MAX Modular Bagging System, Automatic Bagging

Sharp's MAX™ - Auto-Bagging Machine

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The Sharp MAX™ is a versatile system designed to meet speed, size, labor and flexibility requirements for your bagging operations.

The user-friendly MAX™ can be configured for optimal bagging performance—either semi-automatic or fully automatic.

Dependable and hard-working, the MAX™ boasts many key features to enhance your bagging operations:

Uses off-the-shelf parts
Programmable PLC control
Self-diagnostic troubleshooting
Fast, easy changeovers

Did You Know...

One Sharp MAX™ replaces up to 4 hand load stations using flat bags
One Sharp MAX™ on 1 shift, hand loaded, can produce 1.2 - 2mm bags per year
For every 10 BPM produced, results in 1 million bags per one shift
Most hand load applications up to 5 parts per bag can be done at 10 - 15 BPM
Plain white labels cost $10 - $20 per thousand
Header cards typically cost twice as much as a printed header bag
Cartons cost 5 times as much as printed bags

E-Z Maintenance and Supplies

E-Z MAINTENANCE

Easy access design for service maintenance
Uses standard parts
Color touch screen display allows real-time diagnostics and troubleshooting

SUPPLIES

Sharp's co-ex bags improve strength and performance at a reduced cost
Mailer bags save you 30-50% compared to paper envelopes
Sharp's E-Z Shield bags protect expensive electronic components
Award-winning process printed bags
Imprintable VCI bags to protect parts from rust and corrosion
Imprint ribbon available

90° ROTATION CAPABILITIES FOR HORIZONTAL LOADING

Allows you to load heavy or stuffable products into bags

Options

Custom-tailor the Sharp MAX™ for your particular bagging needs by choosing from a number of options and add-ons:

MAX-SB™ Modular bagger with stand-behind printer Print bar codes, graphics and alphanumerics directly onto your E-Z Bags® at the point of packaging Full line of thermal imprint ribbons available
MAX-IP™ Integrated printer loads, prints, and seals your bag in one simple step! Prints unique, variable information on each bag or a series of bags Unique, flip-up printhead offers quick, simple maintenance and service
E-Z FEED™ CONVEYOR For short and long-run kitting applications
MAX™ SYSTEMS Low cost, fully automatic bagging systems in a variety of configurations Automatic counters result in better accuracy The MAX™ can interface to virtually any infeed device Custom engineering services available

Maximum Customer Satisfaction

"We had been purchasing our bags and equipment from another company and were reasonably happy.

We came across Sharp Packaging during our quest for a more competitive price, but we were delighted to discover that Sharp offered even more.

The service that we have received has been outstanding. Sharp remained on top of every detail from start to finish. The art department was helpful and accurate. Plus the quality of the finished product was just what we needed.

Everyone that we have dealt with has been extremely courteous and professional."

Dennis J. Grande

"On too rare occasions, I reflect back through my 30+ years in Purchasing and feel compelled to recognize extraordinary service and customer support to those certainly worth it. Those that perform exceptionally and professionally need to be acknowledged for their efforts and talent.

We appreciated your representation in just that way. Your attention to detail and incredible feeling of concern for our business welfare is both valuable and obvious to many of us here across several departments.

Thanks for doing such a great job and we’re glad to have Sharp as a partner in our family of suppliers."

Robert W. Peacock, C.P.M.

MAX™ Bagger Technical Specifications

MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS
WIDTH	HEIGHT	DEPTH	WEIGHT	AIR REQ. SOURCE	POWER REQ.	RATE	OPERATING TEMP.	HUMIDITY RANGE
46.5" (118cm)	1 35" to 41.3" (89cm to 105cm) 2 36" to 42.3" (91cm to 107cm) 3 35" to 41.3" (89cm to 105cm)	1 39.1" (99cm) 2 39.1" (99cm) 3 49.7" (126cm)	1 293 lbs. (133kg) 2 348 lbs. (158kg) 3 394 lbs. (179kg)	80PSI (5 SCFM) (5.5 Bar)	110 vac 50/60 Hz 15/4 Amps	70¹ bags/minute	0-40°C 32-140°F	10%-90% RH Non-condensing

1 Base Machine
2 Base Machine with (I) Imprinter Module
3 Base Machine with (SB) Imprinter Module

¹ Material, gauge and size of package along with weight and size of product will cause rate to vary. Contact a Sharp Packaging Applications Engineer for more information

PACKAGING SPECIFICATIONS
	BAG WIDTH	BAG LENGTH	FILM GAUGE	ROLL DIAMETER	PRINTING CYCLE RATES
Minimum Maximum (31.5cm)	2" (5cm) 12" (81cm)	3.5" (6.5cm) 30" 100 microns	.001" (1mil) .25 microns .004" (4mil)	10", 12", 14" or fan-folded in a box ²	(I) Imprinter End of cycle: 50³ bags/minute Mid-cycle: 20³ bags/minute	(SB Imprinter) 70 bags/minute

² Fan-folded bags in a box require the use of the Box Unwind Module, 14 inch diameter rolls require a 14 inch power unwind.
³ Minimum bag length for printing first bag out is 5.5" if printing mid-cycle, 8.0" is printing end of cycle.

Imprinter Module Technical Specifications

Compatible with all third-party software packages that support a Datamax A-Class print engine. Any label format used in compatible software can be transferred to the Sharp Programmable Imprinter without modifying the label format. Internal clock identifies batched lots with time and date codes.

APPLICATIONS: Bar coding, alphanumerics, graphics including logos, instructions, line drawings, reverse images, photographs, real time and date stamping.

PRINT METHOD: Thermal Transfer, directly onto surface of bag.

PRINT SPEEDS: 1"/second to 10"/second. High resolution with high packaging rate.

PRINT RESOLUTION: 203 dots/inch (8 dots/mm).

PRINT AREA: 4.10" (104mm) wide x 8".

MEDIA TYPE: Polyethylene, high density polyethylene, polypropylene and others.

PRINTER CONSTRUCTION: Flip-up print head design.

FONTS: Nine resident fonts. From 0.035" high to 8" high.

BAR CODES: Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, Code 128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, 13 Plessey, Universal Shipping Container Symbology, Code 39 variations HIBC, AIAG and Logmars.

INTERFACES: Serial, RS-232-C, 25-PIN Female D-Sub Connector (DCE), XON/XOFF, CTS Flow Control, Standard Centronics Parallel.

ROTATION: 45° increments.

MEMORY: 512K ROM, 2.25 MEGABYTES RAM.

ELECTRICAL: 110 VAC (50/60 Hz).

MAX 20™

MAX 20™ - 20" model also available, please contact us for more information.

P.O. Box 124, N62 W22632 Village Drive, Sussex, WI 53089
800-634-6359 | 262-246-8815 | Fax: 262-246-8885 |