Air Motor Provides Positioning For Bagging Machine

To complete its design of a system to bag-up meat and cheese and apply appropriate label information, packaging machine manufacturer Greydon used the Huco Dynatork piston air motor. The Greydon Bagaire Taped Bag Loader utilised the motor for efficient bag opening and filling, and also for code dating with inkjet or contact printers. The machine presents the bags by winding up a leader tape and pulling the bags up from the table. Shop air is used via an air amplifier to blow open the bag for manual filling by the operator, who simultaneously breaks the bag away from the tape.

The Huco Dynatork motor advances the bags quickly and stops them precisely in exactly the same location for opening and printing. As it is available with an acetyl housing, this motor is able to withstand the most caustic acids and chlorinated sanitisers used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. In operation, air up to 100lb/in2 is supplied to each of three pistons in turn via an integral rotary valve. The free-floating pistons transmit torque on start-up that can be adjusted via a pressure regulator, resulting in high torque at variable low speed and low noise.

As the air motor traps the compressed air within the piston/cylinder, maximum energy conversion is assured. The motor is said to be much easier to seal than its vane counterpart and, as a result, consumes up to 80 per cent less air than a vane motor, providing cost savings even at maximum torque. Huco Dynatork air motors are available with maximum torque rates of up to 16Nm or up to 550Nm with a gearbox.

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