The Duo has two roll-fed labelling stations and a capacity of up to 60,000 non-returnable PET bottles an hour.
All labellers in the Innoket 360 series have been further optimised. New developments include a servomotor-driven reel stand and an intelligent sensor that controls label cutting, reacts quickly to new requirements and can do without cutting marks (as an option).
The Innoket 360 in particular is now even more flexible thanks to the option of integrating an extra self-adhesive labelling station and/or a tamper-evident sleever.
The roll-fed labellers operate with a double reel stand, with film being unravelled from one reel while the other is idle. When the reel comes to an end, the speed drops momentarily and the auto-splicer attaches the end of the active reel to the beginning of the waiting reel. Operation then continues without interruption. A sensor-driven web edge control ensures that the labelling material always keeps to its allocated track.
In the past, when the film web was unreeled, a mechanical control unit was responsible for yielding the given tension for precise cutting on the labelling station. A servo drive is now employed here, considerably reducing the amount of force exerted on the film web (by around 80%). In turn, this boosts machine tolerance to fluctuating grades of label material. Thinner film materials than those previously used can now also be processed.
The proven highlights of KHS’ roll-fed labelling machines include the cutting unit equipped with self-sharpening cutters, the slip-free vacuum drum and the induction heater in the gluing drum.
The Innoket 360 labeler series scores not only on process quality, but on ease of operation, short changeover, maintenance and cleaning times and, as a result, a high degree of machine efficiency.
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