Automatic Coil Packaging: Slit coils produced by the Turret Head™ Slitting Line are automatically sorted and packaged. The Packaging Line has the capacity to handle slit coils weighing up to 10,000# in widths from 1" through 24".
Automatic Slit Coil Packaging System
A Wireless Coil Car transfers groups of slit coils from the Recoiler to a 4-Arm Horn at the entrance to the Packing Line. An automatic Downender separates and removes individual slit coils from the 4-Arm and downends the coils 90-degrees onto conveyor rolls.
Automatic Slit Coil Downender
A multiple drive, electric eye controlled power conveyor automatically stages and presents coils to a Coiltech Semi-Automatic Strapping Machine, where multiple radial straps are applied to the coil. The Coiltech Strapping Machine positions coils for 2, 3, or 4-radial straps on powered conical rolls. Semiautomatic coil strapping is accomplished at a production rate of 60 coils per hour.
The Coiltech Strapping Machine operator places coil package "spacer sticks" onto the strapped coil after completing the strapping process. The coil with the spacer sticks is conveyed into the Automatic Coil Stacker where the coil is automatically centered under a set of hydraulic "coil grippers". The coil grippers safely secure the coil from ID and OD, and the coil is lifted from the conveyor rolls and transported to a 6-station Coil Sorting Turntable. Color-coded stacking stations are operator selected and automatically positioned to receive coils from the Stacker.
Individual slit coils are sorted onto appropriate coil packages by indexing the Turntable. A "mult-coil" stacking program allows the Stacker to accumulate multiple narrow coils on the coil grab before the coils are transported to the stacking station. The multi-coil stacking program improves coil packaging efficiency by allowing the Stacker to transport multiple coils per trip to the stacking station.
Completed coil packages are rotated to an unloading station where the packages are transferred from the Turntable to a weigh station. The coil package weights are recorded, and appropriate shipping tags are attached. The completed coil packages are transferred to a runout conveyor to await removal and shipping.
