How to Choose Stretch Film and Wrap a Pallet

Steps

1. Choose hand or machine film. Hand film suits fewer than about 15 pallets a day. Above that, a stretch wrapper usually pays for itself through film savings and labor.
2. Pick the gauge using the table below. Pre-stretched and high-performance films can hold like thicker film at a lower gauge.
3. Attach the film to the pallet, not just the product, so the load and pallet move as one.
4. Wrap the base 2–3 times, overlap each pass by about 50% going up, wrap the top 2–3 times, and come back down.
5. Do a quick check: push on the load. It should feel tight with no sliding layers.

• Using heavier film to fix a bad wrap pattern. That wastes film without fixing the problem.
• Not using the machine’s pre-stretch, which can mean using 2–3 times more film than needed.
• Using the same film for every load instead of matching it to the load type.

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