Gondola Product Flow Regulator

Gondola Product Flow Regulator

This system may be used for both packaged and unpackaged products: Chocolate tablets and bars, fruit and cereal bars, biscuits, bakery products, deep frozen food and many more foodstuffs, luxury food and stimulants, pharmaceutical products and non-food articles. Depending on its position within the line, the product flow regulator adopts various tasks next to simple buffer functions: Regulations of the product flow, cooling or heating of the products, discharge of an oven, feeding packaging legs, synchronization and grouping of products or the transfer of the products to another production level.

The product flow regulator functions according to the FIFO principle “First-In – First-Out”. The buffer capacity is variable and the cycle time reduced to a minimum given low capacity utilization. The gondolas are suspended in parallel chain loops on both sides. Loading / uploading the rows can be executed at the different speeds and may be done frontally or laterally. Servo motors ensure a gently transport. Stabilization functions achieve excellent output even complex products. This system is particularly suited for high ceilings and takes up very little floor space

Benefits

Very small footprint.
Effective for room heights over 5000 mm.
The PFR’s entry and exit points may be on different floors.
High loading and unloading performance.
Dimensioned and optimized in accordance with specific product properties.
Low maintenance requirements and fast cleaning
Good accessibility for maintenance and cleaning
Less soiling due to hygienic design
Easy cleaning
Lightweight gondolas
Safe and easy handling of PFR.

Special features

By using a PFR, even the rearmost packaging machine of a production line can be fed with products, continuously and with maximum output.
There is no overflow at the end of the line, avoiding any reworking and waste.
Overall line performance is improved as packaging branches served by the PFR achieve higher output levels compared to a station-based solution.
In the event of performance variations of the packaging machines the products are kept in an intermediate buffer; this avoids any overflow.
Product flow regulation or product storage
High performance
Small footprint, for high room heights
In feed to 1-3 packaging branches
FIFO principle

Options

Head of line with aligning unit, metal detector and FSU with breakage ejection
HAB (high-speed anti-balancing) gondola vibration reduction system at entry and/or exit of PFR
Central engine for separating gondola vibrations from the loading and unloading process
SEL Fast unloading
Gondola tilting device for the safe emptying of shelves
Bypass
Additional functions, e.g. cooling or heating
Crumb plates
Row duplication in front of PFR

Technical Data

Technical Details B-100
Product dimensions:	Length: 30 – 350 mm , height: 5 – 300 mm
Storage capacity	up to 1200 rows
Loading:	of up to 130 rows / min, mainly frontal up to 120 rows / min
Uploading:	frontal and / or lateral One, two or three exits
Shelf widths:	up to 2600 mm
Electrical Data
Standard power supply:	3N ~ 400 VAC
Power supply frequency:	50 or 60 Hz
Control circuit:	24 VDC

Not: All maximums may not apply on the same carton maximum and minimum sizes shown should be used as guide only and must be confirmed by our firm’s technical department