Standard design features and benefits

• Low maintenance polymer bearings
• Simple and accurate film-feed system with easy film route
• Maintenance friendly robust construction
• Accurate temperature and seal pressure control
• High accuracy tool alignment system provides a constantly accurate sealing and/or film-cutting relationship with the tray flange profile
• All around seal only (No Cut) for packs with pre-cut or hinged lids
• All around seal and contoured film-cut with skeletal film rewind
• Automatic seal operation with accurate seal dwell time
• Food industry approved hygienic construction and wash-down protection
• Full Category 3 guarding
• User friendly, menu-driven control panel with step-by-step prompts, error and status displays, and useful batch pack counter
• Recipe handling of machine settings
• Self diagnostic system
• Recipe driven auto machine set-up for tool change
• On-screen data capture and trends with wireless connection option
• Active film tension
• Pendant mounted colour touch screen HMI control
• Modular design allows customer to specify conveyor length, width and tray pitch
• Variable pitch indexing conveyor will accommodate tray and lid dispensers, filling and weighing heads
• Fully integrated control of machine, tray and lid dispensers, filling and weighing heads
• A high specification conveyor drive system provides full control of the linear acceleration, deceleration and velocity of product movement and eliminates spillage
• Automatic tray eject allowing post seal operations to be carried out efficiently
  

Options available

• Free flow gas flush MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging)
• High Oxygen (O2) gas flush
• CLOSE CUT – Method of maximising throughput and reducing film waste
• Inboard Cut (IC) Option to provide ‘form, fill and seal’ tray presentation
• Film coding and printing
• Foil crimping
• Sandwich Pack Sealing for Card, Recyclable and Non Recyclable Plastic
• Optional 'Auto Tool'  Touch of a button tool change automatically locates and connects machines tooling
• Film snap detection
• Integration of peripheral equipment
• Remote diagnostics modem
• Film end warning
• Pneumatic film core clamp
• Self-centering tray guides
• Deep tray option (up to 120mm)
• Vacuum
• Automatic film roll clamping
• Touch screen controls
• Automatic tray de-nesting
• Automatic lid pick and place
• Automatic lid over-capping
• Integrated air and electrical outlets along the machine length for auxiliary equipment
• Filler integration
• Labeller integration
• On-line weighing
• Servo driven conveyor
• Tray/sandwich skillet coding and printing
• Stainless steel sandwich transfer conveyor
• Automatic lid pick and place for separate sandwich skillet and pre-cut lid applications
• eWON - A machine connection system to deliver real time data and error condition support, remote setup, and software upgrades, using a customer's existing IT network
• Tray ejection, collation and orientation options
• HOT ROD – long-lasting, water resistant seal tool heating element giving reduced energy consumption especially developed for sealing Smooth Wall Foil Trays
• Sale, Lease Purchase and Rental options available

AP60 Specifications

Pneumatic supply

Bespoke Air supply as-per customer specification

AP60 Production Speed