Ratera, Single-Head Braiding Machine, 12 Carriers, 240mm Gauge

Description

  1. Overview
    1. Single-head braiding machine
    2. Make: Ratera
    3. 12 carriers
    4. Gauge: 240 mm – 83 L
    5. Machine available in blue and grey color
    6. Horngear speed: 127 rpm
    7. Voltage: 220 V – 50 cycles – 3 phase
    8. Requested to produce a maximum rope diameter up to 40 mm
  2. Construction And Housing
    1. Lower housing made of rolled and weldable steel with oil-bath equipped with 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 Brindell
    4. Screwed horngears with interchangeable plastic inserts to provide a quiet and continuous operation for years
    5. Carrier foot including a slip-bushing
    6. Square underframe made of robust and stable steel construction with square legs of 100 mm
    7. Square overall metallic guard around the housing extended up to the top carriers height with knock off switches to stop braider when the door is opened, including inside noise isolated material
    8. Front methacrilated door, back glass door
  3. Drive And Motor
    1. Drive: motor including all the necessary control device and to prevent motor overload
    2. Power of 2 hp – 1.5 kW to 1500 rpm transmission to the central driving gear by means of a motor-tooth belt
    3. Independent tower of 2460 mm height made of steel-plate with its own reducer motor of 0.5 hp and forced draught with encoder
    4. Installation and electrical box for voltage 208 to 240 volts prepared for one frequency shifter of 3 hp = 2.2 kW to adjust braider main-motor speed including all the electrical components for its adjustments
    5. A second frequency shifter of 1 hp = 0.75 kW to adjust speed of braider take off system
  4. Take Off And Take Up System
    1. Take off system: multiple of diameter 400 mm with reducer to produce a maximum rope diameter of 25 mm, including a driving gear
    2. Auxiliary take-off device for take up system into a can
    3. Take up system: free fall into a can
  5. Stopping And Safety Devices
    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 to the braiding point (1300 mm)
    4. Central hole and tube of an inside diameter of 50 mm
    5. Central knock off switch for the core including a porcelain placed at the front bench support for a maximum rope diameter of 50 mm
    6. Core feeder assembly guide for a maximum core of diameter 70 mm
    7. Core guide support assembly
  6. Control And Electrical Panel
    1. PLC with a screen to control and inform: helix pitch, open door detector, stop for the anti-tangling switch, number of horngears’ rpm, forward and reverse rotation, counter indicating the number of meters, counter indicating the total number of meters, time-counter
    2. Front panel equipped with: one press on button, one press off button, emergency stop button with overload protection, one lockable main power switch, motorized button to raise and lower the braiding point with a reducer motor, one press inching/ticking button, one press inching/ticking button for the take off system only, selector with an automatic key to operate the take up system if required
    3. Inside box including: one press on button running braider main-motor and the take off one, one press on button running the take off system only, tension indicator light showing when braider is on/off, photocelle to control bobbin run out of yarn with its accessories, red pilot light fitted to the top of the braider to show when it is stopped, socket-outlet and electrical installation for an independent take up system
    4. Conformity E.C. directive EN 60.204-1 safety compliance
  7. Carrier And Bobbin Specifications
    1. Carrier: gauge 240 mm – 83 L, including one tension spring available in different colors depending on tension
    2. Bobbin of diameter 125 mm flange in glass-fiber and 380 mm traverse in aluminium, capacity 4,298 cm³
    3. Yarn tenseur with a treated pulley and a ball bearing, pulley suitable for diameter 12 mm
    4. Carrier shoe with a screw for an easy brake adjustment
    5. Top yarn guide including a top holder and round-ceramic eyelet of an inner diameter 14 mm
    6. Right middle yarn guide with a treated pulley and a ball bearing, pulley suitable for diameter 8 mm yarns
    7. Left middle yarn guide with a treated pulley and a ball bearing, pulley suitable for diameter 8 mm yarns
    8. Bobbin for carrier gauge 240 mm – 83 L of diameter 125 mm in glass fiber and 380 mm traverse, capacity 4,297,698 cm³
  8. Included Accessories And Spare Parts
    1. Spare parts free of charge per head/braider: 1 set of bobbins diameter 124 mm x 380 mm traverse P/N. 29505/1 loaded on carriers, 1 extra carrier with no foot and tracking pawls, 1 set of manuals per braider type