DESCRIPTION: A conveyor mounted, servo motor driven, microprocessor controlled system to cut absorbent pads to a predetermined length from continuous rolls of padding material and place the cut pads into poultry packaging trays prepositioned on a conveyor.

The PAD PLACER is designed to mount on the users conveyor with a double wall stainless steel electrical enclosure mounted separately nearby. The PAD PLACER consists of two unwind spindles to mount rolls of pad stock to be unwound by the servo motor driven pad feed rolls, a hydraulic operated cut off knife assembly to cut the padding material to a preset length, and a speed and position matching control system to position the pads in the packaging trays on the customers flight conveyor. The encoder used for speed and position matching is a custom built, repairable unit designed for direct water washdown and a corrosive environment.

The PAD PLACER is constructed entirely of stainless steel with NEMA 4X electrical to withstand direct high pressure washdown with water and corrosive sterilants. The pad cutting and placing unit is hinge mounted to the conveyor and is tipped up to allow easy access for washing of the interior of the machine.

The PAD PLACER is controlled by push-button controls mounted directly on the pad unit on the conveyor. There is a keypad terminal with a two line liquid crystal display to show machine functions mounted in the inside door of the double wall electrical enclosure. There is an alarm to show when the pad material on each spindle is about to run out, and a machine jam alarm. There is a resettable counter to display the total number of pads delivered per shift or per day, a nonresettable counter counting machine cycles, and self-diagnostic testing of encoders and other electronic components.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• SPEED: 10 to 100 pads per minute.

• PADDING MATERIAL: 6" or 4-1/2" wide, 8 to 22 plys of absorbent crepe material with one ply of polyethylene wound to the outside of the roll. Material must be wound on a 3" I.D. fiber core to a maximum roll diameter of 38".

• PAD CUT SIZE: 2.5" X 4.5" minimum; 6" X 9" maximum. The length of the pad is keypad settable in .1" increments.

• PAD PLACEMENT: The pad is positioned in the tray to + or - 1/4" of target plus any variation in tray position on the conveyor.

• MACHINE SIZE: With a 38" diameter roll of pad stock on each of the unwind spindles, the pad unit requires a 52" H x 81" L x 19" W space envelope. The electrical enclosure is 30" x 34" x 10" deep.

• NOISE LEVEL: 58 Db A scale time weighted average maximum.

ENVIRONMENT:

• TEMPERATURE: 0 degrees C to 35 degrees C

• HUMIDITY: To 100% condensing

• WASHDOWN: Direct water to 65 degrees C at 100 PSI.

UTILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• POWER: 120V, 60HZ, SINGLE PHASE, 10 AMP SERVICE

• HYDRAULIC: 3 GPM, 800 to 1000 PSI at 80 CPM.