U1-DCW+F

High speed plant to form, cut and wrap products in fold wrap with simultaneous overwrapping in flat stick packs or stick packs “on edge“.

Product Characteristics

Folding type

Primary packaging:

  • Bottom Fold
  • Side Fold
  • Envelope Fold

Secondary packaging:

  • Stick packs on edge
  • Flat stick packs

Products

  • Hard and Soft Caramels
  • Toffees
  • Chewy Sweets
  • Chewing Gum

Product dimensions

U1-DCW:

envelope fold

Length: 30 – 35 mm

side fold, bottom fold

Length: 18 – 38 mm

 

Width: 12 – 25 mm

Height: 4 – 15 mm

 

Special sizes upon request

 

F3:

Stick Pack flat

Length: 44 – 140 mm

Width: 18 – 38 mm

Height: 6 – 15 mm

Stick Pack on edge

Length: 44 – 140 mm

Width: 18 – 30 mm

Height: 12 – 25 mm

 

Products per Stick Pack:

Stick Pack flat: 3 – 8 pieces

Stick Pack on edge: 3 – 16 pieces

Output

  • up to 2000 single products/min
  • up to 300 stick packs/min

Technical Data

Utilities

  • Connected load: 22 kVA
  • Compressed air consumption: 1.5 m³/h; 600 kPa

Cooling water consumption:

  • 0.15 m³/h
  • Temperature: 10 … 15°C
  • Pressure: min. 200 kPa

Measurements

Machine:

  • Length: 3377 mm
  • Width: 3200 mm
  • Height: 2382 mm

Switch cabinet :

  • Length: 1800 mm
  • Width: 500 mm
  • Height: 2200 mm

Weight

  • Machine: 5500 kg
  • Switch cabinet: 350 kg

Wrapping material

  • All common wrapping materials can be used

Material dimensions

U1-DCW:

  • Reel diameter: up to 350 mm
  • Core diameter: 70 – 76,2 mm

F3:

  • Reel diameter: up to 350 mm
  • Core diameter: 70 – 76,2 mm

Tear tape:

  • Reel diameter: up to 120 mm
  • Reel width: up to 100 mm
  • Core diameter: 29 mm

Equipment & Options

Special features

  • cutting and wrapping of products in fold wrap with simultaneous overwrapping in stick packs

U1-DCW

  • two pieces are cut simultaneously by means of a double knife, wrapped in a dual track wrapping head and sealed in twin-lane discharge
  • three stage stainless steel in-feed rope sizing and calibrating unit for precise adjustment of the rope dimension
  • one pair of sizing rollers driven by an independent servo drive for precise adjustment of the rope speed
  • water-cooled guillotine knife with intermittent rope feed for precise cutting
  • longitudinal cutting device for twin lane processing of wrapping material reels of double web width
  • automatic splicer to change wrapping material reels without stopping the machine
  • Pneumatic core locking and reel tensioning devices
  • servo-driven wrapping material feed rollers and wrapping material knife
  • stationary unit for cycle precise sealing / tacking and cooling of the wrapping material fold
  • central lubrication system of all gear parts with oil pressure control

F3

  • photo-electric print registration
  • tear tape device
  • ejection of incomplete stick packs before wrapping
  • automatic splicer to change wrapping material reels without stopping the machine
  • pneumatic core locking and reel tensioning devices
  • servo-driven wrapping material feed rollers and wrapping material knife
  • Ejection device for incomplete, “spliced” respectively mal-registered stick packs
  • stationary unit for cycle precise sealing / tacking and cooling of the wrapping material fold

General

  • servo control with PLC functions
  • all electrical and electronic components are located in a separate common switch cabinet
  • excellent accessibility for operation, maintenance and cleaning purposes
  • easy operation due to the touch screen
  • depending on local conditions, one operator is required
  • system of protection: IP 54

Combinations

  • Depending on the product, the machine can be synchronized either with a batch roller and rope sizing machine (toffees, hard and soft caramels) or an appropriate extruder and cooling tunnel (chewing gum, bubble-gum, chewy candy).

Optional extras

  • electronic rope speed control to match the machine and rope speed
  • photo-electric print registration for singel products
  • air support to stabilise wrapping material transport and transfer by valve bank with high precision throttle valves for exact and reproducible air support setting
  • turning device 90° or 180° for stick packs at the discharge
  • automatic wrapping material web tracking control for the secondary packaging to center the wrapping material feed in direction of travel

Product Brochure

U1-DCW_F3_ENG_19_1_web.pdf

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