Project Description
Machine Functions
- Provides facility to manufacture hydrocolloid flanges with flush cut or oversized liners
- This machine has the facility to accept the hydrocolloid fed directly from a mixer / extruder unit
- The strip is fed into the machine in continuous strip form
- Calender rollers are provided to finish the strip to a uniform thickness and provide facility to laminate it to a carrier liner
- The hydrocolloid strip with carrier is then passed through a two-stage die cutting operation, which allows the surplus hydrocolloid to be returned to the mixer for direct re-cycling
- An upper cover liner of film/ paper is laminated on prior to the second stage cutter, and finished flanges with oversized outers are produced
- The machine is suitable for a variety of different flange shapes by means of tooling changes and a system of interchangeable die stations was developed to allow the changeover to be made quickly