Patent ID: 6370839
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A stretch wrapping machine comprising a carriage for mounting a film roll, a rotation mechanism for producing relative rotation between the carriage and an article to be wrapped, a feed mechanism for displacing the carriage relative to the article, and a controller for controlling a drive for each of the rotation mechanism and the feed mechanism, and arranged to feed a film to the article by providing relative rotation between the film roll-mounted carriage and the article and to wrap the film around the article by displacing the carriage relative to the article,wherein the stretch wrapping machine is equipped with a touch panel input device for setting film wrapping data into the controller and providing digital presentation of the set data and wherein the data set by the touch panel input device relate to the number of rotations of the rotation mechanism, any one of a film overlap amount and a feed rate of the feed mechanism, and a film wrapping tension.