EXIGE Wet wipes making
Machine overview
Full automation. Top performance.
EXIGE is a versatile, reliable and high-speed production system for cross-fold wipes.
Available in 2, 3 or 4 lanes in single or double frame, it is fully automatic: from unwinder to wrapper feeding, needing just a few operators to function correctly, also with no need for them to touch the product.
Equipped with accurate vacuum-free folding, EXIGE delivers efficient performance with low amounts of scrap material, helping to reduce TCO on any type of substrate, even the most delicate paper-based flushable items. Each machine process is adjustable with multiple parameters that are fully controlled by the operator.
The totally configurable wetting system allows:
– one or more sanitary pumps with dedicated flowmeter, for perfect lotion dispensing on each wipe
– adjustable width or fixed width wetting bars, one per lane, to minimise lotion waste
– free choice of pre-fold wetting, post-fold wetting or both together, depending on substrate type.
Production plant
IMA Teknoweb
Machine highlights
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Reliability
Reliable vacuum-free folding.
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Efficiency
High efficiency and low scrap to reduce TCO.
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Sanitary design
In compliance with the best sanitary standards.
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Automation
Fully automatic, from unwinder to wrapper feeding.
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Performance
Top performance on any type of substrate, even the most delicate paper-based flushables.
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Versatility
Single or double Z-folding on the same unit.
ATEX compliant
EXIGE can be supplied compliant with ATEX (explosion proof) standards, to safely produce and handle wet wipes soaked in Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) or any other flammable liquids.
It features an integrated quality control (Vision System), for non-conformities and to warn operators when cutting or tucking is not optimal; this allows for a reduction in unplanned stoppages.
Pharma GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) Standards compliant for materials, components and design, in order to minimise product contamination risks.
Process direction is straight without any 90° turns: this improves machine ergonomics and accessibility.
Machine details
Technical information
| EXIGE TECHNICAL DATA | ||||
| EXIGE 25 | EXIGE 2 | EXIGE 3 | EXIGE 4 | |
| Design speed (wipes/min) | 1500 | 1800 | 2700 | 3600 |
| Operating speed (wipes/min) | 1200 | 1600 | 2400 | 3200 |
| Stacking speed (stacks/min) | 100 | 100 | 150 | 200 |
| Linear speed (m/min) | up to 120 | up to 160 | up to 160 | up to 160 |
| Number of lines | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Drive | Full servo | Full servo | Full servo | Full servo |
| Stacker | Pneumatic cylinders | Linear motor | Linear motor | Linear motor |
| Roll diameter (mm) std | opt | 1200 | 1500 | 1200 | 1350 | 1200 | 1350 | 1200 | 1350 |
| Open wipe width (mm) min | max | 110 | 300 | 110 | 300 | 110 | 300 | 110 | 300 |
| Open wipe length (mm) min | max | opt | 150 | 200 | 150 | 200 | 150 | 200 | 300 | 150 | 200 |
| Folded wipe length (mm) min | max | opt | 75 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 200 | 75 | 100 |
| Interfolded | no | no | no | no |
| Fold type | Z, double Z | Z, double Z | Z, double Z | Z, double Z |
| Stack height (mm) min | max | 5 | 60 | 5 | 60 | 5 | 60 | 5 | 60 |
| Count min | max | 5 | 40 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 40 |
| Quantity of lotion(%) min | max | 200 | 300 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 300 |
| Efficiency (%) | > 95 | > 95 | > 95 | > 95 |
| Waste (%) | < 2 | < 2 | < 2 | < 2 |
Product output options
