Phoenix PRTG-2150 Rotary Arm (Gantry Frame)

The Phoenix Touchpad Control Panel provides many features simply not available from competitors including:

• Independent Variable speed up/down carriage control.
  • This feature is often overlooked, but provides more film application control and realized film savings. More expensive automatic wrappers provide this feature and we provide it with our Semi-automatics also as it allows you to start the cycle by moving upward at full speed. This ensures the load gets a spiral wrap applied while getting the carriage to the top of the load as fast as possible. This allows you to contain the top of the load which is typically the most unstable. Once the top wraps are complete you are then able to travel downward at a reduced wrapping speed to ensure that the required film is applied to contain the load. Most competitors provide only one speed, forcing you to move upward at the same slow rate as on the way down causing more film to be applied unecessarily. Again adding extra cost to each pallet wrapped.
• Separate 1 to 9 top and bottom wrap selectors:
  • This provides the maximum flexibility for all your wrapping needs. Most competitive models offer a single 1 to 3 wrap selector switch which limits your capability to meet your customers requirements.
  • For example: Many pallet loads require more than just three wraps applied to the top. Many retail customers supply specs that require 4 or 5 revolutions on the top. This is not possible with many competitive models.
  • Very often different amounts of film need to be applied to the top of the load and the bottom. You may require 3 top waps and only 1 bottom wrap. This again is not possible with competitive models as you are forced to put the same amount of film on the bottom as you did on the top. Applying extra film where it is not needed dramatically increases your film cost per pallet. Don't be limited in your ability to meet any of your customers requirements. With Phoenix, we understand the demands customers face and provide this flexibility.
• Multiple Wrap Patterns: Including Wrap Up/Down and Wrap up only Cycle pause and others just give you added flexibility to meet your customer's requirements.
• Variable Speed Drive for Turntable Speed
• Autoheight Photo-Eye for Variable Load Height detection with adjustment slide for easy changes
• Film Force to Load (Tension) Control
• Power On/Off, Large E-Stop, Pause Cycle, Jog Controls for Carriage up/down and turntable.
• Broken film alarm lets you know when the stretch film runs out. it stops the carriage where it was during the cycle and allows you to continue where you left off when the roll is changed.

• Automatic power safety shut-off. Most competitors talk of safety but leave the power to the carriage and the dangerous rollers live when the film change door is opened. Phoenix includes this safety shut-off with a door monitoring switch to ensure the carriage is completely safe when the operator is changing the film. Competitive models leave the prestretch rollers LIVE and DANGEROUS. Phoenix eliminates this work related accident hazard as well as the insurance and man hour costs associated with it.
• Lexan safety cover shields the operator from dangerous pinch points and moving rollers when carriage is operating as OSHA and CSA requires.
• 245% Powered pre-stretch
• Pre-Stretch Rollers Carry a Lifetime Warranty
• Side tower mounted and easy access with side-hinged carriage threading door for easy operator access.
• Proximity sensor with Linear feed-back control
• Integrated auto-height pallet detection PE with adjustable slide to quickly set the amount of film to be applied over the top of the load (overwrap). This can even be done on the fly, unlike the competition that requires a dismantling of the carriage and adjustment of internal electrical controls and the machine must be stopped each time to regulate with a Hit and miss approach.
  Competitors do not allow for easy adjustment for this important part of the cycle.
• No Film Threading During Film Change: No need for threading instructions and diagrams here. The Phoenix film carriage design allows for the fastest and safest roll change in the industry. Simply open carriage gate, lay the film on the gate, and close the gate. IT'S THAT SIMPLE !