LİTERATURE REVİEW OF THE EQUİPMENT USED İN THE BLOCK MACHİNE
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The Main Machinery equipments can be listed as pallet drives, product delivery belt, dry and wet product stacking elevators, block complementary systems, forklift fork opening mechanism, picking robot, shipping band mechanism, block turning apparatus and striping robot. . Main Machine equipments are systems that focus on facilitating, speeding up and automating production.
2.1 Pallet Drives The products produced in the block machines are printed on wooden pallets. Wooden pallets can be produced in different sizes according to the number of blocks produced in one cycle. Wooden pallets may vary with or without feet, depending on the stacking style after exit.
2.2 Wet Product Output Belt In block machines, an average of 20 seconds of printing is made. Since it will be difficult to take the pallets one by one in 20 seconds after the product is printed on the wooden pallets in the block machines, the blocks pressed on the wooden pallet are conveyed to the product stack elevator for stacking. This transmission is made by the equipment called the product output belt. Different mechanical types can be used in the equipment, but the reason why a belted system is preferred is that the product coming out of the machine, namely the block pressed from pumice, is wet. Wet blocks are sensitive and can be found immediately due to various reasons such as chain gap. Therefore, the product belt delivery system is used. Their lengths may vary depending on the production site. Works with PLC control system
Pallet drivers, on the other hand, are the equipment used to feed pallets to the block machine, as the name suggests. Depending on the facility area where the block machine will be installed and different conditions such as the number of employees, pallet drives are produced in the form of a straight line, as L pallet and U pallet line, according to the need. Their lengths may vary depending on the production site. It works with PLC control system.
2.3 Dry and Wet Product Stacking Elevators The wet product stacking elevator is a system that automatically adjusts the shelf space according to the height of the product, which ensures that the wet products coming out of the front of the main machine are stacked on top of each other and made ready for dispatch to the drying area. It works with PLC control system.
Dry product stacking elevator, on the other hand, is a system that allows the products that wait for two or three days, depending on the climatic conditions, to be taken to the collection robot unit and stacked on top of each other in order to feed the machine by turning the empty pallets inside out. It works with PLC control system.
2.4 Product and Pallet Cleaning Brush The product cleaning brush makes the product look more flawless by cleaning the excess pumice residues on wet products. In addition, the rotating brush ensures that empty pallets are cleaned in each period. The product cleaning brush is used at the exit of the machine, and the pallet cleaning brush is used before the empty pallets enter the machine. It works with PLC control system.
2.5 Block Completion System It is a system that collects dry blocks (10, 15, 20, 25 dimensions) on the wooden production pallet and provides a square collection in order to occupy less space during shipment. For example, it is the system that completes the production of 12 blocks from 20 blocks (200x400x190 mm) to 18 blocks in one period. It works with PLC control system.
2.6 Forklift Fork Opening System The forklift fork opener leaves gaps between the products for the forklift blade. It is the system that automatically separates the space between the blocks according to the block widths. The aim is to save the cost of euro pallets in block transportation and gain from transportation. It works with PLC control system.
2.7 Delivery Belt Mechanism It is the shipping belt where the products are stacked on the belt without a pallet (without europalet). It is the mechanism that brings the blocks into cubes on top of each other. This belt carries the blocks at certain intervals and is compatible with the automatic striping system adaptation. It brings the blocks to the distance that the forklift will take. Band length measures vary according to customer needs. It is for automatic packaging. It works with PLC control system.
2.8 Block Turning Robot It is the system that reverses the top row of blocks while the products are traveling on the shipping band. The purpose of turning the last row of blocks is that sharp blocks cut the strip in systems compatible with striping. For this, the last row of blocks is turned over. This system is for automatic packaging. It works with PLC control system.
