John Bandurchin on wed 27 oct 04
Hi All
I'm interested in finding out about the shrink wrap packing machines =
some of us use. Looked all thru last CM magazine and didn't see any =
advertised.
Can anyone point me to a supplier & website?
TIA
John Bandurchin=20
Baltimore Ontario Canada
WHC228@AOL.COM on wed 27 oct 04
John
I have used shrink wrap machines for years. My first one was an Orbit. It was
OK, but the company went out of business.
I went to the people that supply me with my cardboard boxes and the handled a
machine that I finally bought. It is really good, however it was very
expensive.
They do come up on EBAY from time to time. I know a potter that bought one
that way last spring.
The one job that I really hated was packing. Often I would put off packing
until an order would be late. I almost never have a broken pot in shipping
anymore. No more messy peanuts. My customers love the way that I pack.
Bill
Kathi LeSueur on wed 27 oct 04
jbandurchin@COGECO.CA wrote:
>Hi All
>I'm interested in finding out about the shrink wrap packing machines some of us use. Looked all thru last CM magazine and didn't see any advertised.
>Can anyone point me to a supplier & website?
>
>
>
We bought one on e-bay last spring at a very good price. Look under
"skin packaging machine" or "packing machine". Its a great investment
and will save lots of time. New ones are very expensive so if you can
find it on e-bay I'd recommend it. The Ampac brand is a very well build
machine and will last for years.
Kathi
Lee Love on thu 28 oct 04
Kathi LeSueur wrote:
> e bought one on e-bay last spring at a very good price. Look under
> "skin packaging machine" or "packing machine". Its a great investment
> and will save lots of time. New ones are very expensive so if you can
> find it on e-bay I'd recommend it. The Ampac brand is a very well build
> machine and will last for years.
Kathi,
Are they heavy? I've not seen extensive use of them here in
Japan. Maybe I need friends to "research" for me. I do a lot of
shipping to America.
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Kathi LeSueur on thu 28 oct 04
lee@MASHIKO.ORG wrote:
> Kathi LeSueur wrote:
>
>> e bought one on e-bay last spring at a very good price. Look under
>> "skin packaging machine" or "packing machine".>>
>
>
> Kathi,
>
> Are they heavy? I've not seen extensive use of them here in
> Japan. Maybe I need friends to "research" for me. I do a lot of
> shipping to America.>>
>
It weighs about 400 pounds. But, before you buy one make sure you can
get the materials needed to use the machine. It requires special coated
cardboard and plastic film. If you can't get these materials the machine
is worthless.
Kathi
Gene Arnold on thu 28 oct 04
This may sound crazy but how does one pack a piece of pottery in shrink wrap
to protect it in shipping???
Gene & Latonna
mudduck@mudduckpottery.com
www.mudduckpottery.com
John Bandurchin on thu 28 oct 04
Mudduck:
To use the machine you place your pots on a piece of flat corrugated and a
film of plastic wrap gets placed over it, heated to make it soft, and sucked
down by a vacuum pump and it bonds to the cardboard. Nothing can move. You
then place the pieces of cardboard with the pots attached into a box,
appropriately separated by crumpled paper or other shock absorbing material.
No pots can impact against each other so there is no breakage.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Arnold"
To:
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Shrink wrap Packing
> This may sound crazy but how does one pack a piece of pottery in shrink
wrap
> to protect it in shipping???
>
>
> Gene & Latonna
> mudduck@mudduckpottery.com
> www.mudduckpottery.com
>
>
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Kathi LeSueur on fri 29 oct 04
mudduck@ADVI.NET wrote:
>This may sound crazy but how does one pack a piece of pottery in shrink wrap
>to protect it in shipping???>>>
>
>
>
Shrink wrapping is not the proper term or description. Skin packaging is
similar to bubble packs. The piece or pieces are laid on a coated piece
of cardboard. A plastic film is placed over the pots, heated, an
vaccumed to the board. The board is put in a box and then a cardboard
strip slightly taller than the pots is wrapped around and though the
pots. The strip is stapled in place. It's hard to understand unless you
see it done. But, it definitely protects the pots. It's not possible to
completely outwit the desire of shipping companies to destroy pots, but
this system go a long way to defeating them.
Kathi
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