MAXSON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY COMPANY (Westerly RI) offers a rapid pallet discharge system that requires no Operator involvement and delivers uninterrupted production while changing skids of material safely without rejecting any acceptable sheets. By eliminating down time associated with stopping the sheeter to remove skids and reloading with empty pallets, sheeter productivity is increased by as […]
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High Pressure Laminate Sheet Lines Can Improve Productivity
High pressure laminate (HPL) manufacturers can increase the productivity and reduce the waste of their sheet lines by replacing conventional drop shear equipment with the dual knife rotary technology of the MAXSON SDFK Sheeter. High pressure laminate is composed of layers of kraft paper, a single layer of decorative paper with a solid color or […]
MAXSON Offers Quick Turnaround Knife Sharpening Service
Maxson Automatic Machinery Company (Westerly RI) offers a quick response grinding service for sharpening sheeter cross cutting knives of all manufacturers. Upon receipt from the Customer, all knives undergo an immediate six point inspection process to identify knife thickness, material composition, parallelism (ability to maintain back edge and knife edge to within 0.004″, flatness (ability […]
MAXSON Expands Engineering Product Development Team
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, […]
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 […]
