Splice Detector

Maxson Automatic Machinery Company offers a feature on its precision sheeters that insures the skids of sheeted stock delivered to the printing press are free of splices that could smash blankets and cause press downtime. A capacitance-type splice detector is mounted to the cutter infeed.The detector senses a change in web thickness and signals the reject gate to divert the spliced sheet at speeds of up to 300 cuts per minute.The detector’s sensitivity can be adjusted to detect a single splice within a pack of up to eight webs.

Maxson Automatic Machinery Company
Westerly RI USA
401-596-0162
www.masxonautomatic.com