Fully automated panel composing / clamp carrier loading and unloading system.
The Doucet ALYX Automatic Loader is a loader system designed for high volume gluing applications, panel preparation, and loading and unloading of the clamp carrier. It offers you the production capacity of a large HOT/RF press system, while retaining the flexibility of a cold clamping system.
Why Doucet ALYX Automatic Loader?
- Drastic reduction of labour (66% to 75%)
- One person operation lends itself to multiple shifts
- Consistent production of 2 or more complex panels every 80 seconds
- Absenteeism and operator fatigue are taken out of the equation
- Reduced glue consumption of 20% to 30%
- Less glue squeeze = easier and less costly downstream processing
- Reduction in clamp maintenance due to excess glue spillage
- Less than 2-year payback
- Can be added to your existing clamp carrier or integrate it to a new SRX clamp carrier with RLT100
KEY ADVANTAGES
The ALYX Automatic Loader for the Clamp Carrier is divided into several sections.
MFE-150 Lateral Chain Feeder
- The Lateral Chain Feeder receives the slats and guides each piece through the glue application device.
Glue Applicator with Measuring System
- The Width Measuring Device calculates the width of the slats moving along it in order to detect the last slat that will not receive glue, therefore creating a dry joint in the panel. Otherwise, the slats are edge glued by an extruder. A UV sensor follows the extruder to detect the UV additive in the glue and emits a warning to the operator if no glue is detected. Customer could expect saving on glue consumption as injection glue typically requires less glue than roller type application by 20% to 30%.
Panel Forming Zone
- All slats exiting the glue applicator are guided toward a transfer mechanism that then side-shifts the slats one against the other until the panel has reached its desired width.
Panel Accumulation Conveyor
- As soon as the first panel is completed, a holder moves the panel in order to allow assembly of the second panel.
- The holders move the panels along the conveyor towards the Clamp Carrier.
Two-Axis Automatic Loader
- The loading arms move between the clamps of the carrier in order to unload the dry panel on the exit conveyor, and then load the new glued panels into the clamps. Movement of the automatic loader is synchronized with the clamp carrier’s sequence so that loading and unloading the Clamp Carrier is made while the clamps are in horizontal position.
Motorized Exit Conveyor
- To remove the dry panels from the loading area.
Its modular conception allows it to be added to your existing Clamp Carrier or to integrate it to a new SRX Clamp Carrier with RLT100.
HOW IT WORKS
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