Control fast strap, head and press movement.
The strap path can accelerate, tension and retract unexpectedly. Sealing heads, cutters, arch mechanisms, compression platens and moving guides introduce trapping, cutting and hot-surface hazards.
Guarding follows the entire sequence, including the underside and rear of the machine where drives, strap accumulators and feed mechanisms may remain accessible.
- Feed, retract and tensioning mechanisms
- Sealing head, cutter and hot components
- Compression platens and squaring guides
- Arch, lance and strap-accumulator movement
Design openings around the actual pack or pallet.
The product opening must pass cases, cartons or pallets without becoming a reach or whole-body access route. The solution can use close-fitting tunnels, distance, interlocked doors or protective devices according to the load and risk.
Format variation matters. Maximum load dimensions, unstable products, strap tails and misaligned packs are considered before the guard geometry is fixed.
- Minimum and maximum pack envelope
- Case or pallet overhang
- Infeed and outfeed transfer nips
- Misfeed and broken-strap recovery
Make strap loading and service access deliberate.
Operators need to load coils, thread strap, remove waste and service the sealing head. Access points are placed around these tasks and linked to a defined safe machine state.
When the strapper is part of a palletising or wrapping cell, zone control and reset arrangements should be coordinated across the connected equipment.
- Coil loading and handling route
- Strap threading and splice access
- Head cleaning and maintenance
- Integrated end-of-line stop zones
