Shrink-wrapping machine

A feeding unit of a wrapping tape for a wrapping machine, said feeding unit comprising:

• a support frame,
• a pair of support pins each of which is rotatably associated with the support frame, wherein a first support pin, adapted to receive a first reel of wrapping tape, and a second support pin adapted to receive a second reel of wrapping tape, the first support pin and the second support pin being mutually parallel and placed side by side at a distance from each other along a flanking direction,
• a first welding device adapted to weld an end section of the wrapping tape of the first reel with a section of the wrapping tape of the second reel,
• a carriage adapted to receive and hold said end section of the wrapping tape of the first reel and movable along the flanking direction from a first receiving position wherein it is adapted to receive said end section of the first reel to a first welding position wherein it makes said end section available to the first welding device for welding it to the section of the wrapping tape of the second reel,
• a drive unit connected to the carriage and configured to move the carriage along the flanking direction.