BO BASIC & BO PLUS WINDING SYSTEMS WINDING CENTERS FOR HIGH QUALITY FILM

Ex truding film with excellent optical, mechanical and flatness characteristics, it is undoubtedly the most important step. However, even an excellent film, if wound incorrectly can seriously affect the subsequent stages of processing, printing, lamination and packaging. The winning product in the Macchi production range is the BO winding concept, a horizontal operation winding centre. Thanks to its great versatility, associated with high ease of use, the BO series of winders is nowadays considered to be one of the best performing on the world market. The BO winders are offered in two types of...

BO BASIC Designed on simple but extremely functional and reliable concepts, it provides an exceptional quality/price ratio when compared with winders with similar features. SIEMENS Torque motors are available as an option for winding speeds exceeding 110 meters per minute. Each BO Basic allows the realization of reels up to a maximum diameter of 950 mm. The peripheral winding is carried out using either 3” or 6” shafts, on a large rubber cylinder and winding pressure control is managed by a dual pneumo-hydraulic system. It is essentially a peripheral tangential winder (contact winding) featuring...

The BO Plus is a multifunctional winding machine, with contact, axial with gap and centre-peripheral axial (mixed) winding capabilities always with the exclusive Macchi automatic reel change system. The winder can be configured in different ways since it is constructed in modular groups, applicable even at a distance of time. The most complete configurations, equipped with automated movement systems for the shafts and the reels produced (by means of optional C modules,) is in reality a fully automatic winding centre. With several hundred machines in operation around the world, it is being used...

Basically, the winding starts in peripheral mode on a large diameter cylinder (normally rubber coated with grooves, but for certain applications it may be made with smooth rubber or with chromed, perforated steel, to allow the evacuation of the air). During the winding, the reel slides on horizontal guides, while its weight insists on the vertical axis, and not against the winding cylinder (hence the term weightless winding). The result is a simpler and more precise control of the contact pressure, thus avoiding excessive compaction of the reel, which can create problems during unwinding. The...

maintenance. One single memory card contains the parameters of each individual control • extremely reliable, easy to maintain pneumatic components • A PLC controls the various functions and change over cycles, thus allowing the selection of the different winding systems, of the automatic or step-by-step change cycles, of the diameter of the shaft (as well as its automatic preparation), and acts as serial communication interface with other computers to allow the exchange of information. On modern extrusion systems, particularly on co-extrusion systems, the characteristics of the films are often...

• very thick, gusseted films, in this case the thickness quadruples and during reel change wrinkles can appear (particularly when using winding shafts with 76 mm - 3” diameter) • the need to wind on very large extrusion lines, sometimes with winders exceeding 3000 mm in width; narrow or multiple reels with large diameters on 76 mm shafts, avoiding any shaft deflection. The problems above are well known to every film converter. BO PLUS is the ideal solution; a winder created with a great basic concept which, thanks to the experience gained over the years, has reached a high level of refinement.For...

BO PLUS face-to-face version Macchi S.p.A. - 21040 Venegono Inferiore (VA) Italy - via Papa Paolo VI, 5 - Tel. +39 0331 827.717 - Fax. +39 0331 827.750 [email protected] - www.macchi.it The content of this catalogue is for information only. The technical specifications and guaranteed production performances depend solely on contractual agreements. BO PLUS standard version