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Preform Loader
Tanner
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Machine Layout
1. Heating module (linear oven)
2. Blowing module
3. Preform box lifter or elevator
4. Preform silo or hopper
17 5. Preform vertical elevator belt
18 6. Preform rollers (unscrambler)
2 3 7. Preform feeding rail
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8. In-feed star wheel linear oven
12 9. Mandrel heating chain
10. Heater boxes
10 9 4 11. Preform transfer
12. Blow wheel
13 11 13. Bottle transfer
14. Air conveyor
15. Operator control panel/cabinet
16 +KK
14 5 16. Electric cabinet (power supply)
15 8 7 17. Water panel
6 18. Pneumatic panel
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Preform loader
Movie Tanner
CBT-156
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Lifter Overview
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Lifter Operation
Automatic function
Manual function
Drop down
Lift up
Main switch
Emergency stop
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Components
Lifter
Hopper or silo
Intermediate
accumulation
Vertical conveyor
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Adjustment of the protection plate
Adjustment
Distance:
1,5 x preform length
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Preform empty gate
Gate to empty the
preforms located
opposite the
intermediate
accumulation
Belt drive
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Preform conveyor belt
Conveyor starts
automatically
when the P.E.
sensor is active.
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Vertical conveyor
P.E. sensor indicates preform level
- automatic control by sensor
Interim hopper in front of the elevator
before the preforms are lifted up into
the unscrambler.
Automatically controlled by sensor.
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Drive unit for the elevator
Elevator drive
Speed is
adjustable in
the touch-
screen.
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Preform rollers (unscrambler)
Speed of rollers
adjustable in touch
screen under MMA
main function
(speed 0-100%)
Rule: The larger the
preform, the higher
the speed of the
rollers.
Direction of
rotation
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Drive unit for the preform rollers (unscrambler)
Roller drive
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5 = Ejection blowing 3= Stop rollers, stop vertical
Touch screen
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4
Speed = 75% of 40% 2= Stop vertical
33%
Speed = 100% of 40%
40%
1= Conveyor hopper
Up to Contiform S18
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5 = Ejection blowing 3= Stop rollers
Touch screen
6 4 Vertical
6 4 2= Stop vertical
Low speed = 33 %
Speed = 50 %
High speed = 70 %
1= Conveyor hopper
From Contiform S20 up
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Manual preform width adjustment
The hand crank is used to
adjust the preform rollers
(unscrambler) to the exact
diameter of the handled
preform.
The adjustment is indicated
by this scale.
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Preform rollers (unscrambler)
Example:
Too many preforms inside.
The elevator speed is too high.
Decrease the speed of the
elevator.
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Preform rollers (unscrambler)
Good adjustment of the preform flow
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Drive unit pusher wheel
Fixed speed
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Preform return pipe
Preform return pipe
Pneumatic Valve
Reflector
The P.E. Sensor indicates too many preforms inside
the unscrambler. Sensor activates pneumatic valves
and preforms are blown out into the return pipe.
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Preform ejection
Preform pusher wheel with high
speed.
Blowing nozzles
Chute linked to return pipe
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Stopper (Flaps)
P.E sensor below
Pneumatic preform stopper
If the P.E. sensor below is active, the preform
stopper will be activated. Consequently
decreases the back pressure of the preforms
in order to avoid a preform jam.
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Preform rail
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Preform gate
Preform gate
in feeding rail
to the machine
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2 monitoring P.E. sensors
Oversized preforms P.E. sensor
Minimum P.E sensor
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Thank you!
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