Interactive, Online Tool Documents Time Saved, Costs Cut with Automation
Reading, PA: Orbital wrapping machine manufacturer TAB Industries, LLC, Reading, Pa. (www.tabwrapper.com), has introduced an ROI calculator. Accessed free online at https://www.tabwrapper.com/pallet-wrapping-roi-calculator/, the Pallet Wrapper ROI Calculator enables packaging and material handling professionals to determine their potential savings in labor costs and time when upgrading from manual pallet wrapping, turntable wrapping, and other stretch wrapping methods to the automated TAB Wrapper Tornado orbital stretch wrapper. The number of pallets loads wrapped per day, the number of staff required to wrap pallets, the time required per pallet load, hourly labor rate, and other factors may be input to return an accurate projection documenting the total annual labor costs to be saved with the orbital stretch wrapping machine.
For an example based on current national labor data, the Pallet Wrapper ROI Calculator reveals companies using two workers to wrap 25 pallet loads per day cut their total labor costs per pallet load from $4.65 to $0.44 with the orbital stretch wrapper for a savings of $4.21 in labor costs per pallet load. This translates to a total savings in labor costs of $27,349.40 annually solely by adding the TAB Wrapper Tornado to the packaging process and yields a payback period of approximately one year, depending on the orbital stretch wrapper model.
The patented TAB Wrapper Tornado orbital stretch wrapping machines apply plastic stretch film 360 degrees around and under the pallet and load to create a sturdy, secure, unitized load without banding, boxing or strapping. The stretch wrappers are designed and manufactured at the company’s Reading, Pa. headquarters and delivered with a warranty ready for operation.