The Rota Cage - Aging of the whole Cube
Working principle:
Core part of the
machine is the rotating cage, which takes the whole product cube.
The cage is rotated over two axes and the walls are adjusted in a
way, to allow exactly the space for the movements of the stones,
which are necessary to ensure the desired aging results.
The aging process can be influenced by the space between the cube
and the walls of the cage, the speed and the axes of the rotating
process and the cycle time.
Speed, axes, cycle times and other process parameters can be saved
as "Recipes" in the operator-friendly PLC control system of the
machine.
Advantages at one glance:
- All surfaces of
the stone are aged, not only the top side
- Aging of small and big formats, all thicknesses without problems
- No sorting and re-cubing necessary
- The arrangement of the stones in a layer is kept, advantages for:
- layers with various formats
- layers prepared for mechanical installation
- Possibility, to age heavy blocks or split blocks
- Aging after one day of curing possible
- Only one operator needed (Forklift driver)
- Almost zero rejects
- Different layouts possible (stand alone - inline)
Foto Galleries:
Capacity:
Cycle time (depending on products and desired
aging picture): between 3 and 6 minutes
Between 10 and 20 product cubes per hour can be processed
Restrictions:
To grant a perfect result, the edges of the
stones must touch each other or the walls of the cage during the
rotating cycle.
Therefore stones with circulating chamfers or full spacers can not
be processed with this system.
For those products, ROTACAGE offers single layer systems ("products
on board"). The name of this equipment is "ROTA LINE" and more
information will be available soon. For a first impression, use this
LINK (Aging per
Layer ...)
For more information (including
a very instructive
VIDEO)
about ROTA CAGE Equipment contact:
Norma Mondragon
E-Mail:
nmondragon@zenithequipment.com
Horst-Walter Eckhardt
E-Mail: hwe@zenith.de