Whether boxes, cartons, padded bags, envelopes, bags, or other products: High manufacturing speeds and quality can only be achieved when gluing, if the glue is applied at the right location in the required quantities. Whether for 1000 products per hour or 100,000 items.

Time and cost savings through greatly reduced waste

Glue or series faults cause production downtimes and reduce quality. Therefore, RETEC has developed a unit which monitors the glue application and triggers an alarm already at low deviations, before much waste occurs.

Application monitoring through simple button operation

The unit, which is suitable for intermittent and continuous applications, can be easily integrated into the production process. It monitors the position (glue start/end) and quantity of the applied glue after it has been "set" to this value by simply pressing a button, i.e. through so-called "dynamic calibration" the unit automatically adopts the preset values. It is also possible to define tolerance ranges. If the tolerance range is exceeded during production, the unit immediately triggers an alarm, which can also be sounded via external acoustic or visible alarm devices or via RS232 interface at the monitor of the controlling computer, where the production process can be continuously monitored.

Documentation of product quality

Products with faulty glue application are being counted. Data are stored even during an interruption of production. A report of fault-free and faulty products can be produced on an optional printer, so that the product quality can be documented. This supports the ISO 9000 certification of the production process.

Some technical features