Product is fed from the filling line and labeler (if required) and will be regimented into lanes by means of a positive directional lane divider (depending on product shape) and will fill the lanes and the respective pack collator assembly selected for the appropriate pack pattern. Sensors will signal that the collator has the correct collation ie. 4/6/8/12 pack, and will release the pack into the flight bar pick-up area, where it will be transferred between guide rails, through the sleeve wrapping and sealing station. The seal is automatically activated and as the cycle is repeated, the following pack will discharge the overwrapped packs onto the shrink tunnel conveyor where it will pass through the heat chamber and the film is shrunk tightly around the packs. The pack then passes through the after cooling section and onto a conveyor from where the packs will be manually removed and palletised. |