Tea boxes were sticking together after being overwrapped on the tea manufacturer’s packaging line, which meant unnecessary man-hours were being used correct the problem, Hennighan told FoodManufacture.co.uk in this podcast.
“As the boxes were being fed into the overwrap machine and being lifted up, they were overwrapped and pushed forward into the sealing area, but some were being sealed together,” Hennighan said.
Boxes sticking together
A small amount of air trapped between the layers of film caused the boxes to stick together, he explained.
To find out how Hennighan and his team solved the problem with a quick, cost-effective and easy solution, listen to this podcast.
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