Axon Showcases at WestPack 2015 a Truly Innovative Shrink Sleeve Applicator – the Lanzara
Axon, powered by Pro Mach, is featuring at WestPack, February 10-12 at the Anaheim Convention Center and at Pack Expo East 2015, February 16-18 in Philadelphia, the company’s next-generation shrink sleeve applicator – the Lanzara. A servo-controlled, mandrel-style machine, the new Lanzara delivers the highest output at the most sensible price of any applicator in the industry at speeds up to 400 units per minute. (Axon WestPack Booth # 5326), (Axon Pack Expo East Booth # 609)
The heart of the Lanzara is the PacDrive™ 3 automation platform from Schneider Electric™, which integrates discrete, motion, and IT functionality into a high-performance packaging-machine solution. The PacDrive 3 updates I/O motion blocks at a blistering one millisecond each, giving Lanzara outstanding motion control and overall flexibility. For example, with the new Axon Smart Speed Control feature, Lanzara can automatically increase or decrease the sleeving rate, matching upstream and downstream line speed without operator involvement for ‘set it and forget it’ operation. Smart Speed Control ensures optimum throughput, uptime, and quality.