Vertical Spindle Attachment – 150mm Roll Core Size – Geared Rotation

The 150mm (5.9”) vertical spindle attachment was designed in response to a customer enquiry in the food industry to handle large diameter, narrow width rolls of film from the pallet to the processing machinery.

The vertical spindle tube has been shortened to allow accurate gripping of the narrow rolls (280mm). This is achieved by shortening the vertical spindle black end cap.

In addition, the vertical spindle tube expanding, gripping fingers have been redesigned to cater for the wider core size and narrower rolls. The expanding gripping fingers have been shortened from the standard 150-154mm to 148-152mm to accommodate the new core size.

The narrow, large diameter (980mm) rolls lie on pallets with the roll’s core in the vertical orientation. The vertical spindle attachment grips and lifts the rolls from the pallets in the vertical position.

This lifting solution offers geared rotation and manual gripping mechanism with electric lift and lower functions.

The vertical spindle attachment has a gearbox with manual handwheel for the rotation to and from the vertical to horizontal orientations. A further handwheel provides the reel gripping and release action.

The rolls are securely gripped by the core. This mechanism has a torque limiter fitted so that the clamping fingers do not over or under tighten.