Blow Applicator with Swing Cylinder
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1. Product Description
Function
The Blow Applicator with Swing Cylinder is an extra device to use with
label printers for automatically applying the printed label onto the
product.
The applicator is equiped with a swing cylinder. This makes it possible
to apply the labels at vertical areas. In the case of use the applicator
at a label printer Apollo it is also possible to apply upward.
The labels are transferred with a pad, which swings between the two
positions, starting position and labelling position, by a compressed-air
driven pneumatic cylinder.
In the starting position, the label is picked up from the printer.
The position of the pad in the starting position is signalized by a
sensor. The label is removed from the carrier ribbon directly at the
dispense edge of the printer. It is sucked on the pad by a vacuum via
drillings at the bottom of the pad. For support, the label is also blown
against the pad with an air current coming from a blow tube. The
correct transfer from the label is controlled by a vacuum sensor.
Next, the pad is moved into the labelling position, which is confirmed
by another sensor (labelling position sensor). Here, the label is blown
onto the product by blow air from the pad.
While the pad is moving back into the starting position, the vacuum
sensor controls whether the label has been removed from the pad.
Specially adapted pads can be used for different label sizes.
The control unit of the applicator is connected with the printer on its
SPI interface using the peripheral connector of the printer.
For operation in a network system the applicator's PLC
(programmable logic control) interface with potential free inputs and
outputs can be used.
Technical Data
Apollo
Hermes
Label width :
12-112 mm
10-112 mm
Label height :
12-70 mm
10-80 mm
Air pressure :
5 bis 6 bar
5 bis 6 bar
Turning angle
Swing Cylinder :
115° (forward)
115° (forward)
205° (upward)
