CONVEYOR AP60

CONVEYOR AP60

Linear conveyor tray sealing system capable of sealing up to 240 packs per minute.

The AP60 provides the flexibility required by food producers looking for a fully automated turnkey production line. The customer can specify the length and width of the indexing conveyor to accommodate their tray de-nesting and filling requirements.

Optional ‘free-flow’ gas flush Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) available for extended shelf life.

Easily integrated with other production line equipment

FEATURES

Standard design features and benefits

• Low maintenance polymer bearings
• Simple and accurate film-feed system with easy film route
• Maintenance friendly robust construction
• Accurate temperature and seal pressure control
• High accuracy tool alignment system provides a constantly accurate sealing and/or film-cutting relationship with the tray flange profile
• All around seal only (No Cut) for packs with pre-cut or hinged lids
• All around seal and contoured film-cut with skeletal film rewind
• Automatic seal operation with accurate seal dwell time
• Food industry approved hygienic construction and wash-down protection
• Full Category 3 guarding
• User friendly, menu-driven control panel with step-by-step prompts, error and status displays, and useful batch pack counter
• Recipe handling of machine settings
• Self diagnostic system
• Recipe driven auto machine set-up for tool change
• On-screen data capture and trends with wireless connection option
• Active film tension
• Pendant mounted colour touch screen HMI control
• Modular design allows customer to specify conveyor length, width and tray pitch
• Variable pitch indexing conveyor will accommodate tray and lid dispensers, filling and weighing heads
• Fully integrated control of machine, tray and lid dispensers, filling and weighing heads
• A high specification conveyor drive system provides full control of the linear acceleration, deceleration and velocity of product movement and eliminates spillage
• Automatic tray eject allowing post seal operations to be carried out efficiently
• Tray/sandwich skillet coding and printing
• Stainless steel sandwich transfer conveyor
• Automatic lid pick and place for separate sandwich skillet and pre-cut lid applications
• eWON - A machine connection system to deliver real time data and error condition support, remote setup, and software upgrades, using a customer's existing IT network
• Tray ejection, collation and orientation options
• HOT ROD – long-lasting, water resistant seal tool heating element giving reduced energy consumption especially developed for sealing Smooth Wall Foil Trays
• Sale, Lease Purchase and Rental options available

PACKAGING MATERIALS

Trays

• C·PET
• A·PET
• R·PET
• Polypropylene
• PVC
• Styrene
• Board
• Paper
• Smooth Wall Foil
• Cardboard Sandwich Skillets

Lidding

• Co-extruded and Laminated Polyester Films
• Foil
• Board
• Paper