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Conveying, handling and end-of-line equipment
News Release from: Electro-mec (Reading) | Subject: Infeed magazine counting wheel system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 July 2003
System counts and places blister packs
at infeeds
Leading contract packer has installed an infeed magazine counting wheel system for the automatic counting and placing of blister packs into cartoner infeed slots.
Leading contract packer Budelpack Rymney has installed an Electro-mec infeed magazine counting wheel system for the automatic counting and placing of blister packs into cartoner infeed slots Working in conjunction with a CAM Cartoner, the new system replaces a hand feeding operation
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 9 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition to increased speeds, it offers highly accurate counting and placement thanks to its ability to handle bowed or deformed packs without the system becoming jammed or the reliability of the count being affected.
Key to this efficiency is the two-tier design of the Electro-mec system.
An upper wheel helps to control the throughput of packs and relieves the pressure of the stack on the lower counting wheel, making the counting process much more reliable and accurate.
Another advantage is the single point of contact with each pack during counting.
This allows a fast and flexible counting action and in particular, where packs are not absolutely flat, avoids the known problems of the more commonly used finger counting process where the packs can jam between the upper and lower fingers.
The count wheels are driven by stepper motors through a control system with PLC and number count selector, which interfaces with the CAM cartoner at Budelpack.
Electro-mec has also supplied a conveyor system to take blister packs from the Noack blister machine to the cartoner.
"The Electro-mec system has allowed us to streamline our cartoning operation while ensuring the reliability and accuracy of the pack count is unaffected," commented Gareth Hale of Budelpack.
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