Basic system
The basic version of the Pagopharma System P525 comprises a base frame and rear, flange-mounted, stainless steel electrical cabinet, link chain conveyor belt, rotary star with partial protective housing, winding tape, Pagomat 6/2 with suspension bracket and operating panel with central control of the system and the Pagomat.
All adjustment devices are equipped with digital position displays and scaled mandrels for reproducible setups.
High performance and precision with rotary star and winding tape
The rotary star comprises individual pockets, each of which hold one product supported by two rollers. Labelling takes place continuously while the product is rotated via afteroll belt and the label is applied with uniform pressure to prevent wrinkles. Hence the roller pair and the winding tape provide 3-point product support during the labelling procedure. This results in extremely accurate labelling with a precise viewing gap, exact overlapping and no spiral misalignment.
Once the product is securely guided in the rotary star, the system can be run at extremely high speeds in non-stop operation without affecting labelling accuracy.
Security and reliability
Security and reliability is ensured through register tracking, “failsafe“ and “positive logic“ programming as well as control and security options specifically for the pharmaceutical industry.
The “failsafe“ programming ensures fault-free functioning of all sensors and control units. Should a sensor fail, the system will stop and issue an error message for that particular sensor.
The “positive logic“ programming of control units ensures that every defective product or label is detected.
The “positive logic“ programming also supports all control units by initially setting their output signals to negative. In essence, each control unit assumes that the next product or label is faulty.
Hence, each control unit must deem the product or label to be good for the output signal to be set to positive. Only when all control unit output signals are positive will the product or label be classed as good.
Generally, product guidance and labelling in the rotary star provides a large degree of security. The product is securely held in the pockets of the rotary star and tracked via an electronic register. This register is established via product sensing in the rotary star and implemented using software. Certain security requirements, such as LSO, could not be met until register tracking was introduced.
The optional Label Sort Out function (LSO) operates as follows: the labels are checked for printing and information errors on the carrier roller. If a faulty label is detected, this information is recorded in the electronic register and tracked there. Before the faulty label can be applied to the product, it is sorted out at the dispensing plate of the Pagomat. Hence, no faulty labels are applied to products during continuous production.
Using camera systems and an ejector system conveyor belt with confirmation, product security can be even further increased.
Target labelling (optional) with afteroll belt or driver roller
The major advantage of the rotary star is that two types of operation are possible: non-stop operation for high speeds or clocked (intermittent) operation for target labelling
The product to be labelled is axially aligned between the roller pair and the driver roller or afteroll belt and rotated. A product-specific feature is detected and this allows the label to always be applied in the same place. Since in target labelling, the rotary star runs intermittently, this is referred to as clocked operation.
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