WHD2

High speed forming, cutting and wrapping machine for products in double twist. The continuous motion principle of the machine enables efficient and reliable high-performance wrapping of mass production.

Product Characteristics

Folding type

  • Double Twist

Products

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

Product dimensions

  • Länge: 18 – 40 mm
  • Breite: 12 – 25 mm
  • Höhe: 6 – 16 mm
  • Ø 11 – 16 mm

Output

  • Up to 1800 products/min

Technical Data

Utilities

  • Connected load: Machine 8 kVA
  • Pre-sizing unit: 3,5 kVA
  • Compressed air consumption: 0,5 m³/h; 600 kPa

Measurements

Machine:

  • Length: 3600 mm
  • Width: 1800 mm
  • Height: 1745 mm

Switch cabinet:

  • Length: 1200 mm
  • Width: 500 mm
  • Height: 1900 mm

Weight

  • Machine: 2620 kg
  • Switch cabinet: 350 kg

Wrapping material

  • All common wrapping materials can be used

Material dimensions

  • Reel diameter: Up to 350 mm
  • Reel width: Up to 120 mm
  • Core diameter: 70 – 76 mm

Equipment & Options

Special features

  • Servo control with PLC functions
  • A particularly gentle handling of the products is guaranteed by the continuous motion principle
  • Low noise level at full operating speed due to continuous motion principle
  • Rope feeding unit to produce products of rectangular, square or round shape
  • Prefeeder and rotating rope cutting device
  • Pneumatic core locking and reel tensioning devices
  • Saving of wrapping material by “no product – no paper” device
  • Infinitely variable adjustment of the twist gripper oscillation depending on the wrapping material quality
  • Infinitely variable adjustment of the twisting angle
  • Completely enclosed twist grippers
  • Servo-driven wrapping material feed rollers, wrapping material knife and rope feeding
  • Automatic splicer to change wrapping material reels without stopping the machine
  • Ejection of spliced, mal-registered and unwrapped products
  • All electrical and electronic components are located in a separate switch cabinet
  • Excellent accessibility for operation, maintenance and cleaning purposes
  • Easy operation due to the touch screen
  • Due to the automatic operation, several machines can be handled by one operator
  • 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

  • Additional reel holders for a second wrapping material (under strip) with automatic splicer
  • Photo-electric print registration
  • Sealing of the longitudinal seam by means of heating and cooling units
  • Discharge conveyor
  • Web tracking control

Product Brochure

WHD2_ENG_17_1_web.pdf

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