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Cooperage Machinery

If you are a company that views quality barrels as a priority, no doubt you want the strongest, most reliable equipment that you can count on when you need it most. We are very pleased to offer our expertise and industry solutions for your cooperage machinery needs.

Cooperage Machinery Overview

We have taken the current processes of producing cooperage barrels, developed from proven old world techniques, and integrated them into modern machinery processes with the inclusion of PLCs (programmable logic controllers) and HMI touchscreen interface operator controls.

Cooperage Machinery – Manufacturing Experience You Can Trust

pāco manufacturing has decades of experience as a prototype-to-production machine builder for low- to higher-volume applications as well as component parts for complete machines. Explore a detailed look at these cooperage machinery options below:

Innovative Designs for Cooperage Machinery

Our new designs incorporate many improvements for additional precise handling of the product and updated operator ergonomics. These systems are specifically made to boost efficiency and safety with added structural integrity and replaceable tooling to last through decades of production, and they offer operator and maintenance-friendly improvements.

Air Test Station

Air Test Station

Used by operators to initiate test cycles and install test plugs and nozzles

Features

  • Safety Lock & Shut-off

Production Rate

400 Barrels / 8 Hours

Utility Requirements

Electric: 12 VAC, 1 Phase, 60 Hz, 10 amp

Air: 1” NPT, 90 psig

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities
Inspection Cradle at Roll-Out

Inspection Cradle at Roll-Out

Using conveyor controls, this pneumatic inspection cradle will aid the operator with barrel inspection

Features

  • Guided by conveyor line controller

Production Rate

1200 Barrels / 8 Hours

Utility Requirements

Air: ½” NPT, 90 psig

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities
Bilge Hoop Puller Machine

Bilge Hoop Puller Machine

Bilge Hoop Puller Machines assist with: barrel loading, temporary bilge hoop removal, vertically conveying and discharging hoops, and discharging barrels

Features

  • 30 HP hydraulic power unit
  • Infeed barrel centering device
  • Perimeter guarding and service platform with skip ladder access (crossover stairway is optional)

Production Rate

1,200 Barrels / 8 Hours

Utility Requirements

Electric: 480 VAC, 3 Phase, 60 Hz, 60 Amp

Air: 1” NPT, 90 psig

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities
  • Fill hydraulic power unit with fluid
Air & Water Pressure Test Machine

Air & Water Pressure Test Machine

The Electric/Pneumatic Controlled Air and Water Test Machine is employed when a barrel is dropped into the cradle. The operator installs test plugs, nozzles, and initiates the test. Once the cycle ends, the barrel is discharged.

Features

  • Safety Lock & Shutoff

Production Rate

1,200 Barrels / 8 Hours

Utility Requirements

Electric: 120 VAC, 1 Phase, 60 Hz, 10 Amp

Air: 1” NPT, 90 psig

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities
Final Test Inspection Cradle & Drain Pan

Final Test Inspection Cradle & Drain Pan

Operator performs the final inspection using this equipment; after the process is complete, temporary bungs are removed and the barrel is drained

Features

  • Drain pan for bilge area
  • Drain for head area (optional)

Production Rate

N/A

Utility Requirements

None

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag unit
  • No utilities
Hoop Driver Machine (Hooper)

Hoop Driver Machine (Hooper)

This equipment uses hand-operated valves for the hydraulic press process and equips (10) pneumatic press arms to install barrel hoops

Features

  • 30 HP Hydraulic Power unit
  • Safety light curtain
  • Perimeter guarding with safety lock access
  • Automatic pneumatic barrel infeed (optional)
  • Automatic pneumatic barrel lift/
    flip/rotate (optional)

Production Rate

Up to 400 Barrels / 8 Hours

Utility Requirements

Electric: 480 VAC, 3 Phase, 60 Hz, 50 Amp

Air: ¾” NPT, 90 psig

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities
  • Fill hydraulic power unit with fluid
Crozier Machine

Crozier Machine

This automatic cooperage equipment uses barrel gravity feed to center the barrel. After both ends of the barrel have croze grooves cut into them, the barrel is discharged

Features

  • Machine guarding with (2) safety interlock access gates

Production Rate

Up to 400 Barrels / 8 Hours

Utility Requirements

Electric: 480 VAC, 3 Phase, 60 Hz, 60 Amp

Air: ¾” NPT, 90 psig

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities
Head Hoop Puller Machine

Head Hoop Puller Machine

During Head hoop Puller machine operations: barrels are loaded, temporary head hoops are removed & then vertically conveyed and discharged, and finally barrels are discharged

Features

  • 20 HP Hydraulic power unit
  • Infeed barrel centering device
  • Perimeter guarding and service platform with skip ladder access (cross over stairway is optional)

Production Rate

1200 Barrels/ 8 Hours

Utility Requirements

Electric: 480 VAC, 3 Phase, 60 Hz, 60 Amp

Air: 1” NPT, 90 psig

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities
  • Fill hydraulic power unit with fluid
Cooper Table with Floor Plate

Cooper Table with Floor Plate

Our cooper repair table aids the cooper in making necessary repairs to barrels

Features

Floor plate

Production Rate

N/A

Utility Requirements

None

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • No utilities
Bunger Drill Machine

Bunger Drill Machine

The Bunger Drill Machine drops barrels into the cradle where the operator will position it and control the drill cycle. After the process is complete, the barrel is discharged

Features

  • Bilge Bunger Drill
  • Head Bunger Drill (optional)
  • Safety Guarding

Production Rate

1200 Barrels / 8 hours

Utility Requirements

Electric: 480 VAC, 3 Phase, 60 Hz, 60 Amp

Air:  ¾” NPT, 90 psig

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities
Head Press Machine

Head Press Machine

An operator loads the required head boards onto the Head Press Machine. After closing the hold-down arms, the press cycle is initiated

Features

  • Laser head circle guide
  • Hydraulic power unit
  • Safety Equipment

 

Production Rate

400 Barrels / 8 hours

Utility Requirements

Electric: 480 VAC, 3 Phase, 60 Hz, 30 Amp

Installation Requirements

  • Position, level, and lag machine
  • Connect utilities

We are your one-stop shop for all your cooperage services! Contact us to find out how we can immediately assist your barreling process with high-efficiency automation equipment.

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