The continuous motion principle of the machine enables efficient and reliable high-performance wrapping of mass production.


Folding type

  • Double Twist

Products

  • products suitable for plate feeding
  • Hard Candy (with or without center-filling)
  • Eclair
  • Toffees

Product dimensions

  • Length: 16 – 40 mm
  • Width: 12 – 25 mm
  • Height: 6 – 20 mm

disc shaped products

  • Height: 6 - 20 mm
  • Ø 13 – 28 mm
  • Special design up to diameter: 33 mm

ball shaped products

  • Ø 17 – 23 mm
  • Special design up to diameter: 28 mm

Output

  • Up to 2300 products/min

Diagram

EK4

Utilities

  • Connected load: 15 kVA
  • Compressed air consumption: 2m³/h; 600 kPa

Measurements

Machine

  • Length: 2860 mm / 3550 mm with inner wrapper
  • Width: 2700 mm
  • Height: 1930 mm

Switch cabinet:

  • Length: 1200 mm
  • Width: 500 mm
  • Height: 1960 mm

Weight

Machine:

  • 2800 kg without inner wrapper
  • 3000 kg with inner wrapper

Switch cabinet:

  • 400 kg

Wrapping material

  • wax paper
  • cellophane
  • polypropylene
  • polyethylene

Material dimensions

  • Reel diameter: Up to 400 mm
  • Reel width: Up to 120 mm
  • Core diameter: 70 – 76,2 mm

Special features

  • A particularly gentle handling of the products is guaranteed by the continuous motion principle
  • highly efficient feeding system with integrated sorting station to eliminate sugar dust, Chips and broken pieces
  • Servo control with PLC functions
  • Air support to allow the use of PP foils
  • Saving of wrapping material by “no product – no paper” -device
  • Automatic splicer to change wrapping material reels without stopping the machine
  • Ejection of spliced and mal-registered products
  • Infinitely variable adjustment of the Twist gripper oscillation depending on the wrapping material quality
  • Adjustment of the twisting angle in three steps (1,1; 1,6; 2,1 rotations)
  • Different executions of the twist grippers for different wrapping materials
  • Servo-driven wrapping material feed rollers, wrapping material knife and material reels
  • Pneumatic core locking and reel tensioning devices
  • Discharge conveyor
  • All electrical and electronic components are located in a separate switch cabinet
  • Excellent accessibility for operation, maintenance and cleaning purposes
  • Easy operation due to the touch screen
  • Due to the automatic operation, several machines can be handled by one operator
  • System of protection: IP 54
  • remote diagnostics

Combinations

  • Beside manual feeding, the machine can be directly synchronized to the production line by means of a Theegarten-Pactec feeding system.

Optional extras

  • Photo-electric print registration
  • Additional reel holders for a second wrapping material (under strip) with automatic splicer
  • Special execution for moulded Toffees
  • Detection and rejection of unwrapped products

Product characteristics

Folding type

  • Double Twist

Products

  • products suitable for plate feeding
  • Hard Candy (with or without center-filling)
  • Eclair
  • Toffees

Product dimensions

  • Length: 16 – 40 mm
  • Width: 12 – 25 mm
  • Height: 6 – 20 mm

disc shaped products

  • Height: 6 - 20 mm
  • Ø 13 – 28 mm
  • Special design up to diameter: 33 mm

ball shaped products

  • Ø 17 – 23 mm
  • Special design up to diameter: 28 mm

Output

  • Up to 2300 products/min

Diagram

EK4

Technical Data

Utilities

  • Connected load: 15 kVA
  • Compressed air consumption: 2m³/h; 600 kPa

Measurements

Machine

  • Length: 2860 mm / 3550 mm with inner wrapper
  • Width: 2700 mm
  • Height: 1930 mm

Switch cabinet:

  • Length: 1200 mm
  • Width: 500 mm
  • Height: 1960 mm

Weight

Machine:

  • 2800 kg without inner wrapper
  • 3000 kg with inner wrapper

Switch cabinet:

  • 400 kg

Wrapping material

  • wax paper
  • cellophane
  • polypropylene
  • polyethylene

Material dimensions

  • Reel diameter: Up to 400 mm
  • Reel width: Up to 120 mm
  • Core diameter: 70 – 76,2 mm

Equipment & options

Special features

  • A particularly gentle handling of the products is guaranteed by the continuous motion principle
  • highly efficient feeding system with integrated sorting station to eliminate sugar dust, Chips and broken pieces
  • Servo control with PLC functions
  • Air support to allow the use of PP foils
  • Saving of wrapping material by “no product – no paper” -device
  • Automatic splicer to change wrapping material reels without stopping the machine
  • Ejection of spliced and mal-registered products
  • Infinitely variable adjustment of the Twist gripper oscillation depending on the wrapping material quality
  • Adjustment of the twisting angle in three steps (1,1; 1,6; 2,1 rotations)
  • Different executions of the twist grippers for different wrapping materials
  • Servo-driven wrapping material feed rollers, wrapping material knife and material reels
  • Pneumatic core locking and reel tensioning devices
  • Discharge conveyor
  • All electrical and electronic components are located in a separate switch cabinet
  • Excellent accessibility for operation, maintenance and cleaning purposes
  • Easy operation due to the touch screen
  • Due to the automatic operation, several machines can be handled by one operator
  • System of protection: IP 54
  • remote diagnostics

Combinations

  • Beside manual feeding, the machine can be directly synchronized to the production line by means of a Theegarten-Pactec feeding system.

Optional extras

  • Photo-electric print registration
  • Additional reel holders for a second wrapping material (under strip) with automatic splicer
  • Special execution for moulded Toffees
  • Detection and rejection of unwrapped products

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