Should you Repair or Replace your Stretch Wrapper?
You flip the power switch to your stretch wrapper only to find it dead. Two service repairs for this machine in 6 months and it’s creeping up to the 10-year mark. Is it time to pitch it and get a new one? Let us walk you through how to make this determination. There are five key factors that should be considered about your fickle machine: Age, Environment, Application, Usage and Maintenance History. Understand that the information on these factors is best interpreted as a whole, as opposed to each specific element on its own. Age: How old a stretch wrapper is needs to be considered. As a general statement, as a piece of equipment ages, the cost of ownership will increase. Warranties typically expire within the first three years of ownership and after the first five years of use, it is not uncommon to start seeing major component failure/replacement. Additionally, the ongoing changes in technology can have an impact on the useful life of your equipment. Lastly, as a stretch wr...