Vertical Door Wrapping Machine: Stretch Wrapping a Door Upright

Executive summary A vertical door wrapping machine stands a door, door leaf or large board on its edge on a turntable, holds it from the top and stretch wraps it as it turns. In this clip the wrap runs from about 140 s to about 203 s, about 63 s for one door, after positioning by hand. The machine is our turntable stretch wrapper with a top press device that holds the load from above, configured per project for door and board sizes.

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What the clip shows, in order

The machine has a tall dark-grey mast with the control panel and a top beam carrying a yellow clamp, above a yellow round turntable. The turntable carries adjustable yellow guides with black rollers and feet. The load is a large light-brown wooden board or door leaf.

  1. 0 to about 21 s. The board hangs from the yellow top clamp. A man in a white shirt stands next to the mast.
  2. About 42 to 63 s. The board rests on the turntable. With the machine at rest, the man crouches at the edge of the turntable and adjusts the guides and their feet by hand.
  3. About 70 to 133 s. The board stands upright, held at the top by the clamp. The man stands at the control panel and reaches for the buttons.
  4. About 140 to 161 s. The film carriage moves down and clear film starts to cover the face of the board.
  5. About 168 to 196 s. The turntable turns and the film covers the sides and the back.
  6. About 203 s. The wrap ends, the turntable stops and the carriage returns to its start position.
  7. About 210 to 245 s. A second cycle starts. At about 224 s the man bends down and reaches toward the base of the load while the turntable is still turning, then steps back.

Why wrap doors standing up

A door lying flat needs a long horizontal wrapper, and flipping it to wrap both faces risks scratching the finish. Standing the door on its edge on a turntable takes far less floor space, and one wrapping cycle covers both faces and all four edges.

The difficulty is that a door on its edge is tall, thin and light, so film tension would tip it over. The top press device solves that: it holds the door from above, so it stays upright through the whole cycle, and the guides on the turntable keep the bottom edge in place. On our machine the top press is driven by a motor or a pneumatic cylinder.

Element Role
Turntable with adjustable guides Locates the bottom edge of the door
Top press or clamp Holds the door upright under film tension
Mast and film carriage Lays the film across the height of the door
Control panel Program selection and start

Wrapping cycle time on the clip

Step on the clip Time window Duration
Positioning on the turntable, machine at rest about 42 to 63 s about 21 s
Door upright, waiting for the start about 70 to 133 s about 63 s
Film start on the face about 140 to 161 s about 21 s
Turntable wrap of sides and back about 168 to 196 s about 28 s
Start to end of wrap about 140 to 203 s about 63 s

The times come from frames 7 s apart. The rows are observed windows, so gaps of about 7 s between them are frame steps. Of the whole clip, the wrap itself takes about 63 s. Setting the guides by hand and waiting for the start take longer than the wrap. For production we fix the guides per door size and start the cycle as soon as the door is clamped.

Takt check

For an illustrative output of 30 doors per hour, the takt is 3,600 ÷ 30 = 120 s per door. A 63 s wrap leaves 57 s to place the door, clamp it and take it off. That is tight for a hand-loaded machine, so above about 30 doors per hour we add a door conveyor or a second wrapper.

Selection checklist for a vertical door wrapping machine

  • Door height, width, thickness and weight range.
  • Surface finish to protect: painted, veneered or glazed.
  • Film type and how many layers on the faces and edges.
  • Top press drive: motor or pneumatic cylinder.
  • Doors per hour and the loading method, by hand or by conveyor.
  • Guarding around the turntable.

Controls and safety

The turntable, the guides and the film carriage are the danger zones, and the top press adds a crush point above the door. On the clip the guides are adjusted by hand with the machine at rest, which is the right way. The reach toward the base at about 224 s, with the turntable still turning, is the move to design out: nobody reaches toward the base or the guides until the turntable has stopped.

Stop, isolate and lock out the machine before anyone adjusts the guides, frees a door from the clamp or changes the film.

The standards that apply depend on the destination market. For CE markets, EN 415-6 covers pallet wrapping machines, the family this turntable wrapper belongs to, and ISO 12100 sets the risk-assessment method, which fixes guarding and the emergency-stop arrangement.

Engineering FAQ

Q: How does a door stay upright on the turntable? A: The top press holds it from above and the guides on the turntable locate the bottom edge, so film tension cannot tip it over. The press is driven by a motor or a pneumatic cylinder.

Q: How long does it take to wrap one door? A: On the clip the wrap runs from about 140 s to about 203 s, about 63 s, after the door is positioned and clamped.

Q: Does one cycle cover both faces? A: Yes. The door turns with the turntable, so the film covers the face, both edges and the back in one cycle.

Next step

We size a vertical door wrapping machine in three steps:

  1. Submit your layout drawing with the door height, width, thickness, weight and doors per hour, to info@fhopepack.com.
  2. Receive a proposal within 48 hours, including the turntable and top press arrangement and the cycle check against your takt.
  3. Book a site survey so we confirm the floor space, the loading route and the guarding.

Sources

Last reviewed: 2026-10-05

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