Gauntlet Machine
Mid-Anglia Engineering has been a leader in battery manufacturing machinery for over 40 years, including Gauntlet Forming Machines. We’ve produced 13 production systems to date for customers around the world.
Our Gauntlet Forming machines are designed to allow for the accurate and consistent forming of gauntlets (tubular bags) from sewn non-woven polyester fabric, which are used in industrial batteries.
Worldwide
Battery Manufacturing
The basic principle of our machines:
Fabric is heated on special forming rods and the fabric is allowed to cool and form on these rods.
A slip forming process is then implemented where the fabric and forming rods are drawn through the machine via pneumatic cylinders and clamping blocks.
Forming rods are then pushed back within the fabric via push rods and odd/even clamping techniques.
The now cured formed product is then extended past the forming rods where it can be cut to length using a hot wire cutting system.
Products are then dropped onto an exit conveyor for collection or conveyed to the next process.
Two or four products can be made with each cycle of the machine depending on the length required.
MACHINE ELEMENTS
Let-off system with fabric run out stop
Pre-heat oven - thyristor controlled
Main oven - thyristor controlled
Mechanical forming section- pneumatic
Out-feed conveyor
Control unit - PLC and HMI control
Air
1.68 m3/m
at 6 bar min
Supply
415 V 3 ph, 50 Hz
50 A/ph
Air duct ⌀
2 off at 100mm
Power
30Kw start up, large decrease after start up
Control 24 V DC
Required flow
1-2 m3/m
(Can be made to suit local supply)
PRODUCTION
The machine is capable of producing a full range of gauntlets with the correct tooling. We supply both
standard (S) tooling and glued edge (GE) tooling.
No. of tubes
15
15
15
16
16
16
19
19
21
22
22
24
Pitch
9.6
9.6
9.6
8.6
8.6
8.9
9.6
9.6
7.6
7.6
7.6
7.6
Tube internal
7.9
7.9
8.6
7.2
7.2
7.3
8.3
8.3
6.2
6.2
6.2
6.2
S or GE
S
GE
GE
S
GE
GE
S
GE
S
S
GE
GE
