Boldly at the forefront of packaging trends and market demands, the Contour® series continues to raise the standards for shrink wrap performance. With intelligent, adaptable solutions offering advanced heat tunnel technology, superior efficiency and ultimate reliability, Contour® systems meet all facets of todays accelerated production challenges while ensuring your brand is consistently presented with industry-leading package appearance and durability.
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Specifications

Brand

 Contour® Douglas

Type

 Shrink

Drive

 Servo Motors

Pitch

 Application Dependent

Flight Chains

 Application Dependent

Speed

 Up to 105 cycles/min

Minimum Film Length

 18 in460 mm

Maximum Film Length

 42 in1070 mm

Printed/Non-Printed Film Thickness

 1 to 3 mil

Standard Film Width

 30 in760 mm

Note for Standard Film Width

 Model Dependent

Legs

 Threaded

Adjustments

 Threaded screws, handwheels and handknobs with position pointers and scales. Digital scales, phase adjustments and optional auto-adjust packages

Guarding

 Polycarbonate Guarding
Other guard packages per project specification (optional)

Electrical

 Allen Bradley ControlLogix motion and logic control or per project specification
NEMA 12 wiring and enclosures
NEMA 4 or 4X wiring and enclosures (optional)

Finish

 Gray metallic baked-on epoxy powder coat.
Other colors per project specification. All parts in contact with product are stainless steel, anodized aluminum, and plastic. OEM parts are manufacturers' standard finish

Air Pressure

 Per Project Specification

Product Size Range

Direction of Travel

 5 to 15-3/4 in130 to 400 mm

Vertical

3-1/2 to 12 in90 to 305 mm

Across Machine

 8-1/2 to 22 in215 to 560 mm

Power

Alternating Current (AC) Voltage

 480 V

Frequency

 50 Hz60 Hz

Number of Phase

 3

Voltage Drop

 One Glue Drop One Main Drop

Note for Power

 Other Power Sources Available.

Features

Features

 Higher Productivity Through the Power of Innovation
Available as stand-alone or fully integrated systems for film-only, pad, u-board and tray applications, Douglas gives you more with Contour® shrink wrap systems. More operational advantages, more consumer appeal, more of everything you need to stay ahead of the pack. The Contour® Series offers a full spectrum of innovative features that maximize speed and easily accommodate large size ranges and pack-patterns for the food and beverage industries.

Revolutionary Heat Tunnel Protects and Enhances Your Brand
The Douglas Contour® heat tunnel is designed with the aesthetics of your product in mind. Whether your application calls for single or multiple lane production, unprecedented heat and airflow management ensures minimal graphic distortion, consistent bull's-eyes and a tighter, more durable wrap. Enhanced tunnel operations significantly reduce noise and exterior heat temperatures, contributing to a quieter, cooler plant environment.
  1. High Efficiency Heat Source
    The heat system is designed so that the air supplied to the distribution system is perfectly uniform, eliminating film distortion due to hot or cold pockets. The Contour® continuously recycles the air as it cools, decreasing the amount of energy required to reach operating temperature. A well insulated heat tunnel minimizes heat loss, which also maintains a safe outer surface temperature.
  2. Balanced Laminar Airflow
    At the heart of this innovation is a combination of design features, which result in "laminar" airflow, rather than "turbulent" airflow, which most shrink systems use today. Unlike turbulent airflow, which causes a multitude of shrinking inconsistencies, our proprietary laminar design precisely balances the heated air, perfectly "coating" the film from every direction, shrinking and sealing the film in an even, predictable manner.
  3. Precision Lap Seam Welding
    Evenly heated air passing through the conveyor web contacts the film under the product resulting in consistent "air weld" of the film lap seam. Tunnel chain temperature and airflow are precisely adjusted through product specific recipe-driven changeovers, optimizing performance. Poor lap sealing due to insufficient heat or holes melted in the seams due to overheating are eliminated, resulting in strong and even seams that hold up to the rigors of distribution and stocking operations.
Flexible, Low Pressure Conveying and Product Handling
All Douglas infeed conveying solutions are engineered to ensure gentle product handling and to maintain the highest package integrity. These versatile systems handle multiple product sizes and package configurations on demand, at high speeds.

Smartrak® II - Mass flow infeed design eliminates soft bottle bridging and removes gaps to ensure pack-pattern accuracy and continuous product flow. Distinguishing features include modulated speed control programming for surge pressure relief at the choke point, single solid adjustment cross-members, tool less clamps and pinned lane guide adjustment positions for stable operation and quick, accurate changeovers. By eliminating many mechanical changeover adjustments and replacing them with a one clamp design, changeovers are seamless and fast.

Efficient Pack-Pattern Collating and Loading
Douglas Machine redefines the role of pack pattern collating in high efficiency lines. Dramatic improvements to line throughput and product volume are realized, while providing maximum product handling stability with patented, proven technology.

Slipstream™ HS/Slipstream™ SS - pinless metering using slip sheet methodology and servo technology to gently meter bottled, cartoned, canned and other products in appropriate pack-patterns without the use of tampers or escapement pins. Remarkable stability control allows for faster handling than traditional metering methods. Tool free changeovers and the intuitive HMI control panel also increase productivity.

The appropriate technology is determined based on speeds and your product. Slipstream™ SS offers more stability as product moves faster, especially with unstable product or odd size/shaped packaging.

Maximizing Speed and Efficiency
From infeed, through product handling to our industry-leading shrink process, Contour® offers innovative, common sense solutions that optimize performance throughout the process. Not satisfied with simply modifying existing technology, Douglas continually challenges conventional thinking to develop real-world advantages that deliver optimum throughput and unparalleled adaptability.

Note

Note

 Specifications subject to change without notice.