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Case set-up tray glue machines, or glue tray formers are designed to form trays from flat pre-scored containerboard blanks and to use glue to seal the flaps of the tray. During the process of forming a tray in a tray former, glue is applied to the flaps of the tray. As the tray is formed through the operations of the tray former, the glue is compressed into other portions of the trays to allow the glue to set, and form the tray. Glue tray formers can make a number of different tray designs.
The most common tray type formed by glue tray formers are known as standard or common trays. A common tray is usually formed by a male forming head pushing a tray blank though female tray tooling. As the tray blank passes through the female tooling, glue is applied to the tray flaps and the flaps are folded and compressed against other portions of the tray. The tray remains in the female tooling for one machine cycle to allow the glue to set.
Hooded trays can also be made by glue tray formers. Hooded trays are also known as hooded cartons. A glue tray former forms a hooded tray by placing a tray blank between male and female tray forming tooling. Hooded trays or hooded cartons have a solid formed bottom that resembles a tray that is sealed with either glue or tuck flaps. The hooded tray also has a top flap to close the top of the tray. The top flap or hood flap has a smaller flap which can be glue sealed to the outside of the bottom form of the hooded tray or tucked inside the front of the bottom form. As the male tooling pushes the blank through the female tooling, the base of the hooded tray is formed. Glue is applied to the hooded tray base flaps prior to pushing the blank through the tooling and blank passing through the tooling causes the glued flaps to be closed. The hooded tray will remain in the female tooling for one cycle of the glue tray former to allow the glue to adhere the flaps together properly. For hooded trays, additional processing is required to close and seal the hooded top flap of the hooded tray after the tray is loaded. (See Cartoner Semi / Triseal for more information.)
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.
OAD: 96" L x 72" W x 93" H
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
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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