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- Clear or printed film
- Film-only, pad, u-board and tray solutions
- Single stream and multi-stream capabilities
- Single or dual spindle side film stands assure proper ergonomics and add convenience for film loading and splicing
- Flexible servo driven wrapping wand provides exceptional film control and accurate film placement
- Simple and repeatable changeovers
- S-curve magazine eases blank loading
- Automatic film splicing option provides a reduction in critical machine downtime
- Automatic changeover option provides fast, repeatable changeovers
Enhanced Productivity Through the Power of Innovation- Smartrak® Mass flow infeed design eliminates soft bottle bridging and removes gaps to ensure pack pattern accuracy and continuous product flow.
- Modulated conveyor speeds control product surge and aid flow
- Tool free clamps and pinned lane guide adjustments for stable operation and quick, accurate changeovers
- Single clamp design at each cross-member quickly lock-in multiple lanes
- SmartSelect™ Repeatable, pushbutton changeover reduces infeed changeover time to less than 5 minutes.
- Allows the placement of lanes where desired as opposed to centerline or fixed side adjustments
- More customer options for generating product-specific recipes
- Recipe-driven rail positions lock in place to within ±1/32"
- Infeed rail's holding force withstands high product pressure
- Slipstream™ Mid-speed pinless metering offers highly accurate product registration for slower speed applications.
- Provides slip sheet grouping of pack patterns for tray packing
- Run bottled, cartoned, canned and other products without the use of tampers or escapement pins
- Tool free changeovers and preprogrammed settings increase productivity
- Variable Path Metering Innovations to our patented Slipstream™ pinless metering system incorporate variable path registration bar technology and slip sheet technology.
- Gently groups and meters products into the machine
- Dynamic variable path motion registers products with less pressure and interruption to product flow
Package Quality Requires Precision Film Control- Automatic Film Splicer (Optional) - The ergonomically designed automatic film splicer delivers precise print registration and heat splicing, reducing critical machine downtime. The easy access side film stand enables operators to stage clear or printed film at their convenience, while the machine is running. Staging during operation maximizes production time and minimizes the occurrence of empty film faults. Once the film is staged, splicing occurs automatically, providing the additional benefit of greater workload flexibility for machine operators.
- Precise Film Delivery - The single nip roller and vacuum belt film delivery combine with a servo driven cutting knife to provide efficient operation. Flexible servo driven wrapping wands use pre-cut cam tracks that enable the wand to match the product height and wand rotational speed. This results in increased film control and accurate film placement.
Advanced Shrink Technology Enhances Your Brand- The Douglas Contour® revolutionary patented 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 for maximum package integrity and appearance. Enhanced tunnel operations significantly reduce noise and exterior heat temperatures, contributing to a quieter, cooler plant environment.
- The heat system is designed so 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 heats, 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.
- At the heart of this innovation is a unique 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.
- 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. Poor lap sealing or holes melted in the seams are eliminated, resulting in strong and even seams that hold up to the rigors of distribution and stocking operations.
Gas Powered Heat Tunnel (Optional)- Reduce energy costs and improve production efficiency with a shorter heat-up time by using gas instead of electricity to heat the shrink wrap tunnel. Tunnels heat from 75ºF to 360ºF in just 15 minutes cutting the heat-up time by almost 30%. Depending on local energy costs and the type of machine used with the gas tunnel, it is estimated that companies could cut energy costs up to 75%. Contact Douglas to calculate your estimated cost savings.
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