ILLIG 2014 Open House The Best Technological Solutions for Automatic Roll-fed Machines

Presentations on the state-of-the-art technology of automatic pressure forming machines of the RDKP series for separate forming and punching, as well as the RDK series for combined forming-punching operation were supplemented by a total of eight machine demonstrations. Different applications were demonstrated on the current automatic roll-fed machines, such as the production of hinged packs, menu trays and lids. All of these machines are consistently equipped with the new „ILLIG Intelligent Control Concept“ (IC). The participants were especially interested in the newly developed STAL 90 punch and die press, interlinked with an IC-RDKP 72 thermoformer, forming area max. 756 mm x 535 mm. APET blisters were formed using a 15-up tool, subsequently punched, burrless all around, and stacked. The STAL 90 employed for this purpose, successor generation to the previous STAL 80 and 80b punch and die press, was completely newly developed and is consistently equipped with servo drives. In the production process the punch press works at a speed of up to 145 cycles per minute.