Etipack Friction Feeder: Whizzy


High-speed, on-demand, friction feeder

 

The Etipack Whizzy is a high-speed, on-demand, friction feeder for feeding & dispensing flat products and placing them with the highest precision, at a selected point.  Suitable for a wide range of items such as coupons, vouchers, leaflets, stationery, greeting cards, smart cards, sachets, stickers.

 

The Whizzy series represents the top choice for friction feeder as far as performance, ancillary devices available and formats (lengths and styles) and is ideal to integrate with OEM equipment and any packaging line where high-speed and precision are required.

The structure is entirely in stainless steel and this makes them ideal for applications in food and pharmaceutical packaging lines.

The Whizzy friction feeder is very versatile and can handle a wide range of products such as; coupons, vouchers, instruction sheets, pre-folded brochures, envelopes, promotional folded cards with thickness up to 3mm, with standard configuration, or up to 8mm with customised setup.

The series of Whizzy friction feeders is available in a wide variety of widths and styles: with horizontal or vertical dispensing units, widths Whizzy 110, Whizzy 210, Whizzy 350, according to the size, with brushless motor, PLC electronics for advanced management of data exchange between the feeder and the packaging line. They can feed individual products or in batches.

Features of the feeder

  • Single product feeding machine
  • Adjustable loading stack
  • Belt skimming system
  • Flat belts dispensing units, horizontal (H) or vertical (V)
  • Stop sensor
  • Separate control box (remote terminal up to 3m) with integrated PLC
  • Separate control panel  (remote up to 3m)
  • Control on minimum load
  • Start/dispensing
  • Controls and alarms
  • Brushless motor

Ancillary devices

  • Base support structure
  • U-shaped support structure
  • Encoder
  • Programming keypad for speed and counting
  • Tray for counted products (collating function)
  • Control dispensed product
  • Loading stack for higher capacity

Features

Features 110 (H) - 110 (V) 210 (H) - 210 (V) 350 (H) - 350 (V)
Dispensing speed ≤ 200 m/min
(400 pcs/min depending on the product step)
≤ 200 m/min
(400 pcs/min with product step)
≤ 170 m/min
(300 pcs/min with product step)
Product sizes (width x step) Min: 50 x 55 mm
Max: 110 x 180 mm
Min: 50 x 55 mm
Max: 210 x 180 mm
Min: 50 x 50 mm
Max: 350 x 180 mm
Product thickness 0.2 - 3 mm 0.2 - 3 mm 0.2 - 3 mm
Product dispensing Horizontally (110 H) Vertically (110 V) Horizontally (210 H) Vertically (210 V) Horizontally (350 H) Vertically (350 V)
Motor type DC motor DC motor DC motor
Size L - W - H 700x300x935mm 700x402x760mm (210 H) 550x402x900mm (210 V) 687x547x760mm
C.B. dimensions L - W - H 400x200x600mm (110 H)
533x297x894mm (110 V)
400x200x600mm 400x200x600mm
Power supply 230V, 50-60 Hz 230V, 50-60 Hz 230V, 50-60 Hz
Electrical input 920W 920W 920W

Downloads

Etipack Friction Feeder - Whizzy (PDF, 0.07MB) ALS_Etipack_Brochure_Web_rev02-2024 (PDF, 2.83MB)