09.07.22
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery is debuting a new 12-pocket compact rotary filler at this year’s Pack Expo International. The new compact system will retain the main features of the company’s high-speed rotary including quick changeover components. The machine has magnetic funnels that don’t require fasteners, and tool-free change parts, making it ideal for various containers that require many changeovers. The compact design maintains patented features which are beneficial to nutraceutical gummy production.
Spee-Dee’s compact version was designed with price and speed in mind, according to the company, bridging the gap between its intermediate inline systems and high-speed rotary. It reaches speeds up to 70 bottles per minute, and can fill gummy products into glass, paper board, or plastic containers and easily integrates with a single discharge multihead weigher or electronic counter. This compact rotary saves floor space while doubling the speeds of a standard inline system.
Empty containers are supplied to the Spee-Dee rotary on a single lane conveyor and are pushed by line pressure into the servo driven main turret. The containers ride up the turret ramp and seal with the container adapters on the bottom of the product transfer funnels.
The multihead weigher or electronic counter dispenses gummies into the fill buckets of the patented streaming system. A bottom rail vibration system is radiused around the turret to allow for optimal settling time of the product in the container.
Spee-Dee's compact rotary comes standard with a powerful HMI and PLC which is capable of not only controlling the weigher or electric counter but also providing permissive inputs on the PLC for upstream and downstream equipment. A photo eye detects the presence of each container as it enters the turret. If a container is missing from the turret, the system will inhibit the fill of product.
“The introduction of the compact rotary filler is an important milestone for our company,” said Mark Navin, vice president of sales at Spee-Dee. “We’re happy to offer this innovation to better serve our customers and their ever-changing needs.
The machine will be viewable in-person at booth S-2022.
Spee-Dee’s compact version was designed with price and speed in mind, according to the company, bridging the gap between its intermediate inline systems and high-speed rotary. It reaches speeds up to 70 bottles per minute, and can fill gummy products into glass, paper board, or plastic containers and easily integrates with a single discharge multihead weigher or electronic counter. This compact rotary saves floor space while doubling the speeds of a standard inline system.
Empty containers are supplied to the Spee-Dee rotary on a single lane conveyor and are pushed by line pressure into the servo driven main turret. The containers ride up the turret ramp and seal with the container adapters on the bottom of the product transfer funnels.
The multihead weigher or electronic counter dispenses gummies into the fill buckets of the patented streaming system. A bottom rail vibration system is radiused around the turret to allow for optimal settling time of the product in the container.
Spee-Dee's compact rotary comes standard with a powerful HMI and PLC which is capable of not only controlling the weigher or electric counter but also providing permissive inputs on the PLC for upstream and downstream equipment. A photo eye detects the presence of each container as it enters the turret. If a container is missing from the turret, the system will inhibit the fill of product.
“The introduction of the compact rotary filler is an important milestone for our company,” said Mark Navin, vice president of sales at Spee-Dee. “We’re happy to offer this innovation to better serve our customers and their ever-changing needs.
The machine will be viewable in-person at booth S-2022.
