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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.
Kliklock Model Genesis GF, automatic, stainless steel, dual head, hot melt glue tray former. Rated from 30 to 60 strokes per minute each head with number of trays – depending on materials and application. Tray size range: 5" to 16¾" in Length; 4" to 10" in Width; 7/8" to 4" in Depth with proper change parts. Equipped with dual 24" long blank tray magazines, suction cup reciprocating pic n place, dual head ram with minor flap and major flap folding plows, Lexon hooded seal area with lift-up access door, 72" long lugged chain tray transfer conveyor set on 20" centers thru machine. Nordoson Problue hot melt glue unit. Control panel has jog, manual, run, forward, reverse, vacuum on / off switch and start, jog, stop and e-stop push button controls. Mounted on heavy duty stainless steel base frame with casters and height adjustable leveling legs.
OAD: 96" L x 72" W x 93" H
Kliklock Model Genesis GF, automatic, stainless steel, dual head, hot melt glue tray former. Rated from 30 to 60 strokes per minute each head with number of trays – depending on materials and application. Tray size range: 5" to 16¾" in Length; 4" to 10" in Width; 7/8" to 4" in Depth with proper change parts. Equipped with dual 24" long blank tray magazines, suction cup reciprocating pic n place, dual head ram with minor flap and major flap folding plows, Lexon hooded seal area with lift-up access door, 72" long lugged chain tray transfer conveyor set on 20" centers thru machine. Nordoson Problue hot melt glue unit. Control panel has jog, manual, run, forward, reverse, vacuum on / off switch and start, jog, stop and e-stop push button controls. Mounted on heavy duty stainless steel base frame with casters and height adjustable legs.
Bosch Model 7520, automatic, dual head, hot melt glue tray former with number of trays per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Tray size range: flat blank up to 22" in Width; up to 30" in Length. Equipped with dual 32" long blank tray magazine, dual vacuum suction cup reciprocating pick-in-place, dual shuttle flat tray indexing systems with pusher lugs and dual mechanical tray forming heads. No tray / no form photo eyes and Nordson hot melt glue system. Swing arm touch pad controller with display and status light bar. Mounted on heavy duty frame with leveling legs.
OAD: 106" L x 70" W x 86" H
Delkor, Model 742, automatic, dual head, tray former, rated from 60 to 150 trays per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Blank Tray size: up to 22" in Length; up to 30" in Width. Equipped with (2) 24" long blank tray magazines, dual (3) suction cup reciprocating pick and place, shuttle indexing system, ram plunger, tray forming station, Lexan safety guarding. Control panel has sart, stop and e-stop push button controls Mounted on (4) leg base frame.
OAD: 105" L x 57" W x 78" H
Doboy, Model 7510, automatic, single head, tuck tray former. Rated from 10 to 50 trays per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Tray size range: 4" to 24" in Length; 3" to 17" in Width; 1" to 6" in Height. Equipped with 35" long adjustable blank tray magazine, (2) suction cup recipicating pick-in-place, single arm tray shuttle and single ram arm tray forming head, hooded seal area with lexan lift-up access door, 15" wide x 110" long Intralox belt take away conveyor, fixed arm touch pad controls and statis light bar. Mounted on base frame with height adjustable legs.
OAD: 214"L x 58"W x 94"H (With Conveyor) 114"L x 58"W x 94"H (W/O Conveyor)
Douglas, Model Flighted Case Former, automatic, intermittent motion, case former and hot melt glue sealer. Rated from 5 to 30 cases per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Case size range: 5" to 13" in Length; 12" to 18" in Width; 4" to 8" in Height. Equipped with (4) chain lugged system set on 18" centers with 3" wide x 4" high lugs, 45" long powered blank case magazine, reciprocating (4) suction cup pick and place, flap plows and closers, Nordson hot melt glue system, side compression discharge. Control panel has A/B PLC with A/B PanelView touch screen controller and interlocking safety guarding. Mounted on heavy duty base frame.
OAD: 196" L x 80" W x 81" H
Cama, Model IF297, stainless steel, hooded tray former, robotic loader and tri-sealer, with number of trays and product per minute – depending on materials, application, pack pattern and robotic stroke. Product and case size range per application Equipped with blank tray magazine, (4) suction cup pic n place, single ram tray forming head, with hot melt glue system, 150" long lugged tray conveyor set on 14" centers, 84" long product conveyor with (8) 6" long x 3-1/2" wide x 8" deep fixed product pockets, single head, 2-axis robotic product pic n place loading arm, 90" long transfer conveyor thru the hot melt tri-sealing glue system. Control panel has A/B controller with Panelview and touch screen interface, Seko gauges and interlock micro switch safety guarding. Mounted on (12) leg height adjustable base frame.
OAD: 337" L x 96" W x 110" H
Adco, Model AFCX-30-7-EC, automatic, dual head top load tray former with hot melt glue sealer, rated from 5 to 30 cycles per minute each head – depending on materials and application. Tray size range: 3" to 17" in Length; 3" to 16" in Width: ¾" to 4½" in Height – depending on blank format. Capable of handling flat blank sizes up to 20" in Length and 18" in Width. Equipped with dual 23" long blank tray magazine, dual vacuum suction cup recipicating pick-in-place’s, dual mechanical tray forming heads, no tray / no form photo eyes and Nordson hot melt glue system with interlock safety guarding. Control panel switch controls for carton pick, glue guns, jog / run and speed. Push button start, stop and e-stop. Mounted on heavy duty base frame with leveling legs.
Padlocker, Model TF.6.TSF.E, automatic tray former. Tray size range: 16" to 48" in Length; 16" to 40" in Width, and a maximum depth of 15" (maximum blank sizes of 48" wide and 56" long). Equipped with a 2000 lb capacity 41" long x 27" wide roller conveyor scissor lift magazine, vacuum blank feeder, adjustable forming plow (ram plate is a change part to accommodate tray size), Nordson hot melt glue system with pattern control and a 19" wide x 64" long discharging belt conveyor. Includes push button start / stop controls for lift and cycle. Control dials for blank feed (manual / off / auto) and glue pattern (1 / 2 / 3 / 4). Speed dependent on materials, application and machine configuration.
OAD: 136"L x 95"W x 89"H
Adco, Model AFCX-30-2-EC, automatic, dual head top load tray former with hot melt glue sealer, rated from 5 to 30 cycles per minute each head – depending on materials and application. Tray size range: 3" to 17" in Length; 3" to 16" in Width: ¾" to 4½" in Height – depending on blank format. Capable of handling flat blank sizes up to 20" in Length and 18" in Width. Equipped with dual 23" long blank tray magazine, dual vacuum suction cup recipicating pick-in-place’s, dual mechanical tray forming heads, no tray / no form photo eyes and Nordson hot melt glue system with interlock safety guarding. Control panel switch controls for carton pick, glue guns, jog / run and speed. Push button start, stop and e-stop. Mounted on heavy duty base frame with leveling legs.
OAD: 82"L x 93"W x 84"H
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