Plastic pallet machine - Wilmington Machinery

    Aug. 24, 2011
    The machine makes up to 960,000 pallets/year.

    The Lumina Pallateer #4 System (PM #4) fully automated production cell uses four molding cavities in a dual stacked mold configuration to produce 960,000 nestable, one-way, 48-in.-square pallets per year. The system's extruder melts up to 2,400 lb/hr. Other components include a top-entry stacking robot, blender, loaders, nitrogen-gas generator, mold-cooling-water chiller, and two aluminum molds with support beam. The machine's footprint is 14.5 m by 5 m.

    Wilmington Machinery, 4628 Northchase Pkwy NE, Wilmington, NC 28405, (910) 452-5090, www.wilmingtonmachinery.com

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