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A case set-up (Tray) is designed to form a tray from a pre-scored carton blank. The erected tray is kept together using either glue or the tray??s own flaps tucked into one another. Trays are used for packaging groups of cans and other containers for shipment and distribution. Trays have solid bottoms and flaps that are folded up and fastened to form the sides. The sides are frequently but not necessarily lower than the height of the containers. Loaded trays are frequently over wrapped with a stretch or shrink film to hold the individual containers or products in place and provide protection. Trays can be received from the converter as knocked down blanks and a tray former in or near the packaging line can form the trays. A tray set-up machine or tray former forms a tray from scored paperboard, chipboard, or corrugated that is folded flat, called a blank. The tray sides are sealed either by using glue or by tucking portions of the flaps, called tucks, into other tray flaps. Tray formers form trays based on the size of the tooling that is in the machine. The male portion of the tooling pushes the flat blank through the female portion of the tooling to form the tray. Tooling needs to be changed on a tray former to accommodate different size trays. (Some newer tray formers have tooling that is adjustable for trays sizes within a set size range.) Tray formers can be used to form many different kinds of trays including hooded trays or hooded cartons, six-corner trays, and laminated corner trays.
Kliklok, Model SW4WS, automatic, single head tab lock tray former. Rated from 10 to 60 cycles per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Tray size range: 5" to 28" in Length; 4" to 12" in Width; 1" to 5½" in Height. Equipped with an 18" long powered blank tray magazine, (3) suction cup vacuum reciprocating pick-in-place, single mechanical tray forming head and hooded seal area with Lexan lift-up access safety door. Control panel with push button start / stop.
OAD: 75"L x 60"W x 82"H
SWF Model 1D5A, Automatic, hot melt glue, bliss box former and sealer rated from 12 to 35 cases per minute – depending on material and application. Bliss size range: 9-1/4" to 31-7/8" in Length x 8" to 20" in Width x 4" to 16" in Height. Equipped with 24" long blank tray magazine, 6-cup cam operated vacuum pick and place, (2) Nordson Series TG09 glue systems and has 25" discharge height. Mounted on (4) leg frame.
OAD: 72" L x 70" W x 11" H
Adco Model CTFL-440V, compact, automatic, stainless steel, single head, hot melt glue, tray former and sealer with number of trays per minute – depending on materials and application. Tray size range: 8-1/2" to 25" in Length; 7" to 18" in Width; 2" to 8" in Height. Flat blank size range: 11-1/4" to 36" in Length; 10" to 26" in Width. Equipped with 30" long inclined gravity blank tray magazine, (6) vacuum suction cup reciprocating pic-n-place, dual wheel blank tray assist, single mechanically driven forming mandrel, with overload protection and adjustable stroke, Nordson ProBlue 2-gun hot melt glue unit and self contained vacuum system. Control panel has A/B controller, with A/B touch pad controls and panel view with start, reset, stop, e-stop push buttons, speed control dial, statis light and interlock safety guarding. Mounted on stainless steel frame with leveling legs and locking casters.
OAD: 80" L x 69" W x 76" H
SWF, 6th corner forming section equipped with pneumatic shuttle case advancement, (4) hot melt glue gun and pneumatic package.
OAD: 62"L x 56"W x 81"H
Adco Model CTF-470V, Automatic, compact, stainless steel, hot melt glue, single head tray former with speeds – dependent on materials, application and machine configuration. Tray size range of: 15" to 26" in Length; 7" to 18" in Width; 1-1/2" to 8" in Height. Flat blank size range of: 16-1/4" to 36" in Length; 8-1/4" to 25-3/4" in Width. Equipped with 60" Long blank tray magazine reciprocating (4) suction cup vacuum pic-n-place, dual belt blank tray assist, adjustable stroke single arm forming mandrel, Nordson ProBlue glue unit and vacuum system. A/B PLC controller with panel view controls, has e-stop, status light bar and interlock safety doors guarding. Mounted on a stainless steel frame with locking casters and leveling legs.
OAD: 100" L x 60" W x 93" H
Delkor, Model TF-1504SS, automatic, stainless steel, (4) head, tray former. Rated from 10 to 55 cycles per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Maximum Blank Size: 30" in Length; 50" in Width. Equipped with (4) 43" long powered blank tray magazines, (4) single suction cup vacuum recipicating pick-in-place, (4) mechanical tray forming heads and hooded seal area with lexan lift-up access safety door. Control panel with an A/B PLC, A/B PanelView Plus 700 touch screen display and push button start / stop controls. Mounted on stainless steel base frame with locking casters.
OAD: 135"L x 80"W x 90"H
Delkor, Model 752, automatic, dual head top load tray former with hot melt glue sealer. Rated from 5 to 60 cycles per minute each head – depending on materials and application. Capable of handling flat blank sizes up to 22" in Length and 30" in Width. Equipped with dual 24" long blank tray magazines, dual vacuum suction cup recipicating pick-in-place’s, dual tray forming heads, 8" wide rubber belt discharge conveyor extending 20" from frame, Nordson hot melt glue system and lexan safety guarding. Control panel with variable speed control, push button start / stop and on / off switches for each pick and place.
OAD: 98"L x 80"W x 92"H
Adco Model AF-30-1-EC, automatic, stainless steel, single head, hot melt glue tray former and sealer with number of trays per minute – depending on materials and application. Erected Tray size range: 5" to 19" in Length; 3" to 8" in Width; 5/8" to 6" in Depth. Blank size range: 7-1/2" to 29" in Length; 5" to 26" in Width. Equipped with blank tray magazine, reciprocating vacuum suction cup pic-n-place, forming station, Nordson hot melt glue system and statis light bar. Control panel has A/B PLC controller and electrical interlocked guarding. Mounted on heavy duty frame.
OAD: 68" L x 109" W x 98" H
Dual head, stainless steel, glue tray former. Blank size range (2 up configuration): up to 22" in Width; up to 30" in Height. Equipped with dual 29" long power-feed magazines, reciprocating vacuum blank pick & place, Nordson hot melt glue system, AB PLC, E-stop, status indicator lights, low blank magazine sensor and interlocked guarding. Speed dependent on materials, application and machine configuration.
OAD: 107"L x 71"W x 98"H
Woodman, Model ECT625-HS, automatic, intermittent motion, single head tray former hot melt glue sealer. Rated from 10 to 75 trays per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Tray size range: 4" to 17¾" in length; 2¾" to 12" in Width; 1½" to 5" in Depth. Equipped with 28” long blank tray magazine, (4) station rotary vacuum pick and place tray former, Nordson hot melt glue and self contained vacuum systems with 12" wide x 60" long Dorner discharge conveyor. Control panel with A/B controller with A/B touch screen HMI and start / stop / e-stop push buttons with interlock safety guarding and statis light bar. Mounted on base frame with multi height adjustable legs.
OAD: 105" L x 74" W x 90" H
Adco, Model AFCXS-30-2-SS automatic, dual head tray former rated from 5 to 30 cycles per minute with number of trays – depending on materials and application Tray size range: 3" to 17" in Length; 4" to 8" in Width each head: 1" to 4.5" in Height. Capable of handling flat blank sizes up to 26" in Length and 11-1/2" in Width each head. Equipped with dual 24" long blank tray magazines, dual vacuum (3) suction cup recipicating pick-in-place, mechanical tray forming heads, no tray / no form photo eyes with Nordson hot melt glue unit and vacuum system. 64" long, servo driven, single chain lugged feed conveyor with 1½" high lugs set on 16" centers. Control panel with A/B controllers and touch screen HMI
OAD: 132" L x 77" W x 94" H Tray Former
Southern Packaging Model TE700VFS, stainless steel, intermittent motion, tray former capable of speeds from 4 to 42 trays per minute – depending on materials and application. Minimum / Maximum tray size: 15" to 42" in Length; 12" to 38" in Width; 2" to 6" in Depth. Equipped with 37-1/2" Long x 37-1/2" Wide flat blank magazine with (4) suction cup recipcating pic-n-place and multi wheel feeding system, diving (4) corner 20" wide x 23-1/2" single air ram tray forming head, 70" Long (2) chain lugged transfer conveyor set on 25" centers Nordson (4) gun H/M glue system, with compression section. Control panel has A/B controller, with on / off, jog, run, glue, vacuum, ram head and,e-stop, controls, with interlocking safety guarding. Mounted on heavy duty base frame.
OAD: 160" L x 70" W x 86" H
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