Slip-Torque® conveyors

Project Overview:

1. Customer manufacturers rolls of paper and reinforced tape in sizes ranging from 1/2" to 23/4" wide and 33/4" to approximately 6” in diameter.
2. Customer ultimately wants rolls of tape from two slitters to be shrink- wrapped in single, 2-pack, 3-pack, 4-pack, and 6-pack quantities and then transported to a casepacker for bulk packing. Shuttleworth's system must either perform the functions or transport the rolls of tape to other equipment performing the functions required to make this possible.

Customer Objectives:

1. Have a highly automated system in which:
   • Tape can exit the slitters in two lanes and be divided/line balanced into six lanes for accumulation.
     
   • Reinforced tape must pass through duster/deduster tunnels (by others) after exiting Slitter #1 and non-reinforced tape must be able to by-pass the duster/deduster operation after exiting Slitter #1. An automated reject device must be in place for reinforced tape rolls stuck together upon exiting the duster.
     
   • Depending on the shrink-wrap package configuration being run, tape rolls may need to be stacked during the accumulation process. Single packs would not require stacking.
     
   • Accumulated tape rolls would then be released to the the shrink-wrap machine (by others) as needed.
     
   • After shrink-wrapping, the system must transport the packages through a labeling operation (by others) and ultimately to a casepacker (by others)for bulk packing.
     
2. The system must be configured to allow for future expansion (i.e., additional slitters, shrink-wrap machines, and casepackers).
   
3. The rolls of tape must transport smoothly and not stick to the conveyor surface.

Shuttleworth Solution:
The Shuttleworth solution consisted of a series of conveyor units performing various functions and designed to interface with future expansions. Slitter #1 can service either paper or reinforced tape, while slitter #2 services only paper tape.