How Our Coil Wrapping Machine Packs Pipe Coils in Film

Executive summary Plastic pipe coils are wrapped through the eye so the film covers the inside, the outside and both faces. Our coil wrapping machine in this video does this for a pink pipe coil: the operator starts it at the control cabinet, the wrapping ring passes film through the eye and the rollers turn the coil. Film per coil follows from the coil size and the number of passes. We set both per project.

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What the video shows

An operator steadies a large pink pipe coil beside our blue and yellow wrapping machine, with one hand on the control cabinet. The wrapping ring above the coil comes down and starts to wrap.

The rollers under the coil turn it while the ring lays film through the eye, and the operator steps back to watch from the side. Film builds up over most of the coil. The operator later bends to check a lower part and returns to the cabinet. On our machines, parts are checked only with the machine stopped.

How the pipe coil wrapper works

Step What happens
Load The pipe coil is set on the support rollers
Start The operator starts the cycle at the cabinet
Wrap The ring passes film through the eye while the rollers turn the coil
Finish The film is cut and the tail fixed
Unload The wrapped coil is lifted off

The ring and the rollers work together, so each pass lands beside the last.

Film laid per coil

Each pass lays one loop of film round the coil wall. Illustrative example:

Item Value
Coil OD (illustrative) 1,000 mm
Coil ID (illustrative) 600 mm
Coil width (illustrative) 300 mm
Wall, (1,000 − 600) ÷ 2 200 mm
Loop length, 2 × (300 + 200) 1,000 mm
Advance per pass, 100 mm film at 50% overlap (illustrative) 50 mm
Passes at the OD, 3,142 mm ÷ 50 mm advance about 63
Film laid, 63 × 1.0 m about 63 m

That is film laid on the coil; pre-stretch means the roll pays out less. For overlap and wrap time on tube coils, see our tube and pipe coil packing machine; to coil and wrap in one line, see our automatic pipe coiling and wrapping machine.

Cabinet buttons and speed settings

Control What it does
Start and stop buttons Run and stop the cycle
Indicator lights Show running and fault states
Speed settings Match ring and roller speed for the overlap

The yellow guard rail keeps the operator at the cabinet side during the cycle.

Controls and safety

The ring turns through the coil eye and the rollers turn the coil. Keep hands off the coil once the cycle starts, and adjust or check parts only with the machine stopped.

The standards that apply depend on the destination market. For CE markets, ISO 12100 sets the risk-assessment method and EN 415-10 sets general requirements for packaging machines.

Selection checklist for a pipe coil wrapping machine

  • Pipe OD and material.
  • Coil OD, ID and width.
  • Coils per hour.
  • Film type and overlap.
  • Manual or conveyor loading.
  • Floor space and power supply.

Engineering FAQ

Q: How does the film cover the inside of the coil? A: The ring passes film through the eye on every pass.

Q: How much film does a coil take? A: About 63 m laid on a 1,000 mm OD, 600 mm ID, 300 mm wide coil in our example.

Q: Is that the film drawn from the roll? A: No. Pre-stretch means the roll pays out less than is laid.

Q: Who starts the cycle? A: The operator, at the control cabinet.

Q: Should the operator touch the coil during wrapping? A: No. Steady it before the start, then keep hands off until it stops.

Next step

We plan your pipe coil wrapping machine in three steps:

  1. Submit your layout drawing with pipe and coil sizes and output to info@fhopepack.com.
  2. Receive a proposal within 48 hours, with the ring size and film plan.
  3. Book a site survey to check the loading method and floor space.

Sources

Last reviewed: 2026-10-04

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