Food Service

Cost-saving end-of-line packaging solutions

for food service consumables.

From foam trays to molded cup carriers to paper bags, EDL has the experience to serve you.

  • Multiple shrink bundling systems available.
  • Flexible packaging and bundling configurations to maximize system investment.
  • May reduce packaging costs up to 75%.
  • Creates significant throughput increase.
  • Constructed for 24/7 operations in any environment.

Three Products That Can Benefit from Shrink Bundling and Wrapping

Continuous Motion Inline Automatic Wrap

EDL’s Continuous Motion Wrapper handles many supported and unsupported products. Wrap random sized packs when using the same film width and enjoy optional automatic film splicing.

EDL’s Continuous Motion Inline Automatic wrap systems are a faster, modified version of the base inline automatic system. The servo controlled, continuous-motion seal jaw moves with the product during the seal process for increased line speeds. Continuous motion inline automatic wrap systems can be designed to handle a wide range of applications, and is capable of wrapping up to 35 packs per minute.

EDL has experience manufacturing tailored secondary and end-of-line packaging machines for the automotive industry.

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Double Tight Wrap

Double Tight Wrap Shrink Wrapping Machines: Get unitization, stability, protection, and product visibility.

EDL’s Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machine is the packaging industry’s gold standard in tight wrap technology.

EDL Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machines use two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose a product or collation. Common applications include gable-topped bagged and pouch products and cube-shaped products requiring total enclosure. Markets have benefited include pet food, food service consumables, and food.

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Flight Bar Machine

Flight Bar Automatic

Reduce film use, consume less energy and shrink bundle products with ease. Bundle and shrink wrap a wide variety of supported or unsupported products with this flexible solution.

EDL’s Flight Bar Automatic shrink wrapping machine provides the best combination of product handling and throughput rates. Common applications include light weight products or small multi-packs which require substantial handling throughout the wrapping process.

Automatic Flight Bar with Side Seal and Forming Shoe: Plastic Medical Bottles (SV145) (video)

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Forming Shoe Wrapper

Protect your product, keep its integrity, and withstand shipping and handling. For unique applications where speed and efficiency are the top priority.

EDL’s Forming Shoe packaging machine utilizes a unique wrapping technique that produces a totally enclosed pack. Product, typically a stacked, nested or tightly wound material, is driven through a shoe where film is fed around it until it is totally enclosed. Forming shoe systems can incorporate a shrink tunnel depending on the application.

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Inline Automatic Shrink Wrap Machine

Maximize your speed and efficiency, while maintaining package quality. Experience an Inline Automatic Shrink Wrap Machine.

Inline Automatic Shrink Wrap machines are EDL’s most flexible secondary packaging solution. These systems are designed to shrink-wrap a variety of products, including bundling and shrink-wrapping cartons to shrink-wrapping large windows in multiple package enclosures at low to moderate speeds.

What’s the Difference Between Inline Automatic and Continuous Motion Systems?

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Integrated Ancillary Equipment

Solving systems integration challenges.

EDL can provide total systems integration for our customers looking for a turn-key solution. EDL’s complete system engineering responsibility includes start to finish integration of systems from conveyors to palletizers and everything in between.

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Semi automatic shrink wrapping machine

Semi-Automatic Wrapper

Semi-Automatic Wrapper handles trayed, trayless or padded products. When high quality packs are required but full automation is secondary.

The Semi-Automatic Wrapper (Monobloc Semi-Automatic) is a cost-efficient,secondary or end-of-line packaging solution for a wide range of applications. It is designed for reduced throughput rates and requires operator loading of product and activation of each wrapping sequence. This versatile system can be quickly and easily integrated into existing production lines.

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Side Feed Automatic

The versatile Side Feed Automatic shrink wrapping equipment is easily integrated into your existing production line. Turn, tier or invert collated products during infeed for correct orientation prior to wrapping.

EDL’s Side-Feed Automatic shrink wrapping equipment is designed to handle a wide variety of applications while providing a small footprint and flexible layout designs. This type of system is ideal for products that require collating or enter the system with the narrow edge leading. Multiple package enclosures are available.

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Shrink Tunnel

Heavy-duty, reliable and tailored to your product and package

  • High temperature rated Habasit conveyor belt
  • Dual shell tunnel hood design
  • Ceramic fiber insulation between exterior and interior hood shells
  • Ceramic fiber mat insulation between hood assembly and tunnel frame
  • Direct drive overhead hot air recirculation blower
  • Silicone tunnel entrance and exit curtains
  • Film cooling fans at exit

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The EDL Packaging Engineers Guarantee

  • Performance Guarantee ensures EDL machines will perform as specified. All machines are thoroughly tested to the highest standards
  • Equipment Warranty provides a full two-year warranty on parts (equipment warranty excludes consumables)