InnoVent^® Meets Stabilization Standards for Palletization

Ask a packing house to name its must-haves when it comes to palletizing goods, and one of the first answers you’ll likely get is “stability.” Particularly when it comes to tomatoes, onions, avocados, bananas, and other produce. The reasons are clear: stable palletization minimizes produce waste and damage, keeps workers safe, and increases storage and transport cost-efficiency.

Traditionally, farmers and packing houses have had to make a trade-off between breathability and stability when wrapping. We at Tama, however, are committed to providing the best of both worlds. We’ve developed a series of advanced ventilating wraps over the last few years, and our latest product, InnoVent, delivers the highest level of airflow and stability to revolutionize the field.

We’re also aware that retailers need to feel confident that the goods they receive from afar are in excellent shape and condition upon arrival. That’s why Tama has gone to great lengths to ensure that InnoVent complies with the highest international stability standards, including EUMOS 40509:2020. Recently, we turned to Citrus Research International (CRI), a South African research and technical services organization, and the University of Stellenbosch to compare the pallet stabilization capabilities of InnoVent versus corners and strapping.

The organizations carried out a series of pallet lateral acceleration tests (PLAT) to evaluate various variations: they repeated each test three times per acceleration profile across all configurations for a total of 36 tests. to validate the wrap method in terms of film tension and wrap quantity. And the results were conclusive: InnoVent either matched or surpassed the stability level of corners and strapping across all variations.

InnoVent’s stability performance is due to several technological advantages. The ventilating wrap stretches by about 30% under normal conditions to increase the number of wrapped loads per roll, striving to get back quickly to its original length to restore load security. The product always retains nearly all of its original width, even when stretched, to reduce the need for extra wraps and to accelerate the wrapping process. And given its extraordinary strength, InnoVent grips firmly on shapes and curves to provide more support around the pallets’ edges. This not only creates more stability, but also – due to the flat nature of its tapes – prevents damage to the boxes’ corners during operations.

Thanks to InnoVent’s tightening and compacting effect, loads are more easily fitted into snug spaces like sea containers. . This makes it slightly easier to load and unload the container, and avoids the disforming of corner boards while loading and unloading, which can damage the boxes.

With InnoVent you can also split load orders or partially remove the wrap for inspection. Furthermore, creating a gap for removing a specific box is possible due to the ventilating wrap’s unique structure. Just cut the diagonals needed to make the gap and leave the tapes that hug the load intact: load stability is unaffected.

Adaptable to various load heights, InnoVent will save you money and increase your operations’ efficiency. It works equally well with interlocking boxes – typically used for tomatoes, avocado, onions, and bananas – and telescopic boxes for citrus, apples and flowers. The ventilating wrap is designed to run on wrapping machines and for hand-wrapping, and can be integrated into automated warehouse systems to guarantee a rapid, secure and consistent wrap every time.