Starview's manual skin packaging machines are designed for low volume applications. They incorporate a stationary heating system with instant on/off heaters, which come up to heat instantly during cycles and turn off for loading and unloading. The manual skin machines have a timer control for precision repeatability and an accurate turbine regulator. The operator places the master skin board directly on the machine vacuum box, loads product, and depresses the cycle start button to initiate the heater timer. At the end of the cycle, the vacuum timer starts the vacuum turbine and the operator lowers the film clamping frame. Once the cycle is complete, the operator releases the latch, opens the film clamping frame and pulls the finished skin board forward and re-closes the frame. The finished board is slit from the film frame by the operator and the film frame is returned to the preheat position. A new section of film has automatically been loaded into the clamping frame during this process.
