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Product Description
2.1
Function
The Applicator 1000 is an optional device to use with cab printers of the series for automatically applying
the printed label onto the product. The labels are transferred with a pad, which moves 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.
• A sensor at the cylinder signals when the pad is in the starting position.
• 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 of the label is controlled by a vacuum sensor.
• Next, the pad is moved down into the labelling position.
• Reaching the labelling position is confirmed by another sensor (labelling position sensor).
• In the labelling position the label is transferred onto the product.
• While the pad is moving back into the starting position, the vacuum sensor checks whether the label has been
removed from the pad.
The label can be applied with three different methods :
•
Stamp on
The label is pressed directly onto the product.
•
Blow on
The pad moves to a pre-adjusted position approximately 10mm away from the product. The label is blown onto
the product by an air stream.
•
Roll on
In the starting position the label is forwarded until touching the roller of the roll on pad. At the labelling position the
roller is pressed onto the product. Then the label is applied and rolled on by the movement of the product.
2.2
Important Features
• The supporting air and the vacuum as well as the speed of the cylinder are adjustable. That way the applicator
can be adapted to different label materials and sizes.
• The operating pressure for the cylinder is reduced in comparison to the main pressure of the applicator. So the
risk of injury is reduced as far as possible.
• To avoid contamination within the vacuum channels they are cleaned by air pressure impulse at the end of each
application.
• For operation in a system the I/O interface of the printer can be used.
2.3
Technical Data
Label transfer method
Stamp on
Roll on
Blow on
Label width in mm
25 - 116
Label height in mm
25 - 200
80 - 250
25 - 100
Cylinder stroke in mm
220 / 300 / 400
Pad stroke below printer in mm
136 / 236 / 336
136 / 236 / 336
120 / 220 / 320
Compressed air pressure
0,4-0,45 MPa (4-4,5 bar)
Sound pressure level
max. 74 dB(A)
Product surface
flat
Product height
variable
¢
¢
-
fixed
-
-
¢
Product
fixed
¢
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¢
linear movement
-
¢
¢
Table 1
Technical Data
