TF 800 ERGON - Trayformers up to 80 ppm
The new ERGON range of automatic packers is based on design choices inspired by key concepts such as ergonomics, technology, sturdiness and modularity, masterfully blended to mark a new, significant evolution in the history of SMI products.
You can point out the new ERGON packers rather quickly due to the rounded profile of the movable safety guards, which allow to house all the motors on the outside with respect to the mechanical units they run, facilitating line operator access when performing maintenance.
The TF ERGON series includes automatic machines for the packaging of plastic, metal and glass containers in cardboard trays without film. Trays can be octagonal or rectangular, with walls having the same height.
TF ERGON series’ trayformers can achieve outputs up to 80 packs per minute, according to the machine model and to the product to be packaged. The pack collations can vary according to the containers shape and size; in general, the most frequently requested collations are 2×2, 3×2, 4×3 and 6×4.
All TF ERGON models feature an electronic grouping system; the change-over is hand-operated.
| TF 800 | |
|---|---|
| Speed (PPM) | 80 |
| Size (mm) | 11500 x 1600 x 2500 |
| Lanes | 1 |
* The stated values are not binding, as they have to be confirmed by SMI according to the user’s production conditions.
- In the machine infeed zone, a group of guides accurately lines up the loose containers or the packages carried by a conveyour belt featuring low-friction chains made of thermoplastic material. In the pack formation zone, the containers are clustered in the required format through electronically synchronized combs and dividing bars, operating in continuous motion.
- A corrugated cardboard blank is picked from the blanks magazine by a rotary picker composed of two groups of vacuum suckers. The blank moves along the blank climb and places itself underneath the group of products in transit with the long side leading.
- In the trayformer, special mechanical devices fold the blank’s front and rear flaps. The side flaps are sprayed with hot melt glue and then folded, thus forming the tray.
- The packs coming out of the trayformer can be conveyed either to the palletizer or directly to the storage area.
* The stated values are not binding, as they have to be confirmed by SMI according to the user’s production conditions.
- Machine bearing frame made of sand-blasted and powder-painted steel
- The machine is equipped with sliding protection doors in anodised aluminium featuring a rounded shape which let all the motors (featuring low energy consumption) be placed externally if compared to the mechanical groups they activate.
The closing system of doors is equipped with a slow-down device, which accompanies the door smoothly in its final phase of closure - Absence of gearboxes and prevailing employment of ICOS brushless motors equipped with digital servo-driver integrated into the motor
- Continuous motion product grouping device, with electronically synchronized fingers made of plastic material
- For life lubricated pads
- Infeed conveyor with chains made of thermoplastic material featuring low friction coefficient and a motorized system of oscillanting laning guides
- Cardboard magazine situated beneath the infeed conveyour, adjustable according to the blank size
- Continuous motion rotary cardboard blank picker, equipped with electrical vacuum suction cups
- Machine electrical cabinet with air conditioner
- POSYC® control panel mounted man-high and running the whole length of the machine (fixed on LSK ERGON models)
* The stated values are not binding, as they have to be confirmed by SMI according to the user’s production conditions.
Modular structure
SMI machines are designed according to advanced principles of module assembly and feature interchangeable mechanical and electronic components, which ensure a reduction of the down-times during technical interventions or programmed maintenance and the optimization of the use of spare parts on stock.
Operational flexibility
SMI machines can package a wide range of products in several pack collations, so as to effectively meet the end user’s current and future requirements. Moreover, each machine can be equipped with additional devices, which increase its basic functions and ensure a high level of customization of the final package.
Motors directly connected to the drive shafts
SMI machines do not include gearboxes: the motors are directly connected to the drive shafts. The consequent advantage is the reduction of maintenance, energy consumption and noise.
Continuous motion pack formation
The continuous motion packaging system ensures a fluid production process and protects the containers from strokes, thus granting more reliability, a better quality of the pack and a reduction of mechanical wear.
Thermoplastic material dividing pins
In the pack formation zone, the use of dividing pins made of thermoplastic material, which last longer than those made of metal, reduces the machine noise and protects the fragile containers (such as glass containers) and their labels.
Multi-pitch configuration
SMI machines are pre-arranged to control up to three different machine pitches, without replacing the mechanical components. Therefore, it has been possible to increase the product dimensions range of almost 20%, as compared to the previous machines generation. The working parameters of each pitch are stored in the POSYC® control pc; the operator can select the required machine pitch directly from the touch screen.
Easy and low-cost maintenance
The rounded protection doors of ERGON models allow broader space inside the machine and thus the motors can be mounted externally on the machine side edges. Therefore, they are easily accessible and reachable for maintenance. Actually, the operator doesn’t need to enter the internal parts of the shrinkwrapper when carrying out manual interventions.
Trays for all needs
All TF models can pack products in cardboard trays with 90° edges or in octagonal trays . Therefore, the final user can choose the most suitable solution for customizing, distributing and palletizing the pack.
User-friendly man-machine interface
The POSYC® control panel, sliding on a boom running the whole length the machine (fixed on LSK ERGON models), enables even less expert operators to easily and effectively run the packaging machine, thanks to an intuitive interface, a touch screen display and diagnosis functions and real-time technical support available on the POSYC®.
* The stated values are not binding, as they have to be confirmed by SMI according to the user’s production conditions.