Model ATFG-III High Speed Fully Automatic Printer Slotter and Die Cutter(HD Type)

1. Control System

Automatic control system, merely an order of box parameters i.e. the axial and circumference data of all units are input in touch screen, then the feeder, printer, slotter and die cutter will be set automatically, featuring accuracy and reliability to realize automation and enhance production efficiency.

2. Original imported Swiss ABB multi-axis servo drive front edge paper feeder employed

1) Aote smart equipment has professionally developed a front edge feeding control system solution on European servo drive product platform to integrate the features such as internal cam controller, main encoder information acquisition, automatic feedforward, skip feeding, and free zero reset mechanism. It has completed the control of the servo drive integrated machine, meeting the high precision and high integration requirements and aiming to provide customers with products of high cost performance.

2)Multi-axis servo front edge paper feeding, the latest control mode is composed of multiple servo drives and motors and preset encoder etc as well. Multiple feeding wheels are driven by a different servo motor. there is no direct transmission connection between the front edge feeder and main unit since the cam lift plate and cam feeding mechanism, etc. connected with the main unit were removed. Alternatively the phase and speed signals of main unit are collected through photoelectric encoders. Every feeder wheel acceleration, synchronization, deceleration and stop operations are controlled by the electronic cam driven by the servo drive so as to reduce a large number of mechanical structures, making the operation, setting simpler, later maintenance cost lower, parameter adjustment convenient and maintenance simple.

3)Capacitor Energy Storage System

The servo leading edge paper feeding system solution provided by our company is equipped with the capacitor energy storage system produced by us. This system can store the electrical energy generated during deceleration and provide it to the driver during acceleration. Under normal circumstances, it can save approximately 40% to 70% of the electricity.

4) Left/right and back raffles are set on touch screen, which is eclectically set and digitally controlled and a side squaring is also installed to secure precise feeding.

3. Pull Roller 

1) Dual pulling roller system for more stable feeding.

2) The upper pulling roller's steel core surface is wrapped with buffering and abrasion proof rubber and the elastic positioning system ensures smooth and precise conveying to enhance printing registration. The bottom roller adopts steel material. 

3) Puling rollers’ clearances are set on touch screen with electrically setting and digitally control.

4. Auto Zeroing 

1) Feeder and printer are installed with auto zeroing devices.

2)With zeroing device, it will ensure all the units have the unified setting reference to be able to set at the correct position and minimize blank waste.

5. Duster (multiple brush row) 

The duster’s airflow and pressure are set by means of VF so as to adapt it to the blanks of different sizes and warp ones to improve printing quality, moreover, brush rows equipped.

1.Printing Plate Cylinder 

1)Made of high-quality steel with precisely machined, it undergoes dynamic and static  balancing tests and precise grinding to achieve optimal shape. The cylinders’ surfaces are engraved with vertical and lateral positioning lines, ensuring precise plate positioning and quick handling.

2）The cylinder surface is hard chrome plated, resulting in a smooth surface, excellent wear  and corrosion resistance to possess a long service life and stable operation.

3) A dedicated hanging plate groove is equipped with a 10mm hanging plate strip combined with a ratchet lock to secure the plate rolling shaft firmly and facilitate easy printing plate assembly and disassembly.

4) A foot-operated control switch provided allows the control of roller's forward and backward rotation to significantly improve the efficiency and safety of plate fastening and unloading operations.

5) The axial adjustment of the printing roller is digitally electrically controlled by a touch screen, providing precise and intuitive settings with ±10mm max axial adjustment range, meeting the requirements for high-precision overprinting.

2.Vacuum Case 

1)The impression roller is made of high-quality seamless steel tube delicately and calibrated by both static and dynamic balance test. The surface is precisely ground and hard chrome-plated, providing the virtues of excellent wear resistance, smooth operation and low vibration.

2)It adopts specially designed precise row roller shafts, equipped with high-precision Japan-made self-aligning ball bearings, together with a multi-point forced lubrication system to ensure continuous and sufficient lubrication over all bearings, greatly extending the service life and improving feeding stability.

3)The vacuum suction fan adopts intelligent variable frequency control; air volume can be flexibly adjusted according to board thickness and width. Combined with pneumatic damper adjustment, it meets the suction requirements for different sizes of board.

4)It supports non-pressure feeding mode, with the blank conveying achieved by strong and uniform vacuum suction, significantly reducing board indentation, deformation and damage, and improving product yield and printing quality.

3. Anilox Cylinder and Doctor Blade System 

1) It adopts imported ceramic anilox cylinders and Taiwanese doctor blade system, paired with a high-quality closed ink chamber, ensuring uniform ink distribution and stable printing.The doctor blade gap is pneumatically controlled with precise fine-tuning, enabling quick adjustment and blade replacement, greatly improving job change efficiency. A bidirectional diaphragm pump provides automatic ink supply, with the ink volume synchronously matched to the main machine.The chamber structure is designed for easy and rapid cleaning, effectively reducing water-based ink consumption, with simple maintenance and high cleaning efficiency.

2)The anilox roll gap is digitally and electrically adjusted via touch screen, eliminating the manual fine-tuning. Parameters are precise and controllable, ensuring efficient and convenient operation. 

4. Flexo Ink Cycle 

1) A quick dismountable enclosed ink trough is installed.

2)Equipped with high-pressure water cleaning device and pipeline system, it is convenient for cleaning of high LPI anilox roller, scraping cavity and rubber roller quickly, so as to ensure the printing effect.

5. Printing Phase Positioning Device 

After unit separation or phase adjustment, all units can automatically follow the main machine to reset synchronously upon startup, ensuring precise and consistent phase alignment. 

1.Automatic production control system, merely an order of box information is input on touch screen, the clearances, axial and circumference data of feeder, printer, slotter and die cutter will be set automatically featuring accuracy and reliability without personal interference to realize full automation and enhance production efficiency. 

2.With high precision original imported linear guide rail from Taiwan, with the virtues of precise spiral gears driven five knives in linkage to make the moving more flexible and accurate.

3.Equipped with imported 10 inches high-definition color Germany Siemens touch screen, featuring clear display, easy operation, large capacity orders save and automatic order change function. 

4.The gaps of each cutter boss setting are done on touch screen in electric setting and digital control. 

5.Quick change, adjustable pre-creasing and scoring structure ensure the pre-creasing and scoring effects on diverse blank thickness. 

6. Slotting Phase Setting 

⑴.Slotting wheel shaft is made of quality steel, whose surface is chromed after milling, then through static/dynamic balance tests to enhance the running stability. 

⑵.When the slotted box height is being adjusted and up/down knife bosses moving transversely, a anti-collision protection device is arranged to protect the machine.

7. Slotting Axial Setting 

⑴.Automatic production control system can fulfill the settings of box height, phase and axial shifting automatically in case all the data of orders are entered into touch screen without any human interference featuring accuracy and reliability. Coupled with transmission spindle, the top/bottom knives are well aligned to prolong their durability. 

⑵.Slotting knife is 7mm wide and the serrated blade is made of steel alloy through thermal treatment to render it elastic and hard. The steel alloy trimming knife thermally treated assumes sharp and precise. (10mm thickness knife can be optioned according to customer's needs to meet the requirements of different carton board thickness).

⑶.Elastic angle cutter is able to cut off the blanks of single wall and double wall corrugated boards without any setting for easy handling. 

⑷.The human/machine interface alarm indication displays the machine abnormal situation so as to remove the faults in time. 

8. Pre-scoring Wheel 

⑴.The top/bottom prescoring shafts are made of quality steel under static/dynamic balance tests, and its surface is chromed and finely milled. 

⑵.It is of 5 group prescoring wheel design, the top prescoring wheel surfaces are chromed and lower wheels, wrapped with PU material to protect the blanks. 

⑶.The gap setting is done on touch screen in electric setting and digital control. 

9. Scoring Wheel 

⑴.Top/bottom scoring shafts are made of quality material through static/dynamic balance tests. chromed and finely milled. 

⑵.Scoring wheels surfaces are wrapped with PU to protect the blanks. 

⑶.Scoring wheels and slotter knives work synchronously to secure the unified slotting and scoring. 

⑷.Slotting clearance is set on touch screen in electric setting and digital control.

⑸.Slotting phase and box height are controlled with converter at dual speed. 

10.  Secondary Creasing 

1）It adopts a two-stage creasing design to ensure stable and consistent creasing forming of cartons to effectively avoid problems such as crease damage, board breakage, and misalignment between creasing and slotting positions.

2）The gap of the feed rollers is digitally and electrically adjusted via touch screen, featuring precise control and easy operation.

1.Die Cutter Control

⑴.Die cutting cylinder phase and axial settings can both be done on touch screen in the mode of electric setting and digital control. 

⑵.The die cutter with the dual servo motor from ABB Swiss, the computer controlled speed can be synchronous with printer, the servo motor independent drive finds a good solution of die cutting vibration impact to printing quality from the fore printers so as to guarantee the overprinting accuracy.

⑶.The die cutter phase setting is executed at 360 degrees on touch screen with servo motor control and dual high or low speed (available for running and stop), featuring high setting accuracy (at 1mm setting amount).                          

⑷.Die-cutting phase positioning is done with servo motor control, and the off-position will not occur when unit is being releasing or phase setting, being done.

⑸.All the clearances setting of cylinders can be fulfilled on touch screen in CNC mode (electric setting and digital control).

⑹.Printing and die cutting phases are concentratedly controlled and also their micro setting can be available in running. 

2.Die cutter Cylinder (bottom cylinder) 【Independent servo motor drive】

⑴.Die cutter cylinder is made of quality steel and processed with best workmanship through static/dynamic balance tests to enhance stable and smooth running and secure accurate die cutting.

⑵.Die cutter cylinder left/right shifting are done on touch in CNC mode and digital control within ±10mm range.

3.Anvil Cylinder (top cylinder)【Independent servo motor drive】

⑴.It is made with quality steel, best workmanship, static/dynamic balance tests and the wrapped die cutting cushion blanket is imported from Taiwan. 

⑵.The anvil cylinder is equipped with tracing compensation system by Independent double servo motor drive to control its speed and the offset range is ±3mm. 

⑶.Anvil blanket uses trimming system to maintain the blanket flat to maximize its life and minimize costs. 

4.Differential Speed Compensation Device 

This device functions in automatic linear speed offset caused by speed change due to die cutting blanket trimming so as to guarantee die cutting accuracy. When the anvil cylinder diameter becomes smaller due to the wearing or trimming, its linear speed varies accordingly, in this case, a differential compensation device installed on cylinder end is able to keep the same linear speed between die cutter and anvil cylinders, therefore, to maintain blanks size of every lot complete same, and it is able to secure die cutting quality even the blanket are trimmed twice.