Rotary Window Machines

Heiber + Schroder Rotary Window Machines are the ideal combination of perfect packaging film-window placement, superb productivity and unbeatable ease of use. With modular concepts, machines can be retrofitted without difficulty to adapt to new production concepts. With state of the art technology it is the possible solution to produce more efficiently.

Products commonly run on rotary window machines are normal film-windows, folding box with liner, film-window with length- wise perforation, intermittent cut, shape perforation or shape cut, film-window cut from pre-printed reel with register mark control, pre-sealed inner tube, with creasing length wise and shaped die cut, shaped cut windows feeding from a pile.

Common market products would be Donut Boxes, Kleenex Boxes, High End Cosmetic Boxes, Candy Boxes, Toy Boxes, Pasta Boxes and film-windows around corner.

Technical Highlights of the rotary window machines:

  • 4 different feed modes for each blank form
    -teach function
    -no cams required
    -electronically controlled
  • Digital setting of film cutting
  • Easy cleaning Glue System
  • High Performance Vacuum Belt
    -ensures most precise positioning of film-windows.
  • Maintenance Free Vacuum System
  • Servo motors drive all rotating elements
  • Moveable delivery table for easy access to knife station
  • 1,2,3 or 4 around operation
  • State of the Art Operating Panel
    -picture support
    -digital operating manual
    -digital spare parts
    -picture support error message
    -set-up storage

Other details of the rotary window machines

  • Master feeder for carton blanks. This feeder is the ultimate answer to the great variety of carton blank styles of the packaging industry. It allows four different run modes (3 standard, 1 optional) to achieve optimum speed and a minimum marking for each individual blank style. Make-ready is featured by teach-in-button and fully automatic electronic control.
  • Automatic friction control. Integrated compensation for the changing friction over the full speed range ensures a smooth feeder operation.
  • Patented mono-belt vacuum transport behind squaring chains for highest accuracy in window placing.
  • Maintenance-free inbuilt vacuum system. No vacuum channels, no vacuum tubes, no filters required.
  • Doctor blade glue system with movable side scrapers, fully splash guarded, with cleaning system (less than 2 minutes required for cleaning)
  • The digital input of blank length, blank width, window length and window position offers a fully guided set-up of the machine. All components in running direction and all sensors are set automatically.
  • Video supported on board training program for guiding of operators.
  • On-board video supported help system for trouble shooting
  • On-board camera for communication with H+S service
  • Modem link to H+S host for service and upgrades
  • Completely 3D visualized spare parts manual in operator’s panel.
  • Automatic maintenance advising program.
  • Integrated diagnostic program allows control of all drives, motors and sensors.
  • All set-up data can be stored under the product name including photos and text.
  • On-board operator’s manual (digital file for control panel)
  • Automatic production statistics. All statistic data can be exported to the host.
  • 100% servo driven machine, maintenance-free.
  • Latest generation of power consumption optimized servo drives
  • Movable delivery table for easy access to knife station.
  • 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-up operation is standard.
  • Largest number of options to be retrofitted at any later stage.