F O O D T E C H PA C K T E C H 30 SEPTEMBER 2016 POLYSLICK UHMW-PE THE WORLD'S MOST VERSATILE PLASTIC Made by US-based Polymer Industries, Polyslick® UHMWPE plastic shapes provide some of the most useful properties for engineers designing food processing machinery. The polymer exhibits excellent impact strength, abrasion resistance, a low coefficient of friction as well as very good chemical resistance. Polyslick UHMW-PE plastic shapes are available as standard in sheet and rod form, but can also be produced as tube, angle, channel and custom extrusions. It is naturally moisture, stain and odour resistant. Food Grade material with FDA or EU 10/2011 compliance is available in natural and also colours for easy identification or customer branding. For non-food contact applications, additional additives can be included in the polymer matrix to improve properties such as wear, slip and UV resistance. Polyslick UHMW-PE can be easily machined and formed into functional parts used in a variety of applications such as rollers, chute linings, sprockets, conveyor bends and much more. These properties, and its reasonable price point, make it the world’s most versatile plastic. For more information contact: Supply Services Ltd Tel: 0800 102 112 sales.akl@supplyservices.co.nz, sales.mtm@supplyservices.co.nz, sales.chc@supplyservices.co.nz Visit: www.supplyservices.co.nz FT134 For efficiency, accuracy, cost-effectiveness and - even more importantly now - safety capabilities, new stretch wrapping equipment ticks all the boxes – even as it wraps them. Universal Packaging’s Matt Goddin believes the increased focus on workplace safety has been one reason why the Palmerston North company has been taking greater orders for stretch wrap equipment over the past year. “While most businesses in the past have assessed time and labour costs, they are now also factoring in workplace safety to the purchase equation,” the sales manager says. “With hand wrapping, employees are continuously lifting four to eight kilo rolls of film every day. This bending in awkward positions can lead to back strain or pulled muscles,” Goddin says. “The wrapping unit ensures the right film tension and pressure for a secure load without the hard labour.” Doing away with plastic or metal strapping also helps reduce risk from bands destroying insecure loads and, when cut, popping back to injure staff. “We’re now hearing anecdotally the benefits with reduced employee injury rates for those with the equipment,” Goddin says. “Sometimes, when it comes to wrapping, it really is a case of putting your back into it or putting your brain into it.” ALL ROUND SAFETY FT147
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