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, […]
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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 […]
Compact, High Speed Precision Sheeter Available
Printers and converters who have purchasing sheeted stock can now transform rolls to precisely dimensioned skids of material with the MAXSON MSP Sheeter. Available in widths of either 57″ (1447 mm) or 65” (1650 mm), the sheeter can run at speeds of up to 1000 fpm (308 mpm) while maintaining tolerances of ±0.015” (±0.381 mm) […]
MAXSON Dual Slitter Design Permits High Production Sheeting
A dual slitter rig, designed to permit high production sheeting is available from Maxson Automatic Machinery Company. Capable of slitting high bulk papers and board without objectionable dust build up, the station includes two banks of slitter rigs mounted over one another, infeed and out feed rolls, and an AC drive mounted within a freestanding […]
Sheeter Meets the Demands of Lenticular Graphics Market
Manufacturers of lenticular plastic can now sheet the product at higher speeds than conventional drop shear equipment, while insuring the square, accurate dimensions required by the Printing Industry using a sheeter designed by MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY COMPANY (Westerly, RI USA). Lenticular technology, when used in print graphics, gives two dimensional pictures depth and motion. Used […]
