Jenton International's second generation Jenton-Ariana FCS Pack Collator-Stacker for high speed foodpack collation has been exhibited for the first time at the Pro2Pac show in London (17-20 March 2013).
The new FCS2 unit automatically stacks thermoformed packs, pouches, cheese packs or trays from a single line into stacks up to a maximum height of 150mm, with the main applications including all sliced products, poultry, fish and fresh produce.
Depending on stack count and pack profile, the FCS2 collator can accept packs at speeds of up to 180 packs/min.
“We are very pleased to have this new system ready to show at Pro2Pac,” says Jenton technical director Dr. Russ Sion.
“The new unit has an adjustable, more stable platform, giving greater pack stability, while still remaining easy to adjust without loss of line speed.”
A twin belt infeed conveyor generates the required product spacing prior to collation, and has two vertically mounted indexing conveyors where collation is formed.
A stepper motor-driven inertia friendly discharge twin conveyor set ensures stable stacks, while an outfeed conveyor, including stack restrictors, presents the formed stacks for either automatic or manual boxing.
The new Jenton-Ariana FCS machine is controlled via a new HMI touch screen/ PLC and interface to line control via BUS links.
