The Festooning system of our tote festooner consists of a belted infeed conveyor section, a pulling drum and a belt driven fanning section. The bandoleer is pulled through the infeed section, over the tote festooner pulling drum, and down through the fanning chute into the tote. The fanning chute oscillates back and forth to lay down rows of pouches into a tote below. The tote is carried on an indexing roller conveyor which shifts the tote as layers of pouches are delivered. The programmable logic controller matches pulling speed, rate of oscillation, and tote shifting patterns so the totes are efficiently and consistently filled on our tote festooner.

When a tote is filled, the fanning chute moves to a home position. If the knife system option has been purchased the bandoleer is halted and a knife system initiates the bandoleer cut cycle. Systems without the knife option require manual cut. The full tote is then indexed out of the loading area. An empty tote is indexed into the loading area. The tail of the bandoleer is fed and draped down over the side of the tote. The festooning operation then resumes on our tote festooner.

Critical Performance Features

1. Isolation between pouch machine and loading system

2. Minimal tension and stress in the web as it traverses the path from the pouch machine to the tote loader

3. Repeatable tote filling