The Marchesini MA80 is an intermittent motion automatic machine with horizontal transport of the carton, suitable for packing products into three-flaps straight or reverse tuck-in cartons.

Main Features

• Design, manufacturing and ergonomics, in accordance with GMP norms.
• Versatility and efficiency in a small footprint.
• Balcony design to improve accessibility, maintenance and cleaning operations.
• Working zone on operator side, separated from the rear of the machine.
• Main drive consisting of 2 servo motors (one for the machine and one for the conveyor drive), both operating synchronized through electric axe.
• Cartons transport and closing movements running in oil bath, enclosed in two drive boxes.
• Cartons transport system with adjustment (“a” quote) from a single point of intervention, through handwheel and mechanical digital indicators.
• Adjustment of carton length (“h” dimension), by widening the belt transport system, through handwheel and mechanical digital indicators.
• Separated removable bins for collecting rejected products, cartons and leaflets.
• Easy size changeover through handwheel, mechanical digital indicators, millimeter scales and size gauges.
• CE marking.

Product Feeding    

• Product transport performed through plug-in buckets fitted on twin belts for the low noise operation of the machine and prearranged to be combined with different types of automatic feeding units, based on products to handle.
• Simultaneous adjustment of all infeed buckets from a single point of intervention, by means of a size gauge, for a quick adjustment of the “a” quote.

Cartoning Section 

• Cartons magazine with length of 750 mm (29.53”), placed at about 900/1000 mm (35.43”/39.37”), in an easy position for the operator to load cartons, equipped with motorized pusher belts and minimum load control.
• Simplified magazine guides and pickup adjustment with millimeter scales.
• Carton opening by means of a pick-up oscillating arm and 90 degrees mechanical pre-breaking unit.
• Direct transfer of the opened carton into the transport group equipped with 4 plastic toothed belts to convey and maintain the carton in perfect square.
• Product insertion into carton, by means of a pusher placed opposite the operator side.
• Carton closing and transfer to the machine outfeed through lateral belts.

Safeties and Controls

• Safety guards in methacrylate, integrated in the machine frame.
• Emergency circuits and protections with safety level “PLd Cat.3”.
• Machine stop in emergency mode and release of the air pressure.
• Overload control on the machine motorizations.
• Overload control on pusher unit during the product insertion.
• Minimum load control on product, carton and leaflet feeding.
• Cross control product-carton-leaflet; in absence of product, the machine does not pick up neither carton nor leaflet.
• Carton reject control.
• Machine stop after three consecutive errors.

Included 

• One (1) carton and product size.

Optional Accessories

• Embossing, inkjet or laser marking.
• Different types of carton closures (tuck-in and/or hotmelt closures), available on demand.
• Counter pushing blade for instable product insertion.
• Pre-folded leaflets magazine or GUK open/from reel sheets folder, installed within the safety guard and loaded from the outside.