wrapping machine

[ibjack]

Now that my candy bar orders are at 1000/wk, I find it takes alot more time to wrap them then to make them. Any thoughts of a machine that could do this for me or where to find one?

[Kerry Beal]

I might start with a trip to Pack Expo in Chicago in November. I suspect there would be vendors for used as well as new equipment there.

I know that www.unionmachinery.com has used equipment. Also www.fraingroup.com.

[A Patric]

I know that www.unionmachinery.com has used equipment. 

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Last time I checked Union Standard, the used machines were 55-75K. One could hire an awful lot of people to wrap bars for that kind of money.

The problem is that the current bar wrappers on the market were designed for companies turning out thousands of bars per day, so the price reflects that.

Alan

[Kerry Beal]

Jack,

Doing a little more research on this - what size/s are your bars? Do you need them foiled then papered? (ie two stages)

[schneich]

dear jack,

we want to do our own line of candybars, but i havent found the right way of wrapping them. since you already did a lot of them it would be really nice if you could post a few photos of how you wrap your bars...

cheers from cologne

torsten schoeneich

[helenjp]

current bar wrappers on the market were designed for companies turning out thousands of bars per day

Not entirely so....I'm out of date, but certainly there are companies producing automatic wrappers designed for short runs of diverse products.

Toyo has one in their TSV series, surely they are not the only people in this area of the market.

[Sebastian]

I think the issue isn't that they can't be found, but that they can't be afforded (is that even a word?).

[ibjack]

Jack,

Doing a little more research on this - what size/s are your bars?  Do you need them foiled then papered? (ie two stages)

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Kerry, thanks for the help.

Here's what I use for my 1oz bars, 1oz mold

and my 2oz bars 2oz molds

Torsten, I will get some pictures up soon, once I figure how to post them.

[Kerry Beal]

Jack, looking through all the used equipment it appears on first glance that a unit that will wrap things as small as your 30 gram bar are few and far between.

[BaldDaddys]

I have been researching this as well for our line of crumb cakes. I have found that flow wrappers will do the job we need. As for cost, I have seen used machines for as little as $2500. Check out this link for examples: Used Flow Wrapper

I hope this helps.

Eric

[Kerry Beal]

I have been researching this as well for our line of crumb cakes.  I have found that flow wrappers will do the job we need.  As for cost, I have seen used machines for as little as $2500.  Check out this link for examples: Used Flow Wrapper

I hope this helps.

Eric

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Eric,

What does a flow wrapped product look like when wrapped?

[BaldDaddys]

Eric,

What does a flow wrapped product look like when wrapped?

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Hi Kerry,

Flow Wrappers are how your traditional candy bars and snack cakes are packed. Please follow this link for an example: Biscotti Wrapper

Granted this is one example from one manufacturer.

Edited September 30, 2008 by BaldDaddys (log)