Mapak machines for the end-of-the-line of large format tiles

Marpak offers a range of machines for packaging and palletising large tiles and panels from 600x600 mm to 1600x3200 mm in size. These machines meet the needs of customers and end users by producing solidly packaged pallets suitable for all kinds of short and long range transport, both by land and by sea.

Plants for large-size tiles are normally equipped with a sheet dispenser to allow a top sheet to be placed on top of the pallet without stopping the production cycle. This ensures that pallets stacked on top of each other in outdoor storage areas are waterproof. The application allows for a 70% saving compared to the conventional double hood system.

Another solution in strong demand from ceramic tile manufacturers is the corner dispenser used to apply corner protectors to the 4 vertical corners and the upper horizontal corners. These corner protectors are applied by special machines in conjunction with horizontal or vertical strapping machines to safeguard the stability of the pallet and protect the corners. After this initial preparation stage, the next step is to wrap the pallet. The stretch hooding machine automatically applies heat-shrink film, choosing the film size according to the pallet, which is then transferred to the model FT58-6 TWIN heat-shrinking oven.

The oven is equipped with a smart system for opening and closing the 6 burners, of which 4 are positioned parallel to the pallet’s longitudinal direction of movement and 2 are positioned transversally. One of these last two burners is mobile and can be positioned automatically according to the pallet length. The patented FT58-6 TWIN heat-shrinking oven does not require fume-extraction pipes.