Custom Laminator, 2022, 60 inch Working Width, 78.75 inch Face Length, Sterlco Oil Heater

Description

  1. Overview
    1. Custom laminator
    2. Year 2022
    3. Working width 60 in+
  2. Material Staging And Feeding
    1. Batting is loaded onto the material staging rack
    2. Rack can accept batting rolls 50 ½ in wide with a 40 in diameter
    3. The batting is fed between 2 layers of laminating film
    4. Film rolls need a core diameter of 6 in
    5. Film roll maximum width is 48 in with an approximate diameter of 28 in
  3. Lamination Process
    1. Batting, sandwiched between the 2 layers of film, is fed through bars and guides to maintain alignment and then between 2 heated rolls
    2. Heat to the rolls is supplied by a Sterlco oil heater and delivered to the rolls via rotary unions
    3. The heated rolls have a face length of 78 ¾ in and a diameter of 6 in
    4. Laminated material is drug through this process using a weighted roll holding material against a slatted conveyor
  4. Material Handling And Cutting
    1. Laminated material accumulates between laminator and cutting table
    2. Material is driven through cutting process by an adjustable pinch roll
    3. The cutting process consists of 3 electric dc motors that cut the material length wise and a pneumatic motor on a rod less air cylinder to provide the crosscut
    4. Crosscut length is controlled by a Red Lion rotary encoder
    5. Trim is removed from the long edge and transported to a gaylord by a venturi blower
  5. Controls And Production
    1. Laminator conveyor speed and cutting table pinch roller speeds are controlled by vfds
    2. Other control operations are performed by a Micrologix 1000 plc
    3. The above operations will produce 1 to 3 double sided laminated pieces of controllable widths and lengths every 4 to 6 seconds