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