Project Description
Machine Functions:
- In operation within a new production line to increase capacity in the manufacture of mineral fibre mat
- Equipment integrates into the line and provides the facility to slit and wind the continuous fibre mat, coming from an upstream processing furnace, into finished customer rolls
- Facility to offload the output product rolls to a weighing and packing area is also provided
- Machine features include rotary blade trimming station, backing paper lay on, centre winder, roll offload mechanism, weighing and packing stations and associated electrical and electronic controls
- The machine was designed to operate in a potentially corrosive environment requiring special protective measures to be incorporated into the mechanical and electrical systems