A film gripping and releasing device for pallet wrapping machines of the type with a turntable and a fixed frame, comprises a gripper and movement means for the gripper on board the table, and a movable contact element constrained to the frame. The movable contact element can go from a retracted home position to an operating position projecting from the frame, and vice versa. When the contact element projects from the frame interacts with the movement means for the gripper in such a way as to shift the gripper along a guide, on which are arranged opening means and closing means for the gripper which are suitable for making the gripper go from a closed position in which it clamps the film to an open position in which it releases the film, and vice versa.

A delivery system may include a pallet wrapper system having a turntable, a camera directed toward an area above the turntable, and a stretch wrap dispenser adjacent the turntable. A computer receives images from the camera of multiple sides of a pallet loaded with packages on the turntable. The computer stitches images from different sides of the stack of packages that correspond to the same package. At least one machine learning model may be used to infer SKUs of each package. Optical character recognition may be performed in parallel on the images. The determination of the SKU of each package may be based upon the inferred SKUs and on the OCR.

A wrapping machine with a rotary platform to wrap products with at least one band of wrapping material has a base, a rotary platform, which defines a support surface for at least one product and is mounted so as to rotate around a rotation axis, and a support slide, which is configured to receive and hold a spool of the band of wrapping material and is movable along a guide upright, which is mounted so as to rotate around the rotation axis with a rotation direction that is contrary to a rotation direction of the rotary platform.

A platform for pallet wrapping machines includes a fixed base resting on the ground and a turntable which rotates relative to the base and in which a plurality of rollers is integrated, the rollers projecting from it in such a way as to support a pallet and provided with a movement device integrated with them, in such a way that the platform has a total thickness not greater than 10 centimeters.

Method of grouping a plurality of objects to be handled includes positioning the objects on a support surface and wrapping the objects and support surface with a tape of non-creped paper material. The tape having an extensibility of at least 6% in the longitudinal direction and 6% in the transverse direction and is maintained before or during the winding of the tape in a state of tension which causes it to extend to a lesser extent than its maximum extensibility.

A machine (100) and a method for stabilising palletised loads (900) are described, comprising: a functional arrangement (105) provided with a reel (110) on which a covering tape (800) is wound, a gripping device (350) adapted to take a first end of the covering tape (800) wound on the reel (110) and to make it integral with the palletised load (900), a first movement apparatus (215) adapted to generate a relative motion of revolution of the functional arrangement (105) around the palletised load (900), according to a predetermined revolution axis (Z), a second movement apparatus (275) adapted to generate a relative motion of translation of the functional arrangement (105) with respect to the palletised load (900) in a direction parallel to the revolution axis (Z), a cutting device (115) placed in the functional arrangement (105) so as to separate the covering tape (800) from the reel (110), a fixing device (400) adapted to fix at least a second end of the covering tape (800) to the palletised load (900).

Packaging material may be profiled to generate an incremental containment force per revolution (ICF) attribute that is represented by a function that is variable as a function of wrap force. Moreover, the performance of different packaging materials, e.g., in terms of speed or cost, may be compared for a particular load through simulation of wrap operations based upon dimensions of the load and a desired load containment force requirement for the load.

An automatic roll change system for a stretch wrapping machine may include multiple mechanically-actuated load stations capable of being actuated by a common actuator assembly, as well as pivotable support members for use in positioning packaging material in a tortuous path for loading into a packaging material dispenser.

A plant for packing bottles or similar containers includes an operating unit carrying out a rapid assembly that includes a portable pack made by three straps: a first one applied on the lower half of the body of the bottles, a second one applied at the neck of the bottles, both arranged on planes perpendicular to the vertical axes of the bottles, and a third one applied loosely and perpendicularly to the other two straps and laying on a vertical plane passing through the center of gravity of the pack.

Methods and apparatus for unitizing groups of individual packages into pallet loads, stabilizing the loads and facilitating general movement of the pallets, including the loading and unloading of pallets into and out of transport vehicles, includes wrapping the loads with stretchable crepe paper, rather than conventional plastic wrap material. Crepe paper can be produced and recycled with less environmental impact than plastic wrap. These methods involve a new use for crepe paper, and a new use for conventional plastic-wrapping equipment.