Cotton Swab Machine, Gauze Swab Machine, Iodine Swab Machine

This is a High-Speed Rotary Converting System to manufacture non-woven wipes in a sealed package filled with alcohol, iodine or other liquids for the medical/cosmetic industries. The system will include non-woven unwinds feed stations, slitting stations and folding stations.  The sealed package will be made of an upper and lower web that is heat sealed at the time the non-woven is inserted and the liquid is precisely injected.  The sealed product in pouches will go through slitters and a sheeter to cut them into their final shapes.  The completed and filled packages will be conveyed away from the final die cutter to other vendor supplied cartoning/packaging equipment. The package can be pre-printed or printed inline.

APPLICATIONS:

Folded non-woven pad in individually wrapped and sealed printed pouches.

• Alcohol
• Iodine
• Cotton
• Gauzes
• Perfumes
• Any liquids

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Pad length tolerance +/-.06"
• Print-to-cut +/- .06"
• Pad to pouch center +/- .06"
• Machine components to withstand both alcohol and iodine
• 2650 parts per minute continuous operational speed
• 3000 parts per minute maximum mechanical speed
• Pouch width (cross web direction) 1.6 inches
• Pouch length (web direction) 1.7 inches
• Pad length is 1.2 inches
• Printing to be on the top of the pouch as it exits the final die.

CONFIGURATION: 22”  Swab Machine consisting of the following:

• Constant Tension Non-Woven Unwind
• Non-Woven slitting and feed stations
• Non-Woven Infeed
• Non-Woven Slitting/Scoring Station
• Folding Station
• Pad Cutting Station w/ vacuum transfer
• Constant Tension Bottom Film Unwind
• Bottom Film Turn Bar Section
• Bottom Film Pull Rolls
• Liquid Fill Station
• Constant Tension Top Film Unwind
• Top Film Turn Bar Section
• Top Film Pull Rolls
• Chill / feed station
• Product Perf and Slit Station
• Final Die Cut (Sheeter) Station
• Machine base and mechanical drive components
• Servo Motor Drive and Control System
• Flexo Printer
• Design and Controls Engineering Package

Note: Versions of this system could fold and cut materials other than non-woven and insert them into a sealable packet with or without the injection of a liquid.