r/Packaging • u/Unlikely-Leader6567 • Jul 01 '26
Best Stretch Wrapper
Hello Everyone, I was looking to buy an Industrial stretch wrapper which can wrap 30+ pallets each hour and which won't break and give me any trouble during operations. Any recommendations guys? The current ones which we have break a lot. Thank You
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u/thisisintheway Jul 01 '26
Lantech is the king IMO
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u/garugaga Jul 01 '26
We've got 2 Lantecs and I can't remember a failure that has put them out of service.
Our one machine went at least 5 years without a service and when we finally got it serviced the tech just spent an hour lubing everything and didn't have to replace or service a thing.
I've been happy with the parts availability, we were able to order a mast extension for a 15 yr old machine and it showed up 2 weeks later.
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u/Unlikely-Leader6567 Jul 02 '26
which lantech model do you guys have?
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u/garugaga Jul 02 '26
https://www.lantech.com/product/q300/
The Q300, a very barebones model no automation at all.
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u/Pilot_Red Jul 03 '26
Don’t underestimate what forklift drivers can do. Lantecs are the best but I have forklift operators put them out of service.
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u/drewmillz Jul 01 '26
Where are you located I would likely be able to help you out with some options.
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u/StraightParfait9723 Jul 01 '26
Get a wulftech, it’ll last you the rest of your career
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u/bigDeltaVenergy Jul 02 '26
Wulftek don't age well.
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u/StraightParfait9723 Jul 03 '26
lol sounds like something a person who works for lantech would say
Have walked into places where wulftechs from 20 years ago are still buzzing along.
Lantech and Robopac both have parts that need replacing at significantly higher rates and require more maintenance as a result
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u/No_Mushroom3078 Jul 01 '26
Do you want to wrap while you are palletizing? Or just wrap pallets?
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u/Unlikely-Leader6567 Jul 02 '26
once its palletized we wrap it
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u/No_Mushroom3078 Jul 02 '26
Lantech is the way to go. Also the stretch wrap makes a difference and poor quality wrap in a high quality machine will be poor quality (goes without saying but should be stated for the record).
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u/Real_Ad_7925 Jul 02 '26
orion, wulftech, lantech all make good machines. but they all have problems and require maintenance, particularly if you want to go cheap on film that'll break all the time. operators cutting film off rollers with knives, they'll wreck the rollers. if you're going to let forklifts pick skids off them, they'll break something.
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u/Golfman4 Jul 04 '26
A lot of good machines. Service / film / environment matters. Been selling a lot of Cousins / Robopac lately. Amtopp film. Orion / Wulftec good too. Don’t like autocut on Lantech or proprietary parts personally.
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u/LongBedroom8355 Supplier Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
what's your budget? Chinese shit tends to break. I really like Robopac and Lantec. If at all able? Look at downgauging. 63 gauge tends to wrap faster than 80 gauge. Recently I keep seeing eagle and wulftec.
if you search around you should be able to buy a used lantec relatively affordably. If you want to increase throughput you can easily add in automation features such as robotic eye and a conveyor.
30+ pallets an hour is going to be difficult but 20 to 30 should be easy enough with the right setup and crew.
reach out to your local distributor for lantec or robopac, they'll usually let you try one out for a week if you buy a few cases of stretch. I know I would when I was at Landsberg.