AMF Rotary Pic-N-Pac Depanner User manual

ROTARY PIC-N-PAC
DEPANNER
Features &
Benefits
Easy Upgrade to Current Plant Operations
•New triple head brown ‘n serve roll depanner and
packer fits in the same footprint as existing depanners
for ease of upgrading your operation
Engineering and Design Innovations
•Dual Headed Triple Package pick-up unit has
redundant vacuum sections to minimize lost clusters
•Rack & Pinion construction provides a smooth 180°
rotary motion to remove rolls from the pan and
deposit them into the carton box
High Efficiency and Low Operating Costs
•New operating system reduces product loss and
downtime
•The Pic-N-Pac offers a 30% increase over existing
brown ‘n serve packaging technology, operating at 90
packages per minute
•Up to 90 packages per minute
•Breakthrough in Brown ‘N Serve Depanning and
Packing Efficiency

The AMF Triple Head Pic-n-Pac Depanner is equipped
with the following Electrical Components:
•Operator Control Station is a NEMA 4 SS panel where
the operator stores all the recipes for set-up and
product run data. Trouble shooting indicators are
also present in the components which include:
• Allen Bradley pushbuttons for:
- 2 button Start
- Stop / Emergency stop
- Servo Speed Control
- Manual Index
• Allen Bradley PV-300 Operator Interface
•Two Machine Mounted NEMA 4x SS Enclosures
house all electrical components including:
•Main Disconnect Switch
•Allen Bradley Micrologix 1500 PLC
•Allen Bradley 160 Inverter
•Mitsubishi Servo Controller
•Omron Power Supply / Islatrol Plus
•Machine Mounted NEMA 4x SS Enclosure houses all
pneumatic controls including:
•Solenoid Valves
•Pressure Regulator
ROTARY PIC-N-PAC DEPANNER
• Designed and manufactured in accordance with
BISSC standards
•Heavy duty stainless steel frame for durability
and corrosion resistance
•Two triple package pick-up heads
• 180° rotary motion product transfer to remove rolls
from the pan and deposit them into the carton box
•Rack and pinion construction
•Pneumatic head actuation
•Inline vacuum filter system
•Vacuum line connection
•Lightweight aircraft aluminum and Delrin pick-up head
construction
•Quick-change pick-up heads for easy change without
tools from twelve to eight cluster if required
•Quick-change vacuum cups, no tools required
•Six (6) independent Venturi vacuum generators, one
for each vacuum chamber
•Pneumatic pan stops for precise pan placement
•Servo driven flight box timing belt conveyor for
smooth box feed without shingling
•Plastic tabletop box and pan conveyors for minimum
pan wear
•Proximity box and pan sensor
•Adjustable stainless steel side guides
•Adjustable stainless steel with poly insert box guides
•Eurodrive gearmotor drive for pan and box conveyors
•Smoked Lexan guards with aluminum framing
• Interlocked access doors from both sides of the unit
•Low noise design - 50% quieter than previous models
•Manual head raising and lowering switch for easy
maintenance access
•Pneumatic pan gripping system to assure exact
placement of pan for product removal
•Soft start for smooth machine start-up
•Quick changeout of flighted belt for 12 to 8 clusters if
required
•Vacuum filters are easily removed for cleaning
Mechanical
Specifications
Electrical
Specifications
Standard PV-300 Operator Station

• Two (2) flighted belts for 8 cluster rolls
•Two (2) triple heads for 8 cluster rolls
•Stainless Steel turn handle for easy adjustment for flighted belt changeover
•Conveyor height changes to meet existing infeed
•Quad head pick up for ultra high speed
ROTARY PIC-N-PAC DEPANNER
Specifications
Options
Operation Speed:
Up to 90 packages per minute
Electrical requirements:
20 AMPS @ 480 volts, 3 phase
Control Power - 120 volts
Air Requirements - 80 scfm at 80 psig
Approximate dimensions:
84’’ X 46’’ X 72’’
(2134 mm X 1168 mm X 1829 mm)
Servo motor to control Flighted Belt
Flighted Timing Belt for Indexing Brown ‘n’ Serve Boxes
Try some of AMF’s excellent Line of:
•Pan Conveyors
•Product Conveyors
•Pan Stackers
•Basket Loaders
•Coolers
•Mixers
• Make-up Equipment
Quad Head Option

For more information please call
your Account Manager or 1-800-BAKERS-1.
Headquarters
AMF Bakery Systems
2115 West Laburnum Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23227
1-800-225-3771 or 804-355-7961
FAX: [phone]
www.amfbakery.com [e-mail]
European operation
West Park Ring Road
Leeds LS16 6QQ England
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
06/2001
AMF’s continuing engineering is constantly improving product performance. Consequently machinery specifications are subject to change without notice.
ROTARY PIC-N-PAC DEPANNER
Dimensional
Drawing
Rotary Pic-N-Pac, Inside View Venturi generators for vacuum pumps
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