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cutting station the end of the tube is
neatly cut.
Packed in a flash
At a station further down the line
TFS 80-8 discards the reject tubes. The
good tubes travel on to the discharge
point where they are ejected from the
holder and rotated 180°. After they have
been weighed again the machine places
the finished toothpaste tubes onto the
continuously running product chain
of the next machine in the line, the
cartoning machine. This is a critical point
in the manufacturing process because
the machine changes from a cyclical
mode to a continuous one. Particularly
critical is the design of the mechanical
components because at this point very
high acceleration rates occur and high
masses are moved.
At the end of the line folding boxes are
automatically opened up, aligned and
brought up to the same speed as the
tubes that are running in parallel.
The valve terminal block MPA
controls all the machine’s pneumatic drives.
The input modules of the CPX module process the sensor signals.
IWK
Verpackungstechnik
GmbH
Lorenzstr. 6
D-76297 Stutensee
www.oystar-group.com
Area of activity:
Production and sales of cartoning,
tube filling and closing machines as
well as complete packaging lines
The MS-6 service unit
including the safety soft-start/quick
exhaust valve MS6-SV ensures that the OYSTAR IWK machine
is provided with compressed air reliably and safely.
A special pusher finger pushes them
gently into the packaging. Now the
tubes are ready for their journey to the
shelves of supermarkets, chemist shops
and pharmacies. Safely and hygienically
packed and with an appealing look,
they ensure that people all over the
world are ready for a bite the next day
too.
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