The CGM 400 is a unique and highly efficient solution for collating individual layer films before the laminating process. It is the ideal solution for all card manufacturers and with its various advantages and features it ensures significant cost savings and material savings.
In the first segment of the machine one or several core sheets are placed by the operator on the collating table and are aligned to the head limit stop and side limit stop. Subsequently, the core film set is welded together by the welding heads. The go-ahead for the welding process can be by hand or be previously fixed in the machine programming for a certain time. Optional quality checks like the transmitted light screening function to check for internal objects, the UV printing check to read information which may have been added with UV ink, or a QR code reader to check coherence of the upper and lower sheet, all provide for maximum product safety before subsequent treatment and therefore prevent unnecessary material waste. Optional vision systems visually examine printed markings and check whether these correctly lie on top of each other. If Magtape is being processed, optional cameras can check the exact distance between the tape and printed markings, so that also here no faulty positionings can lead to a useless end product. If requested, missing, or mistakenly twice-introduced, core sheets can be recognised by way of a thickness check even before the welding takes place.
Core sheet supply
Quality check
Welding
After the pre-welded core sheets have been positioned by the operator, they are carried between the overlay films (with or without magnetic stripe). Besides, the film material is drawn off from two unwinder rollers from above and below and is evenly supplied. Because of the exact adjustment and placing, only a minimum of material is wasted. The collated sheets are welded and afterwards cut automatically before they are transported onto the storage table.
Subsequent processing
The already welded sheets fall, after their trimming, onto an inclined display table. There the sheet sets which are now ready for laminating are collected. By means of a mirror, the operator has a good view of the processed products and can empty the table at the right time. Optionally, they can be collected in an automatic stacker which collects the ready sheets automatically on a trolley. As soon as this is full, the operator receives an announcement from the system and can empty it. The finished sets are clearly much less exposed to external influences and so remain almost completely free from damages. Furthermore the automatic stacker offers the advantage that the operator must not empty the collector constantly by hand and thus the system achieves a higher throughput.
Material collection
| Throughput | Up to 400 Sets per hour (depending on sheet format and operator skill) |
| Operators needed | 1 |
| Precision | +/- 0,15 mm |
| Footprint | ca. 1,8 x 3,6 x 1,8 m |
“The CGM 400 is a reliable system that can bring human resource cost and material cost down while staying operator-friendly and precise.”
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Otto Künnecke GmbH
Bülte 1
37603 Holzminden
Germany
Sales-Team
Fon +49-5531-9300-888
sales@kuennecke.com
