FFG go is the latest member of the go system family from Baumer hhs. The solution is designed for pure adhesive application in flexo folder gluers and supports the requirements for contactless adhesive application in the corrugated board industry.
The latest member of the company's go system family is characterised by its simple, intuitive operability, with FFG go meeting a variety of demanding requirements in terms of the user experience. contactless adhesive application in the corrugated board industry supported. The solutions in the go system family, developed for applications in which adhesive is only applied, offer a particularly attractive price-performance ratio.
FFG go can be used to operate either 2-track adhesive application heads with DLK go technology for simple applications or 3-track adhesive application heads with P-500 technology for more demanding tasks. These adhesive application heads can be flexibly customised to individual requirements. Multiple application heads guarantee high productivity and quality in automated adhesive application in more than 1,500 flexo folder gluers around the world every day.
Centrepiece of the FFG go with the latest technology
The centrepiece of FFG go is the on the latest software and hardware technology based Xact FFG go control unit. Its functionality is also fully geared towards pure adhesive application - whereby customers can choose whether to apply adhesive dots or adhesive lines. Programming the individually controllable adhesive tracks via the intuitive menu navigation is simple and safe for machine operators: all they need to do is enter the dimensions of the lid flaps and the lengths of the tabs on the control unit's touchscreen interface. Xact FFG go also supports adhesive application on angled and split tabs.
With the Glue Save Mode, the adhesive traces can be intermittent, which minimises the Reduce adhesive consumption by up to 50 per cent can. The intelligent function ensures that the adhesive strength of the glue application marks is maintained. As this function is not possible with low-pressure and contact glue application systems, Baumer hhs customers gain an advantage with the Glue Save Mode.
„The new control unit offers the option of making additional adjustments at lower operating levels if required by production orders. Basically, Xact FFG go offers the full range of functions of our large Xtend series for programming and parameterising the adhesive patterns to be applied.“ Andreas Schneiders, Business Development Manager Corrugated, Baumer hhs
Baumer hhs is regarded as a pioneer in contactless adhesive application with electric valves, which offers a wide range of technical and economic benefits, particularly in the corrugated board industry. In addition to the minimised maintenance and cleaning effort, adhesives cannot smear on the corrugated cardboard materials.
As the application nozzles do not come into contact with the surfaces of the corrugated cardboard, there are no wear and the functionality of the application nozzles is not impaired by dust. It is also not necessary to adapt the adhesive application to different thicknesses of corrugated cardboard.
Uniform adhesive application
The wavy structure of the surfaces of the materials also has no influence on the quality of the application images. The adhesive traces are always Evenly applied. Light barriers from Baumer hhs ensure that the positions of the applied adhesive traces meet the recognised quality criteria at all speeds.
„There is a persistent rumour on the market that contactless adhesive application requires a higher investment than contact application systems. With FFG go, Baumer hhs is proving this wrong. This is all the more true when you consider the total cost of ownership of contact systems, including maintenance, cleaning and wear,“ says Schneiders.
FFG go awaits with a innovative hands-free function which sprays a small amount of adhesive into a standard disposable aluminium or cardboard tray during short production interruptions before the start of adhesive application. This prevents the application nozzles from drying out. This ensures that the adhesive application valves immediately and reliably apply adhesive of the required quality again after a change of application, for example.
With FFG go, there is therefore no skew spraying, soiling of the flexo folder gluer or lack of adhesive application. For longer production interruptions Baumer hhs offers an optional water bath in which the application heads can be hung manually. This provides reliable protection against drying out for hours.
Source: Baumer hhs
