Introduction

A leading UK based supplier of equipment and technological services for latex and plastic dip moulding and other specialised dipping applications offers to supply prophylactic (condom) production plant. Condom production is virtually always an automatic continuous process. The process requirements are such that manual or semi automatic production is impractical for a good quality product. Careful control of the operating conditions is essential. The plant incorporates a replenishment tank and a chiller unit for temperature control. It may be run on single or multi-shift operation according to production needs. A run-down period of about 25 minutes applies at the end of each working run. International standards are specified to control quality of the product. Laboratory controls, electronic testing for holes and weak spots, and physical strength test must be applied.

The complete production equipment includes compound preparation tanks and accessories, material testing, post-production equipment, testing equipment and packaging equipment up to foil wrapping. Cartoning is an optional extra. Condom Packaging Machine This automatic horizontal twin reel packaging machine has been especially developed for condom packaging in strip form. Single packs or multiple strips with easy separation perforations may be produced. This machine has an operating sequence of nominally 50 cycles per minute and can pack either rectangular or square pack formats. The maximum pack width as standard is 75 mm. A product counter is included in the machine. Packing can be done with most heat sealable laminated films utilising plastics, paper or foil.

The product is placed by hand on an automatic feed conveyor for insertion between the twin webs of packing material and the pack is sealed on all four sides. Pre-printed reels of packing material are most commonly used but additional facilities for print registration and date/batch coding may be incorporated. Liquid filling during packing is an additional option. The packing machine requires a single phase electrical supply and clean compressed air (150 litres per minute at 6 atm). The machine may also be adapted for packing other products of a similar size for special applications.

Area of Application: Rubber industry, medical Supplies

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