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Ratera, Single-Head Braiding Machine, 12 Carriers, 342mm Gauge

Ratera, Single-Head Braiding Machine, 12 Carriers, 342mm Gauge

Description

  1. Overview
    1. Single-head braiding machine
    2. Make: Ratera
    3. 12 carriers
    4. Gauge: 342 mm – 83 L
    5. Machine available in blue and grey color
  2. Construction and Housing
    1. Lower housing made of rolled and weldable steel with oil bath equipped with shaved helicoidal gears transmission
    2. Track plate of perlitic melting, hardness 210 Brinell
    3. Horngears, feet, crossings, and guides of hardened and precision finished, hardness 610 Brinell
    4. Screwed horngears with interchangeable plastic inserts to provide quiet and continuous operation for years
    5. Square underframe made of robust and stable steel construction with square legs of 100 mm
    6. Square overall metallic guard around the housing made of square tube of 60 mm x 40 mm x 3 mm, outside metal sheet cover of 1.5 mm and an inside covering noise one made of isolated material
    7. Methacrilated double front door and a single back one, both sides with a methacrilated window, equipped with safety micro-switches integrated in the hinges (conformity to EC – I.S.O. 11,111)
  3. Drive and Motor
    1. Drive: main motor including all necessary control devices and to prevent motor overload including an encoder to control braider main motor
    2. Power of 2 HP – 1.5 kW to 1500 RPM
    3. Horngear speed: 60 RPM
    4. Voltage: 220 V – 50 cycles – 3 phase
    5. Installation and electrical box for voltage 208 to 240 volts prepared for one frequency shifter of 3 HP = 2.2 kW to adjust braider for main-motor speed including all electrical components for its adjustments, and a second one of 1 HP = 0.75 kW to adjust speed of braider take off system
  4. Control and PLC
    1. PLC with a screen to control and inform
    2. Helix pitch
    3. Open door detector
    4. Stop for the anti-tangling switch
    5. Number of horngears’ RPM
    6. Forward and reverse rotation
    7. Counter indicating the number of meters
    8. Counter indicating the total number of meters
    9. Time counter
  5. Front Panel
    1. One press on button
    2. One press off button
    3. Emergency stop button with overload protection
    4. One lockable main power switch
    5. Motorized button to raise and lower the braiding point with a reducer motor
    6. One press inching/ticking button
    7. One press inching/ticking button for the take off system only
    8. Selector with an automatic key to operate the take up system if required
  6. Inside Box
    1. One press on button running braider main-motor and the take off one
    2. One press on button running the take off system only
    3. Tension indicator light showing when braider is on/off
    4. Photocell to control bobbin run out of yarn with its accessories
    5. Red pilot light fitted to the top of the braider to show when it is stopped
    6. Socket-outlet and electrical installation for an independent take up system
    7. Conformity E.C. directive EN 60.204-1 safety compliance
  7. Stopping Devices and Safety
    1. 4 automatic stopping devices for yarn breakage and bobbin run out
    2. Multidirectional top anti-tangling switch and braiding point detector (braid die split type) including a ball socket and a microswitch for a maximum diameter of 50 mm
    3. Motorized height adjustment at the anti-tangling switch to adapt the braiding point (998 mm)
  8. Central Hole and Tube
    1. Central hole and tube of an inside diameter of 50 mm and a height of 800 mm
    2. Handwheel adaptor for motors of gauge 342 mm and 432 mm
    3. Allen screw M8 x 45 DIN 912
  9. Tower and Take Off System
    1. Independent tower of 2730 mm height made of steel-plate with its own reducer motor of 0.5 HP and forced draught
    2. Including an encoder to control the take off system and braider main motor
    3. Take off system: multiple of diameter 400 mm, with reducer to produce a maximum rope diameter of 50 mm, including a driving gear
    4. Auxiliary take-off device for take up system into a can
    5. Adaptor 300 mm high to increase the tower height for a longer pitch
    6. Split die at the braiding point of diameter 9.5 mm
  10. Carrier Specifications
    1. Carrier: gauge 342 mm – 83 L including one tension spring available in different colors depending on tension, protected inside spring easily replaceable
    2. Bobbins’ upper and lower supports with bearings
    3. Bobbin of diameter 190 mm flange and 540 mm traverse in aluminium, capacity 14,333 cm³
    4. Right and left middle yarn guide with a harden pulley of 10 mm and a ball bearing for a maximum number of ends/yarns up to diameter 10 mm
    5. Yarn tenseur with a harden pulley of 12 mm, two ball-bearings, carrier shoe with a brake
    6. Right top yarn guide with a chromed open-hook of 12 mm
    7. Left top yarn guide with a chromed open-hook of 12 mm
  11. Core and Take Up System
    1. Central knock off switch for the core including a porcelain placed at the front bench support for a maximum rope diameter of 50 mm
    2. Core feeder assembly guide for a maximum core diameter of 70 mm
    3. Core guide support assembly
    4. Take up system: free fall into a can
  12. Included Accessories and Spare Parts
    1. Aluminum bobbin for carrier gauge 342 mm – 83 L of diameter 190 mm x 540 mm traverse, capacity 14,333 cm³
    2. Spare parts free of charge per head/braider
    3. 1 set of bobbins diameter 190 mm x 540 mm traverse P/N 18913 mounted on carriers
    4. 1 extra carrier with no foot and tracking pawls
    5. 1 set of manuals per braider type
  13. Production and Dimensions
    1. Requested to produce a maximum rope diameter up to 40 mm