Switching to water-activated tape brings stronger, tamper-evident, eco-friendly seals — but it also changes one thing on your packing line: WAT must be moistened before application. For operations sealing dozens or thousands of cartons a day, the right dispensing and sealing equipment is what turns that requirement into an advantage instead of a bottleneck. This guide walks through the full ...
On an automatic case sealer, the tape is part of the machine. Operators blame the sealer for jams; half the time the sealer is fine and the roll is wrong — wrong core, wrong outer diameter, wrong unwind tension. Specifying tape for machine application is a different job than specifying tape for a hand gun. This guide covers the four specs that decide whether the machine runs or stops. 1. Rol...
Most case sealers are not bought wrong because the machine is bad. They are bought wrong because the buyer sized for an average day and then met a peak season. A machine that idles in September becomes the bottleneck in November: changeovers eat the shift, operators revert to hand taping, and the "automation" you paid for sits bypassed at the end of the line. Peak-season planning starts with three...