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Description
ZED Industries' AUTO-SKIN-TRIM (AST) automated, high-speed, in-line skin packers have been designed to provide skin pack users with the competitive advantages they need today ... and tomorrow!
Advanced skin packing and hydraulic trim press design, precision engineered heating system, template product loading system, product sensor, variable speed infeed, plus state-of-the-art control system with Intel' power, help you take proper advantage of quick change tooling systems and meet the demands of today's just-in-time and pack-to-order manufacturing environment.
All ZED AUTO-SKIN-TRIM skin packers are built to legendary ZED specifications tough and rugged enough to run on a continuous production basis.
Features and Benefits
Roll holder
- Located on machine frame.
- Simple roll changes.
- Large diameter roll capacity for longer production runs.
Heating system
- High efficiency, flat black, far infra-red system standard. Outside portions of heaters emit more heat than center section to ensure proper sheet drape.
- Heaters move away from sheet during shut downs to improve safety and heating thermodynamics upon restart.
Card indexing system
- Electric motor driven in-feed conveyer with exclusive card pusher system indexes card through product loading and into skin pack station.
- Superior registry and accuracy without having to change existing cards.
- Precision indexing film conveyors move card from skin pack station through trim press onto package discharge station.
Skin packaging station
- Exclusive vacuum box design ensures precision skin packing of all products by introducing the card-with product-up to the film in the preferred horizontal orientation.
- Material versatility accepts films of Dupont Surlyn" ionomer resin or polyethylene from 2 mil. up to 20 mil. and board types such as SIBS skin cards and corrugate.
- High-volume vacuum system features individual vacuum and bleed control to ensure superior results.
Trim station
- Most powerful hydraulic die cutting trim press on market.
- Exclusive ZED pancake cylinder provides high tonnage trimming with complete control of pressure.
- Solid steel, full trim-area size platens - up to 5" thick.
- Precision four-post press design with extra long bushings.
Package discharge
- After die-cutting, the die cut cards are held in the web by tiny nicks in the die which allow the entire card to index forward onto the out-feed package unloading area for case packing, etc.
- Rollers are provided on out-feed which can help part separation on certain card layouts.
Scrap rewind
- Standard heavy-duty, pneumatic scrap web rewind.
Computer control system
- Intel® piuuussor runs Windows based program.
- Machine functions are controlled and easily adjusted via a touch screen.
- Job memory capabilities with heater and all timer control settings can be saved to hard drive or diskette.
- Self-diagnostics and fault indicators simplify machine operation and maintenance.
Available Options
- Pre-heater system allows for increase cycle speeds up to 12 cycles per minute, on an 18"x24" master card format.
- Template load system allows a template to be located over the card for easy product placement and alignment.
- Extra loading stations provide lengthened in-feed load conveyor to allow additional product loaders.
- Conveyor index speed control provides variable control of in-feed conveyor speed and soft start/ramp up & down.
- Automatic card feeder places master card on in-feed conveyor.
- Magnetic board system prevents ferrous/metallic products such as drill bits, hole saws, etc. from moving on card prior to skin packing.
- Protruding parts system allows for products which protrude through the card such as handles, gas caps, etc.
- Electrical HIGH/LOW vacuum system provides precision control of vacuum for better skin film draw over difficult part profiles.
- Blister forming system provides circuitry and valving for vacuum forming capability.
- X-Y trim die adjustor allows for fast accurate cutting die adjustment during machine operation.
- Trim die sensor system detects if parts are out of position in the trim press and stops the press in mid-cycle, to prevent ruining the die or the part.
- Higher tonnage trim press: 110, 130, 160, etc. ton available.
- Double acting trim press for parts which protrude through the back of the card.
- Quick-change trim die system available in many versions, depending on dies used.
- Take-off conveyors.
- Parts stripping systems.
- Automatic lubrication system is electronically synchronized to machine cycles and features individually adjustable injectors.
» AST-E: Entry level automatic, in-line packaging machine.
» AST-II: High volume automatic, more options available to meet application requirements.
» AST-10: Fastest model available, reaches speed up to 10 cycles per minute. |
