Operation

SETUP:

On the touch screen:

Select the box style.

Enter the box parameters – Length, width, height (depth), board thickness, and glue tab length.

Displayed:

Box blank size
Flap score position setting
Fence position setting 

Set:

Flap score position
Fence position

Optional:

Set outfeed conveyer position and speed;
Set outfeed catcher position

Time:

Typically under 2 minutes;

As little as 30 seconds 

RUN:

On the touch screen:

Select RUN 

Insert:

Pre-cut corrugated box blank

Motor-driven rollers move the blank to each slot position

At each slot position, a guillotine mechanism inside the machine stamps a slot and sets the box's body score

As the box blank goes through the machine, a roller sets the flap scores

PRODUCTIVITY:

Save:

Save the current box.

Enter a box name and optional description. The 970B can store up to 2,000 boxes (more upon request.)

Recall a saved box:

View saved boxes page at a time.

Scroll or search for your saved box.

Select (load) the saved box; optionally, edit the box before running.

RUN the saved box, or QUEUE the saved box in a job queue.

Queue:

Enter saved boxes into a job queue.

New jobs go to the bottom of the list. Normally, the operator selects the box at the top of the list to run (first in, first out.)  Optionally, operators may promote other jobs to run next.

OPTIONS:

Manage from a remote PC:

As an option, owners may purchase software so that others connected to the boxmaker via local network may perform the same functions as the machine operator, except run the box.

Salesmen may enter boxes, save boxes, queue boxes.  Managers may view current machine status and job queue.