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Neck band applicators, or neck banders are designed to apply a heat-shrinkable film band around the neck of a bottle or container. Neck band applicators take a roll of tube film and fold the tube of film counter to its seams to open the tube film. The tube of film is then lower around the neck of the container by the neck band applicator. Neck bands can be either cut by the neck band applicator or can be supplied pre-perforated and simply pulled from the film stock by the neck band applicator. After the film band is placed on the neck of the container, the container passes through a neck band shrink tunnel that shrinks the film of the neck band around the neck and cap of the bottle. Neck bands are designed to be tamper evident so that the film of the neck band must be ruptured if the cap is removed from the container. Neck band applicators have special tooling often referred to as a “bullet” that is designed to open the flat film tube. This “bullet” is placed within the film tube, is held in place by tooling surrounding the film tube, and is specifically sized for the size of neck band. The “bullet” is a change part for neck band applicators. The operation of a neck band applicator is similar to the operation of a body sleeve applicator, though neck band applicators often have machine limitations that prevent them from applying full body sleeves.
PDC Model 75M, Automatic shrink sleeve labeler, tamper evident neck bander and shrink tunnel rated from 0 to 300 containers per minute – depending upon materials and application. Stainless steel construction. Lay Flat: 4.8" Band Diameter 3/8" to 3", Band height 3/4" to 2".Band cut-off unregistered Equipped with 24" long product in feed worm screw with knife cut off, 22" OD band reel with scrape reel, low material / no product sensors and hand crank adjustable. Control panel has micrologix controls with main drive, unwind drive, static eliminator, choke feed, film out sensor switches with start and stop push button and statis light bar. Mounted on (4) height adjustable leg frame with interlocking safety guarding.
OAD: 83" L x 42" W x 84" H
PDC Model 75M, Automatic shrink sleeve labeler, tamper evident neck bander and shrink tunnel rated from 0 to 300 containers per minute – depending upon materials and application. Stainless steel construction. Lay Flat: 4.8" Band Diameter 3/8" to 3", Band height 3/4" to 2".Band cut-off unregistered Equipped with 24" long product in feed worm screw with knife cut off, 16" OD band reel with scrape reel, low material / no product sensors and hand crank adjustable. Control panel has A/B controller with touch screen HMI controls and run, jog, stop, e-stop push buttons and statis light bar. Mounted on (4) height adjustable leg frame with interlocking safety guarding.PDC Model KRC/84654 roll over conveyor shrink tunnel with 5" x 5" aperature and 45" long tunnel with 53" long ground clearence.
OAD: 84" L x 48" W x 77 "H Bander 45" L x 25" W x 66" H Tunnel
PDC Model 75-ERL, Automatic shrink sleeve labeler and tamper evident neck bander, rated from 50 to 225 containers per minute – depending upon materials and application. Stainless steel construction. Band lay flat, 6.25" Band diameter 3/8" to 3", Band height 3/4" to 7" Equipped with 24" long product in feed screw and splicing table, knife cut off, "low material" / "no product" sensors and printed film registration. Control panel has Allen Bradley PLC has touch screen HMI with start, stop, e-stop push buttons and statis light bar. Mounted on (4) leg frame with interlocking safety guarding.
OAD: 56"L x 64"W x 99"H
Axon, Model EZ-130 automatic, tamper evident shrink neck bander or sleeve label applicator with Model EZ-36 shrink tunnel. Rated from 30 to 120 containers per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Layflat: 15mm to 130mm. Film thickness: 40 to 70 microns (1.5 to 3 mil). Equipped with photo eyes for machine activation, low roll sensor, knife film cut off, stepper drive film feed system and tamp. Touch pad controller with LED display. Film specifications: up to 16" OD roll. Mounted on a height adjustable stainless steel frame.
Shrink tunnel has 8" high x 7½" wide aperature x 36" long chamber, digital heat controls and hand crank tunnel lift. System mounted above 4½" wide x 120" long stainless steel tabel top belt conveyor.
OAD: 120"L x 54"W x 80"H
Axon, Model EZ-130 automatic, tamper evident shrink neck bander or sleeve label applicator with Model EZ-36 shrink tunnel. Rated from 30 to 150 containers per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Layflat: 15mm to 130mm. Film thickness: 40 to 70 microns (1.5 to 3 mil). Equipped with photo eyes for machine activation, low roll sensor, knife film cut off, stepper drive film feed system, vertical perf and tamp. Touch pad controller with LED display. Film specifications: up to 16" OD roll. Mounted on a height adjustable stainless steel frame.
OAD: 53"L x 48"W x 84"H
Accutek Model 42-TEB-001, automatic, stainless steel, tamper evident neck bander with shrink tunnel. Lay flat: 16mm to 150mm. Cut Length: 16mm to 200mm. Container size range: 3/8" to 5" in Diameter. Equipped with film registration, vertical perf, servo drive and variable speed controls, touch screen interface and interlocking Lexan safety guarding. Shrink Tunnel dimensions: 24" in Length; aperture 4" in Width; 4" in Height. Adjustable height leveling legs. Designed to mount over existing conveyor.
OAD: 45" L x 17" W x 72" H
PDC, Model F-180, automatic neck bander. Rated from 10 to 100 containers per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Container size range: 1½" to 6" in diameter and 2¾" to 10" in height. Equipped with 24" product in feed worm screw, star wheel container indexing, dual 18" diameter film reels on 5" cores, dual unwind stations; one before and one after the 10½" wide perforation blade, static elimination, pull down applicator and interlocking safety guarding. Control panel includes push buttons for drive jog, perforation jog, start / reset and E-stop. Switch controls for feed drive on / off, static elimination on / off, cool / heat, choke feed manual / auto and jog / run. Variable speed dials for main drive, perforation low and perforation high.
OAD: 101"L x 53"W x 86"H
Axon, Model EZ-130, automatic, tamper evident shrink neck bander or sleeve label applicator. Rated from 30 to 150 containers per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Layflat: 15 mm to 130 mm. Film thickness: 40 to 70 microns (1.5 to 3 mil). Equipped with photo eyes for machine activation, registration eye, low roll sensor, knife film cut off and stepper drive film feed system. Touch pad controller with LED display. Film specifications: up to 15" diameter roll. Mounted on a height adjustable stainless steel frame.
OAD: 54"L x 36"W x 80"H
Axon Model EZ-300, automatic, tamper evident shrink neck bander or sleeve label applicator. Layflat: 100 mm to 300 mm. Sleeve height: 25mm to 250mm. Maximum container Diameter: 7.38". Film thickness: 50 to 100 microns. Equipped with vertical perforation, knife film cut off, touch pad controller has LED display and E-stop. Film specifications: 15" in diameter on 3" OD core. Mounted on 48" x 40" stainless steel base frame with casters. Speed dependant on materials, application and machine configuration. Designed to go over existing conveyor.
OAD: 48" L x 40" W x 88" H
Axon EZ-100, automatic, tamper evident shrink neck bander or sleeve label applicator rated from 30 to 150 containers per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Layflat: 18 mm to 130 mm. Container Diameter Size Range: 10m to 79mm. Film thickness: 40 to 70 microns (1.5 to 3 mil). Equipped with photo eyes for machine activation, knife film cut off, stepper drive film feed system and a touch pad controller with LED display. Mounted on a height adjustable stainless steel frame with casters. Film specifications: up to 15" diameter roll.
OAD: 48" L x 36" W x 86" H
Axon Model EZ-300, automatic, tamper evident shrink neck bander or sleeve label applicator rated from 10 to 60 sleeves or 10 to 70 neck bands per minute – depending on materials and application. Layflat: 100 mm to 300 mm. Maximum container Diameter: 7.38". Film thickness: 50 to 70 microns. Equipped with vertical perforation, knife film cut off, touch pad controller with LED display on/off switch with e-stop, statis light bar and mounted on 46" x 40" stainless steel base frame. Film specifications: 15" in diameter on 3" OD core.
OAD: 46" L x 40" W x 86" H
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