{"id":15331,"date":"2026-09-14T04:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T04:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fhopepack.com\/videos\/?p=15331"},"modified":"2026-10-10T13:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T13:20:45","slug":"how-to-cut-labor-costs-by-60-with-a-fully-automated-slit-steel-coil-packaging-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fhopepack.com\/videos\/how-to-cut-labor-costs-by-60-with-a-fully-automated-slit-steel-coil-packaging-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Slit Coil Packing Line Labour Saving: Upending a Full Slitting Cut, Then Strapping and Wrapping on Conveyors"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Executive summary<\/strong>\nThis clip shows our slit coil packing line taking a full slitting cut. A green upender tips the whole pack of slit coils from eye-horizontal to flat, then the coils travel on yellow conveyors through strapping and wrapping stations. Instead of quoting a fixed percentage, we count the saving from the manual jobs the line removes on your floor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1053\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rf6LMH46HOo\" title=\"Slit Steel Coil Packaging Line: Unloading, Wrapping, Strapping &amp; Stacking\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h2 id=\"table-of-contents\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#video\">What the clip shows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#jobs\">Manual jobs the line removes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#saving\">Counting the saving<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#setup\">What we set per line<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#selection-checklist\">Selection checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#safety\">Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#engineering-faq\">Engineering FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#next-step\">Next step<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#related-reading\">Related reading<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sources\">Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"video\">What the clip shows<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Step<\/th>\n<th>What you see<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Control<\/td>\n<td>The line control panel at the infeed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Upending<\/td>\n<td>A green upender tips a pack of slit coils from eye-horizontal to flat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Conveying<\/td>\n<td>Coils move on yellow roller conveyors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strapping and wrapping<\/td>\n<td>Stations band and wrap each coil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Line<\/td>\n<td>The full line running in our workshop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"jobs\">Manual jobs the line removes<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Manual job<\/th>\n<th>Station that takes it over<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Separating coils by crane<\/td>\n<td>Upender and conveyor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hand strapping<\/td>\n<td>Strapping head<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hand wrapping through the eye<\/td>\n<td>Orbital wrapper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crane or forklift stacking<\/td>\n<td>Stacker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"saving\">Counting the saving<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Worked example (illustrative).<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Manual crew per shift (illustrative)<\/td>\n<td>5 people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crew with the line (illustrative)<\/td>\n<td>2 people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>People saved per shift, 5 \u2212 2<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Share of the crew saved, 3 \u00f7 5<\/td>\n<td>60% in this example<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shift length (illustrative)<\/td>\n<td>8 h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hours saved per shift, 3 \u00d7 8<\/td>\n<td>24 h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Your own figure depends on your crew today; we work it out with you from the layout.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"setup\">What we set per line<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Setting<\/th>\n<th>Depends on<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Upender<\/td>\n<td>Pack weight and width<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Strapping<\/td>\n<td>Straps per coil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wrapping<\/td>\n<td>Film layers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stacking<\/td>\n<td>Stack pattern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"selection-checklist\">Selection checklist<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-1.25em;list-style-type:none\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/> Coil OD, ID, width and weight.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-1.25em;list-style-type:none\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/> Coils per slitting cut.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-1.25em;list-style-type:none\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/> Straps per coil.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-1.25em;list-style-type:none\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/> Film layers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-1.25em;list-style-type:none\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/> Stack pattern and pallet size.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-1.25em;list-style-type:none\"><input type=\"checkbox\" disabled=\"disabled\" \/> Coils per hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"safety\">Safety<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep clear of the upender, strapping head and wrapping ring while they move.<\/li>\n<li>Stay outside the fenced stacking area.<\/li>\n<li>Lock out before clearing a jam.<\/li>\n<li>For CE markets, the machine is designed to ISO 12100 and EN 415-10.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"engineering-faq\">Engineering FAQ<\/h2>\n<p>Q: Where does the labour saving come from?\nA: From the manual jobs the line removes: crane separation, hand strapping, hand wrapping and stacking.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Is the saving always 60%?\nA: No. 60% is the result in our worked example; your figure depends on your crew today.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Why upend the whole cut?\nA: So the coils are separated and laid flat in one move, without the crane.<\/p>\n<p>Q: How many people run the line?\nA: 2 per shift in the worked example; it depends on stations.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Can we start with fewer stations?\nA: Yes, and add stations later.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Which standards apply?\nA: For CE markets, ISO 12100 and EN 415-10.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"next-step\">Next step<\/h2>\n<p>We match a slit coil packing line in three steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Submit your layout drawing<\/strong> with coil sizes, coils per cut and current crew, to <strong>info@fhopepack.com<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Receive a proposal within 48 hours<\/strong> with the machine data and layout.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Book a site survey<\/strong> so we confirm the slitter exit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"related-reading\">Related reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhopepack.com\/videos\/from-strapping-to-stacking-how-an-automated-steel-coil-packaging-line-transforms-shop-floor-productivity\/\">Coil Packing Line Stations From Strapping to Stacking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhopepack.com\/videos\/5-critical-roi-metrics-to-evaluate-a-full-steel-coil-packaging-line-from-strapping-to-stacking-automation\/\">Steel Coil Packaging Line: Five ROI Metrics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhopepack.com\/videos\/inside-the-mill-modernizing-slit-steel-coil-handling-strapping-and-stacking-for-zero-downtime-output\/\">Slit Coil Upending, Wrapping and Stacking Line With Buffers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhopepack.com\/Automatic-Coil-Packing-Line\/slit-coil-packing.html\">Slit coil packing line<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"sources\">Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Machine content: FHOPE engineering team, 2026-10-10<\/li>\n<li>Clip: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rf6LMH46HOo\">the video on YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Labour saving: our worked example, illustrative values<\/li>\n<li>Standards scope: ISO 12100:2010; 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