Colibri 1001 Tonazzi, Automatic tube filler

Main features
AISI 304 stainless steel machine body and bottom covers
AISI 304 stainless steel removable covers to easily reach inside parts
Electronic speed variator with digital setting of machine speed
Safety coupling to protect mechanical members
Parallel index drive similar to Ferguson
Anticorrosion treated upper parts
Electronic control and safety systems controlled by a Programmable Logic Control (PLC S7-300 SIEMENS)
SIEMENS “TP700” interactive display of machine functions and alarms provided with on-line help to solve minor problems; advanced control of adjustments, such as:

Machine speed
Product tail cut-off
Counter
Storage of operation parameters to form a collection of recipes of the different products filled on the machine
12-position turntable with twin tube holders
AISI 316L stainless steel infeed hopper, 40-liter capacity
Automatic high capacity tube feeder, Mod “JUMBO”
Control of the presence of tubes having a wrong position on tube loading chute (capsized tubes)
Device to pneumatically hold tubes during transfer into tube holders
Pusher assembly ensuring tubes are properly positioned in relevant tube holders and consequently perfectly closed
Automatic tubes registration assembly with photocell and potentiometer to delay tubes stop in its correct position
AISI 316 L stainless steel volumetric dosing group with Tri-Clover connections
Mechanically operated dose adjustment enabling variations without machine stops
fixed injector with pneumatically operated nozzle-closing valve cutting product tail off and avoiding product leaks
Tubes bottom-up fill device lifting tubes holder during filling phase with an adjustable and progressive stroke of approx 135 mm
Device to stop the dosage if the tubes are missing (no-tube – no-fill)
One filling nozzle
One dosing piston
Control of non-ejected filled tubes stopping machine and enabling to remove a non-ejected ones
Device to stop tubes loading enabling to discharge tubes present on turntable before any planned machine stop
Safety guards in methacrylate with micro switches