A new denester from Ixia Packaging Systems for the bakery sector will automatically pick, fold and place U card or acetate pack bases on to a flighted conveyor ready for filling and wrapping.
U cards or acetates are used to line the base of flow-wrapped packs containing bakery items such as hot cross buns or bread rolls.
Ixia’s Snapdragon quick change tooling enables an operator to change card or acetate types and sizes in less than two minutes, tool free. In addition, the machine’s flexible folding mechanism will also handle U cards that are perforated or scored.
It will ensure highly accurate placement of the folded card between the conveyor flights at speeds up to 60 packs/min, according to Richard van den Berg, Ixia’s managing director.
