Modern high performance corrugators produce very large volumes. Leading Original Equipment Manufacturers and End Users choose Ammeraal Beltech belting solutions for their reliability and safe processing.
We offer heavy-duty uni Modular Belts for paper-reel handling, process belts for use on corrugator machines, uni Modular Belts for stack transportation systems and industry-specific process belts for converting.
“Ammeraal Beltech, for the widest range of industry-specific belting solutions. Our belts will help you improve the efficiency of your production process.”
Hermann Nelles
Global Industry Segment Manager Paper, Print & Corrugated Board
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Actual factory and process configurations could vary, but our industry experts know them all.
If you need it, we’ve got it – Ammeraal Beltech offers the widest range of conveyor and process belts to fulfill all the application requirements of the Corrugated Board and Box-Making Industry.
Paper-reels are moved to the Corrugator, where the process of corrugating starts. Modular XLB provides the reels to the unwinders.
Main challenges
- Reliable paper supply
- Damage to the paper-reels
Solutions
- Easy handling
- Safety
This high-speed (up to 400 m/min) process involves lifting freshly glued, single-faced web to the bridges. For this step, belts are often paired in a ‘sandwich’ construction.
Main challenges
- Paper jams caused by web slippage
- Belt elongation / tracking issues
- Damage from mechanical fasteners
- Maintenance and repair
- Temperature resistance up to 120 °C and high moisture
Solutions
- Bridge riser belt solutions reduce waste and increase up-time
- Fabric surface matches application friction needs
- ZipLink® splicing eliminates the need for mechanical fasteners and is quick, strong and won’t hurt your product
- ZipLink® Belts won’t mistrack, splicing is quick and splice kits are super-easy to use
- ZipLink® Belts can handle high temperatures and high moisture levels
This application requires conveying of single-faced web onto and across the bridge on the way to gluing and laminating.
Main challenges
- Short lifetimes for belts due to high temperature and moisture levels
- Marking of paper
- Paper tears
Solutions
- Heat and humidity resistant belts for a longer life expectancy
- No moisture seepage from belt
- Cotton covers offer the most reliable grip for safe transportation
This process involves precise product positioning onto and downstream break conveyor belt; perforated, friction-resistant and wear-resistant belts and vacuum-system slider beds are used for faultless sheet control.
Main challenges
- Loss of product control when belts curl at the edges
- Downtime due to mistracking
- Downtime for splicing
- Mechanical fasteners damage sheets and cause extra wear on slider beds
Solutions
- The no-curl technology used in Ammeraal Beltech belts solves this problem
- ZipLink® splices remain unaffected up to 70 °C and don’t require retensioning
- No dismantling is needed for splicing with ZipLink® and installation takes 15 minutes
- Homogeneous ZipLink® splice reduces potential for damage and wear
This step includes shingling / sheet alignment, separation and transport to one of a number of stackers. Control of sheet movement is of paramount importance here.
Main challenges
- Tracking issues when loading warm sheets onto stacker belt
Solutions
- The precise performance of Ammeraal Beltech belts means fewer manual interventions to get proper stacks
The transport of the stacks from the stacker belt can be done with belts that increase efficiency and reduce both waste and the risk of worker injury.
Main challenges
- Operator / worker safety (walking on rollers)
- Product damage
Solutions
- New uni JCB boasts a special anti-slip Y-surface and clearly marked belt edges
- The uni JCB eliminates contact pressure damage, dirt marking and elephant’s feet
(Pre-)feeders deliver a continuous supply of sheets for further processes; among other machines, they feed into Flexo Folder Gluers and case makers.
Main challenges
- Marking of board by fastener or cover profile
Solutions
- Ammeraal Beltech belts are designed to eliminate marking
- Our own unique Ultrafeed 500 is well known in the industry
The folding section requires special belts for an accurate fold of the blanks. Ammeraal Beltech Flexo Folder Belts have positive grip surfaces to eliminate slippage and jams.
Main challenges
- Maintaining production speed without sacrificing product quality
Solutions
- Our belts prevent slippage, even at full operating speed
Many different types of process belts for various machine-types and processes are available. Infeed belts (timing belts, vacuum belts, flat belts etc.) pushing the sheets into the converting machine. Transfer belts and transport belts plunge the sheets through the printing units.
Main challenges
Product waste
- Imperfect product functioning
- Damage from failing fasteners
- Comes at highest of costs because the product is at finishing stage
Machine down time
- Short belt life from edge fraying
- Belt replacement is a long process
- Fastener failure
Solutions
- Easy to install
- Extended lifetime
- Accuracy
- No damage
- Heat-resistance
In this part of the production process, the corrugated sheets undergo printing before being shaped into boxes.
Main challenges
- Mistracking leads to poor printing quality
- Very time-consuming belt replacement
Solutions
- The Ammeraal Beltech base belt / timing belt system offers outstanding accuracy
- Our belts can be replaced on-site quickly and easily
Blanks are fed into the machine and moved through it by means of transport and folder gluer belts.
Main challenges
- Excessive belt cover wear leading to frequent downtime
Solutions
- Hard-wearing covers and durable belts deliver much longer belt life expectancy
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