In the medical, food, and other industries are booming, disposable wooden tongue depressors as a common consumable, its market demand continues to rise. The key to efficient, high-quality production is advanced disposable wooden tongue depressor production machinery. This article will analyse this production machine, from the processing process, performance characteristics to technical parameters, to present you with its full picture.
Disposable Wooden Tongue Depressor Production Machine is an automated machine specially designed for manufacturing wooden tongue depressors for medical or other purposes. Through a series of sophisticated processes, it transforms raw wood into a compliant tongue depressor product that meets the market's need for a hygienic, convenient and cost-controlled disposable consumable.
The production machine mainly consists of a double-section rotary cutting machine, a triple-quarter cutting machine, drying and polishing machine, chamfering machine, a sorting machine, bundling machine and a packaging machine. Each machine plays its own role and works closely together to form a complete production chain, ensuring the high efficiency and precision of tongue depressor production.
The double-section rotary cutter is the first core equipment of the production process. Its high precision ensures the production of standardised, compliant chips of consistent thickness, which not only guarantees the quality of the final tongue depressor product but also reduces raw material waste. The gears are made of 45# cast steel, and the nut and turbine are made of 663# tin bronze for durability and reliability.
The Triple Carve Cutting Machine is responsible for cutting wood chips into specific sizes of wood products, including tongue depressors. One of the advantages of this machine is that the width and thickness of the pieces can be flexibly adjusted to meet the specifications of the tongue depressor. At the same time, it is equipped with a perfect safety protection system, which prevents workers from being injured during operation and guarantees the smooth running of the machine.
The drying and polishing machine carries out a double task of drying and polishing wood products such as tongue depressors. In this process, steam is supplied from a boiler to steam and dry the wood segments. After this process, the tongue depressor not only removes excess moisture and prevents deformation, but also obtains a smooth surface and improves the quality of the product.
After drying and polishing, the tongue depressor is in a disorganised state. With a capacity of 200,000 tongue depressor plates per hour, the tongue depressor collator can quickly put them in order, greatly improving the efficiency of the subsequent processes. Developed in 2012 by a specialised R&D department, this machine has brought a quantum leap in productivity in the tongue depressor and ice cream bar industries.
The chamfering machine is a fine processing machine for wood products, mainly used for rounding the corners of tongue depressors and ice-cream bars. Through this process, the appearance of the product is more beautiful, and at the same time, it is more in line with the export standards of wood products, reducing the risk of scratches in the process of use.
The dust remover and polisher come into play after the chamfering process, and is used to remove dust from the surface of the tongue depressor and to carry out a second polishing. After the chamfering process, there will be a lot of debris left on the surface of the tongue depressor, which can be put into the dust removing roller to effectively remove the dust and make the surface of the tongue depressor more polished.
This machine is used for bundling tongue depressor plates, and the control system adopts an advanced Siemens PLC computer controller, which ensures stable operation and high efficiency. The bundling material can be laminated paper or kraft paper, customers can choose flexibly according to the actual demand. generally the tongue depressor will be bundled into 50 pieces per bundle.
This packaging machine is mainly used for sealing the bags of long, thin, flat bar-shaped products such as coffee sticks and tongue depressors on all four sides. Its speed is controlled by a frequency converter, with counting, automatic four-side sealing, cutting, and other functions, and it can pack different types of tongue depressors individually or in groups. Adopting soft resin litho and water-based ink, it is capable of printing bright colours and clear patterns on one or both sides of the bags.
The single-section rotary cutting machine can produce 6,900,000 pcs per 8 hours; the triple-cutting machine has a capacity of 2,300,000 pcs per 8 hours; and the chamfering machine, sorting machine, and strapping machine can handle 320,000 pcs per 8 hours. Different machines have different capacities, which need to be matched reasonably when planning the production line.
The capacity of the overall tongue depressor production line depends on the co-operation of the machines in the various stages. The machines cooperate with each other to form an efficient production chain to meet mass production requirements. At the same time, the production line can be flexibly adjusted according to the actual order quantity and production demand.
The automatic production machine has strong versatility. By changing the mould of the three-quarter cutter, it can not only produce tongue depressor, but also process many kinds of wood products such as ice cream sticks, coffee stirring sticks, matchsticks, etc. This greatly expands the scope of application of the equipment, reduces the cost of equipment purchasing for the enterprise, and improves the utilization rate of the equipment.
Each step of the process, from log cooking to finished product packaging, has strict process requirements. The logs are cooked for 3-4 hours at 80°C - 100°C; the rotary cutter cuts the logs into thin boards and feeds them into the triple-cutting machine; the triple-cutting machine produces different sizes of products by replacing the moulds; and the subsequent steps of chamfering, sorting and strapping further guarantee the quality of the products.
During the production process, several equipment work together to achieve quality control. The sorting machine can screen out unqualified products such as bent and too thin, and remove the dust on the surface of the products; the precision processing and parameter control of each machine ensures that each tongue depressor meets the quality standard.
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Numerical Control Type Rotary Cutting Machine
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Model: BXQJ-CNC Capacity:200000pcs/h Cut thickness:0.3-6.5mm Wood diameter <800mm Size:2500*2400*1300mm Power:22.7KW Weight:2000kg |
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Numerical Control Type Punch Cutting Machine |
Model: SLKQ-3-CNC Motor power: 4KW Working veneer thickness range: 1-22mm Capacity: 150000pcs/h Size: 1200*800*1200mm Weight: 600kg |
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Drying and Polishing Machine with frequency converter and automatic discharge |
Model: GTHG-3 Capacity:50000pcs/h Rpm：24 Size:4800*2200*2200mm Power:7.5KW Weight:2400kg |
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Four Cameras Tongue Depressor Selecting Machine |
Model: BVJX-4 Stick: 150*18*1.8mm Power: 0.5KW Capacity:38,000pcs/h Size: 3100*900*1900 Net Weight: 380KG Gross Weight:510KG Packing: 2860*1060*2100 |
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Tongue Depressor Arranging Machine |
Model: BSL-2 Capacity:200000pcs/h Size:2500*1600*1750mm Power:1.2KW Weight:430kg |
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Tongue Depressor Chamfering Machine |
Model: BMQC Stick: 150*18*1.8mm Power: 1.5KW Capacity:20,000pcs/h Size: 1000*800*850mm Net Weight: 200KG |
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Tongue Depressor Bundling Machine with Selecting |
Model: BDBM Stick: 150*18*1.8mm Power: 1.2KW Capacity:30,000pcs/h Size: 2700*840*1500mm Net Weight: 350KG |
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Tongue Depressor Packing Machine with 1 color printing |
Model: BDPM-4 Stick: 150*18*1.8mm Power: 1.5KW Capacity:200-350pcs/h Size: 1400*850*1600mm Net Weight: 630KG |
There are various types of wood that can be used to manufacture wooden tongue depressors, commonly including birch. Different woods differ in terms of hardness, grain, price, etc. Companies can choose based on actual needs and cost budgets.
The cost of the production line is affected by a variety of factors such as equipment configuration, brand, function, and so on. Enterprises can choose the right combination of equipment and obtain accurate cost quotes according to their own production scale and product positioning. At the same time, enterprises also need to consider the cost of raw materials, labour costs, site costs, etc., to carry out a comprehensive costing.
The number of machines required for the project depends on the scale of production and generally includes each of the major processing equipment mentioned above. Staffing needs to cover operation, maintenance, management and other positions. Factory construction needs to take into account the production process, equipment size, material transport, and other factors, and reasonably plan the area of the factory building and the external stacking area.
Purchase of machines can be made through various channels, such as the official website of the enterprise, offline exhibitions and business negotiations. Payment methods are flexible, including prepayment and final payment. The machines are CE-certified, with guaranteed quality and warranty service for a certain period of time. The enterprise can also provide overseas training services to help customers better master the operation and maintenance skills of the equipment, and at the same time can assist customers in workshop design and layout planning.
