MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY COMPANY has added experienced personnel to its Engineering Department to lead development efforts in advancing sheeter designs for the digital, folio and large format sizes. The next generation of MAXSON’ sheeter models will continue to insure Operator safety, enhance ease of set up, ability to convert a versatile range of materials productively, […]
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An In Line, Accurate Counting and Marking System Available
MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY COMPANY offers an pneumatically triggered tag inserter that provides a dependable actuation of the tag feed out and tag cut off. Compressed air passes through an adjustable flow control valve and activates an air cylinder, feeds out 6” (150 mm) of tag stock. When the solenoid is de-energized, (after a […]
Sheeter Can Be Configured to Cut Wide Range of Materials
The MAXSON MSS Sheeter cuts a wide range of materials such as newsprint, glassine, kraft, embossed, laminated papers, and box boards. It also profitably converts aluminum, and copper foils, foam, non wovens, gasket material and many other specialties. The sheeter lends itself to customizing designs for numerous applications. The MSS Sheeter is a stationary bed […]
Sheeter Feature Avoids Secondary Repositioning of Piles on Skid
MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY COMPANY (Westerly RI USA) offers a feature on its precision sheeters that avoids the secondary restacking of piles prior to feeding the skids into a printing press. The design allows the Operator to offset the tail end of the sheeted stock from the back edge of standard sized skids. As a result, […]
Board Sheeter Outfitted for High Production Now Available
A dual knife rotary sheeter equipped with productivity enhancement features is available to converters and printers of board grades from Maxson Automatic Machinery (Westerly RI USA). The sheeter’s low inertia knife cylinders allow high speed on short cut offs, yet permits knife loading up to 1000 pounds/3300 ft2 (800 grams/meter2). Speeds of up to 1300 […]
Dual Motor Drive Retrofit Allows Older Sheeters to Remain Competitive
The dual motor drive retrofit from Maxson Automatic Machinery Company (Westerly, RI) allows a converter’s older sheeters to remain competitive with today’s precision sheeters. On older dead knife sheeters, this retrofit replaces a cutter’s existing wear-prone mechanical transmission or older electronics drive with a more reliable electrical system. This drive system allows cutoff lengths to […]
Plastic Sheeter Out Produces Inline Drop Shear
Producers of PET polyester, magnetized laminates, lenticular plastics, high impact poly styrene (HIPS), high density polyethylene (HDPE), Expanded poly styrene (EPS), high pressure laminates and coated plastic films can convert product at higher speeds than conventional drop shear equipment while insuring square, accurate dimensions using MAXSON’s twin knife rotary technology. Using MAXSON’s proven dual knife […]
Overlap Device Increases Sheeter Speed by 200 fpm
Maxson Automatic Machinery Co., (Westerly, Rhode Island), offers the Airfoil Overlap System, a patented design that utilizes the principles of fluid mechanics to achieve safe, reliable jam free performance at the point of overlap on high speed sheeting applications. The device can increase speeds at the point of overlap by 200 fpm (60 mpm). Constant […]
MAXSON’s Reject Gate Assures High Speed Jam Free Sorting
MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY COMPANY (Westerly, RI USA) outfits its high speed precision sheeters with a sophisticated reject gate design that makes certain that defective sheets are separated trouble free from acceptable product at speeds up to 1300 fpm (396 mpm) even on light- weight materials. The reject gate on MAXSON Sheeters is capable of diverting […]
MAXSON’s Non Marking Delivery System Allows Higher Sheeter Speeds
MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY COMPANY (Westerly RI USA) offers a high speed delivery system on its precision sheeters that avoids marking sensitive materials when shingling the sheets. This design manages sheet flow by controlling the speed of the cut packet’s leading edge as it enters the overlap area, rather than nip pressure. The resulting action prevents […]