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PAD-O-MATIC 360W
DESCRIPTION:
A high speed, straight line, automatic system to glue
absorbent soaker pads into styrene foam packaging trays.
The PAD-O-MATIC 360W was designed to operate in line
with the thermoforming process in the tray production plant. The machine is mounted on
castors to allow easy movement of the padding machine to the thermoforming line running
the tray size to be padded. The trays are taken from the trim press packaging table and
fed into the PAD-O-MATIC 360W denester or placed on the optional Tray Loading Conveyor.
The PAD-O-MATIC 360W consists of a denester station to denest vertical stacks of foam
packaging trays and feed them onto a single row flight conveyor. The denesting system does
not require stacking lugs on the trays or any modification to the thermoformer tooling,
other than removing any embossing that is on the bottom of the tray in the contact area of
the suction cups.
The flight conveyor transports the trays to the pad
application unit. At the pad application unit, rolls of padding material are unwound from
dual unwind spindles, which are equipped with constant tension brakes. The pads are cut to
a predetermined length, which is set on the touch screen operator interface, then hot melt
adhesive is applied to the tray by adhesive guns, and the pad is positioned in the tray on
the flight conveyor.
The padded tray continues on the flight conveyor to
the stacking conveyor. At the stacking conveyor, the padded trays are rotated to vertical
position, counted, and horizontally stacked on the packaging table.
The packaging table is equipped with a pneumatic bag
opening device to open wicketed polyethylene bags, fast pak bags, or an unwind can be
provided to use rolled, perforated bags. There are guides to allow easy insertion of the
stacked, counted, padded trays into the poly bags. The bag holder and opening unit may be
mounted to provide straight through (top of tray to bottom of bag) or reverse (top of tray
to top of bag) packaging.
The PAD-O-MATIC 360W has an on-board vacuum pump and
an automatic pressure lube system with alarm to lubricate all chains and gears. All
electrical meets NEMA 12, JIC, and CE standards.
The PAD-O-MATIC 360W features improved size
changeover with a single point handwheel adjustment for flight conveyor width, flight
conveyor rail height, and stacking conveyor width.
SPECIFICATIONS:
NUMBER 2P / 30 TO 350 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 3P / 30 TO 330 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 4P / 30 TO 300 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 6P / 30 TO 250 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 8P / 30 TO 250 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 9P / 30 TO 200 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 10P / 30 TO 200 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 14P / 30 TO 200 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 15P / 30 TO 200 TRAYS PER MINUTE
NUMBER 16P / 30 TO 200 TRAYS PER MINUTE
PADDING MATERIAL: 6"
wide minimum, 14" wide maximum, 8 to 22 plys of absorbent crepe material with one ply
of polyethylene wound to the outside of the roll. Pouch type padding material may be used
with the registered cut option. Padding material must be wound on a 3" I.D. fiber
core to a maximum roll diameter of 38".
PAD CUT SIZE: 3" long X
6" wide minimum; 8" long X 14" wide maximum. Pad length is keypad
selectable from 3" minimum to 8" maximum in .01" increments. Pad placement
in tray + or - 1/4".
ADHESIVE: National Adhesive
34-2950 or equivalent. Adhesive must be FDA approved for incidental food contact.
MACHINE SIZE: 5 feet wide X
28 feet long. (34 feet long with optional tray loading conveyor)
MACHINE WEIGHT: Approximately 8000 pounds.
NOISE LEVEL: 82 dB A scale
time weighted average maximum.
UTILITY REQUIREMENTS:
POWER: 220, 380, 416, or 480
VAC, 3 PHASE, 50 AMP, 50 or 60 HZ (Other voltages are available).
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