capable of wrapping
irregularly shaped pallets
while operating in a
confined area.
Once started, it had to
wrap pallets without
operator assistance, and
then be portable enough to
be moved out of the way
once wrapping was finished.
Staples UK opted for 10
Robopac Robot pallet
stretchwrappers from Aetna
UK.
Operations manager Andy
Haycock says: "In our
industry, turnaround time is
critical. The battery powered
self-guiding Robot pallet
stretchwrapper is extremely
versatile and needs very
little space in which to
operate. It is small enough
to be parked out of the way
when not in use and is ideal
for use in loading bays
where the use of fixed
location wrappers would be
impractical.
"It can easily wrap
irregular stacked pallets and
eliminates the back-ache of
traditional hand wrapping." More articles from AETNA UK LTD: | 
