Description
The Santa Ana Unified School District is seeking bids for a horizontal flow wrapper equipment and tray denester system for its Nutrition Services department. The system should be able to support trays of various sizes and materials, and should include features such as servo-driven precision, on-screen monitoring, and data accessibility. The bid should include equipment cut sheets, technical specifications, and a description of the tray denesting method. The district is looking for a system that can provide accurate and reliable tray placement, and that can overcome suction-related tray nesting issues.
• The system must be able to handle a variety of tray formats and materials.
• The system must include a programmable control system with servo-driven tray dispensing and touchscreen or integrated operator interface.
• The system must include error detection and automatic correction features, such as automatic tray retry/refeed and homing/reset in case of misfeed.
• The system must operate at a tray placement accuracy rate of at least 90% across all supported tray types and speeds.
• The system must include a tray magazine or hopper for staging stacked trays, manual override and fault recovery functions, and misfeed detection and on-screen error reporting.