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Product Description
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2.1
Function
The Applicator A1000 is an optional device to use with cab printers of the A+ or A series for automatically applying
the printed label onto the product. The labels are transferred with a pad, which moves between the two positions,
starting position and labelling position, by a compressed-air driven pneumatic cylinder.
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In the starting position, the label is picked up from the printer.
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A sensor at the cylinder signals when the pad is in the starting position.
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The label is removed from the carrier ribbon directly at the dispense edge of the printer. It is sucked on the pad by
a vacuum via drillings at the bottom of the pad.
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For support, the label is also blown against the pad with an air current coming from a blow tube.
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The correct transfer of the label is controlled by a vacuum sensor.
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Next, the pad is moved down into the labelling position.
Reaching the labelling position is confirmed by another sensor (labelling position sensor).
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In the labelling position the label is transferred onto the product.
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While the pad is moving back into the starting position, the vacuum sensor checks whether the label has been
removed from the pad.
The label can be applied with three different methods :
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Stamp on
The label is pressed directly onto the product.
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Blow on
The pad moves to a pre-adjusted position approximately 10mm away from the product. The label is blown onto
the product by an air stream.
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Roll on
In the starting position the label is forwarded until touching the roller of the roll on pad. At the labelling position the
roller is pressed onto the product. Then the label is applied and rolled on by the movement of the product.
2.2
Important Features
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The supporting air and the vacuum as well as the speed of the cylinder are adjustable. That way the applicator
can be adapted to different label materials and sizes.
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To avoid contamination within the vacuum channels they are cleaned by air pressure impulse at the end of each
application.
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For operation in a networked system the 15-pin or 25-pin applicator's PLC (programmable logic control) interface
with potential free inputs and outputs can be used.
2.3
Technical Data
Label transfer method
Label width in mm
Label height in mm
Cylinder stroke in mm
Pad stroke below printer in mm
Compressed air pressure
Sound pressure level
Product surface
Product height
Product
Table 1
variable
fixed
fixed
linear movement
Technical Data
Stamp on
Roll on
25 - 176
25 - 200
80 - 200
220 / 300 / 400
70 / 150
0,5 MPa (5 bar)
max. 79 dB(A)
¢
-
¢
-
Blow on
25 - 100
flat
¢
-
¢
-
¢
-
¢
¢
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