Desiccant inserter

The desiccant strip runs from the reel over guide rollers and a dancer arm (which keeps tension even), down past the cutting position sensor, through two feed rollers and into the cutter. The sensor reads the strip and tells the cutter when to cut, so that one sachet is cut off between sachets. The cut sachet is released through a small funnel into the bottle below.

1. 1Verify the desiccant type and size against the BPR.
2. 2Fit the reel and thread the strip along the path shown on the machine label: over every guide roller and the dancer arm, with no twists.
3. 3Set the cutting position sensor: jog the strip so the gap between two sachets is at the cutting point, then move the sensor until its red light spot sits exactly on that cutting point. Tighten the knobs (D-01).
4. 4Set the two feed rollers to a middle pressure: firm enough to push the strip down without slipping, not so tight that it sticks (D-05).
5. 5Check the cutter blade cuts evenly across the full width, left and right. Adjust in millimetre steps if one side is loose and the other tight (D-06).
6. 6Bring a bottle to the insertion position and align the small funnel straight over the bottle mouth, in line with the cutter release point (D-07).
7. 7Jog 10 sachets: every cut between sachets, one intact sachet into each bottle, none outside.
8. 8During production, monitor continuously and recheck the red spot at every reel change.