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CONTAINER GLASS MANUFACTURING
Container glass manufacturing
RSS100 3-axes
servo stacker
hanks to its 28 years of sup- “steady bar”.
plying equipment to the hot
Tend of global glassworks,
Revimac has gained considerable
experience in responding to - but
also anticipating the needs of
companies working in this dif-
ficult environment. In this article,
Revimac gives us an overview
of its most important products,
aimed at guaranteeing both pre-
cision and high speed operations. bar curve profile.
Revimac, part of the Bottero
group of companies, boasts 28
years' experience with global
major glass container manufac-
turers, supplying a wide range of
machinery and equipment for the
hot-end area.
Over the years, Revimac has
supplied over 1,400 ware trans-
fers, stackers, cross conveyors
and other machines to more than
40 countries around the world.
A number of improvements
have been introduced in terms
of design to cope with market
demand.
Revimac has implemented the
control of three- and five-axes in
its range of servo-stackers specif- machine independently from
ically for high speed production
lines and the handling of very
unstable glassware.
The RSS-100 3-Axes servo
stacker has been in use at top
glass manufacturers worldwide
for many years, for very high
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speed loading of bottles. gramme upgrades and remote
The powerful control of the control of the stacker.
three axes of the machine, along
with its reliable and unique HIGH SPEED WARE TRANSFER
mechanical design, enable to load Revimac Ware transfer 700
one complete machine cycle, with series, featuring the new angle
peaks up to 18 cycles per minute. transfer profile, is particularly
suitable to be installed on high
ROBOTIC STACKER speed lines (up to 700 bpm).
OPERATIONS
The RSS-950 5-axes servo
stacker and RSS-930 3-axes
servo stacker are part of the
most recent generation of Robot
machines working with “Scara-
Cartesian“ hybrid geometry on
X-Y-Z axes and A-B axes for the
Their control features a user-
friendly touchscreen interface
that allows the operator to easily
change the loading profile adapt-
ing it to the different jobs to be
run. A self-learning function has
been implemented in the software The new paddle assembly,
control to reduce the intervention split in two different parts, makes
of the operator with regards to changeover to suit different jobs
setting the pushing and steady requirements extremely easy and
fast.
Moreover, thanks to the inno- Revimac's new version of ware
vative “Grab Mode” function transfer is also suitable to handle
(available for the five-axes stack- standard bottles (such as those
er only) the glass ware is lifted by for beer) and small wares (such
the steady bar and loaded direct- as for cosmetics), by quick plug
ly onto the annealing lehr belt, &play insert of dedicated pad-
greatly reducing the risk of con- dles without changing the upper
tainers falling, and, at thr same wheel.
time, avoiding bottom scratches. Revimac Cross conveyors
In the field experience shows are equipped with an innovative
that the average speed of the five- design of tubular steel conveyor
axes stacker is nine cycles per beam with built-in water cool-
minute and can be increased up ing system, to avoid any risk of
to 15 cycles per minute with the thermal dilatation or deformation
three-axes stacker. of its frame.
Three- and five-axes stackers
are available with Stand Alone
control that enables their instal-
lation to serve any type of IS
their control system.
Finally, through ADSL and
router with a Firewall, the
Revimac service staff is also
available 24/7, with the possibil-
ity of connecting to the machine
software for remote-service, pro-