Cartoner
Compact and Economical, Cartons & Trays on Same Platform
Douglas’ innovative Vantra® IM is a compact, economical intermittent motion cartoner with the flexibility to setup, load and close cartons and trays at speeds up to 55 per minute within a single platform. The versatile Vantra IM can be integrated with various infeed options to gently handle cans, bottles, cartons, bags, flat-flow wrapped product and more, including applications requiring multiple manipulations. The Vantra IM is designed with a hygienic sheet metal frame and standoff bearing mounts to accommodate the customer’s specific washdown requirements.
- Speeds up to 55 cartons and trays per minute
- Tray and carton capability on a single platform
- Hygienic sheet metal frame with standoff bearing mounts
- Various infeed styles offer application and product handling flexibility
- 11.25” (285.75 mm) pitch or customizable upon application
- Ergonomic, walk-in design provides easy access
- Glue seal for POL, FOL, and RSC-flap style cartons
- Tuck closure for standard or reverse style cartons
The Vantra® IM is easily integrated with multiple infeed types to handle cans, bottles, cups, bags, flow-wrapped product and more.
- Cross push for single or multiple lane products with a pressure release surge at the load station, allowing a clean release of product to be loaded into a carton or tray
- Positive place conveyor (PPC) for form-filled sealed bags and pouches
- Vane collation for high speed handling of flat-flow wrapped products, bars and small pouches collated to single or multiple load stations
- Pick and place for product collation in buckets or at the load station
- Robotics for products received in mass or requiring manipulation prior to collation or loading
Cross Push
Vane Collation
Robotics
Fast, repeatable changeover feature offers multiple enhancements.
Changeover time – significantly reduces time to less than 5 minutes (time of changeover is dependent on extent of changeover)
Repeatability – rail positions are recipe-driven and locked in place to within +/- 1/32″
Flexibility – ability to place lanes where desired as opposed to centerline or fixed side adjustments and more customer options for generating product-specific recipes
Durability – infeed rail’s holding force can withstand high product pressure
Ergonomics – minimizing manual adjustments maximizes efficiency and promotes safety in the work environment
Specifications
| Drive: | Servo positive drive system |
| Pitch: | 11.25” (285.75 mm) or customizable upon application |
| Flight Chains: | #50 series chain |
| Speed: | Up to 55 cartons or trays/minute (product and pack pattern dependent) |
| Product Size Range: | Per project specification |
| Carton Size Range: | Minimum: 2” (50.8 mm) x 1” (25.4 mm) x 4” (101.6 mm) Maximum: 9.25” (234.95 mm) x 7.50” (190.5 mm) x 12” (304.8 mm) * Direction of Travel x Vertical x Across Machine |
| Tray Size Range: | Minimum: 2” (80.8 mm) x 1” (25.4 mm) x 4” (101.6 mm) Maximum: 9.19” (233.43 mm) x 2” (50.80 mm) x 12” (304.8 mm) * Direction of Travel x Vertical x Across Machine |
| Magazine Length: | 4’ (1219.2 mm) standard, 6’ (1828.8 mm) option |
| Frame: | Powder coated hygienic sheet metal frame with standoff bearing mounts Stainless steel option available |
| Adjustments: | Tool-less changeover, HMI selectable recipes, threaded screws, handwheels and hand knobs with position pointers and digital scales |
| Closing System: | Linear compression and closing for glue or tuck Independently driven discharge belts |
| Glue System: | Nordson ProBlue® per project specification |
| Guarding: | Full length polycarbonate with extruded anodized aluminum frame |
| Electrical: | Allen Bradley CompactLogix motion and logic controller Allen Bradley PanelView + HMI NEMA 12 wiring and enclosures NEMA 4 or 4X wiring and enclosures (optional) |
| Finish: | Gray metallic epoxy powder coat All parts in contact with product are stainless steel, hard-coat anodized aluminum or plastic OEM parts are manufacturers’ standard finish |
| Power: | 480V, 50/60HZ, 3PH One main drop and one glue drop |
| Air: | 90 PSI (6.2 bar) |
The Vantra® IM easily accommodates large size ranges and pack patterns for the food, beverage, personal care and pharmaceutical industries.
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