Union Tool makes automated machines
that handle and process flat sheets, boards and panels made of wood, metal, glass,
plastic, fibre or foam.
Conveyors, stackers, feeders, coaters, hot melt applicators, glue spreaders,
laminators, electrical and electronic controllers, lubricators, turn-over
devices, wire brushes ... whatever can be done with sheets, panels and
boards in a conveyorized processing line, Union Tool makes the automated
machines and equipment that do it.
Typical Industries and Applications
All of Union Tool's machines are custom designed and adapted for specific
applications. Here are a few typical industries and their applications: (to
see a sampling of Union Tool machines that work in these industries,
just click the industry names ...)
Recreational Vehicle (RV) Manufacturing
— Union Tool is right in the heart of RV and motorhome country,
and we've been making machinery for laying up floor, wall and ceiling
panels since the industry first took off back in the War years. Travel
trailers, mobile homes, fifth wheels, and towables of all kinds are
made better, faster, and more profitably with Union Tool machines. These
machines are adaptable to other industries as well; basically, anywhere
large sheets and panels need to be laminated, coated, painted and glued
up.
Metal
Stamping, Drawing and Forming — From lubricant coating
and painting to wire brush finishing, many Union Tool machines find
homes in metalworking plants of all kinds. Stackers and feeders keep
those sheets of aluminum, brass, steel, and other ferrous and non-ferrous
metals moving down the processing line ...
Entry,
Security and Garage Door Manufacturers — Like wall
panels in the RV industry, doors are typically sandwich constructions
a frame or core covered with various types of facing panels
front and back. Union Tool makes many roller coaters and laminators
preferred by door makers, including our new 110-inch "twins"
... a matching hot melt roller coater / laminator pair, big enough
to face both sides of a garage door substrate in a single pass.
EPS Foam — EPS foam sheets and panels are used in many manufacturing processes.
Union Tool makes several machines specific to EPS foam, and many UT
laminators, coaters, feeders and stackers can be adapted to handle
EPS foam.
Plastics Packaging & Forming — From application of blister / skin pack material to silicone coating
of plastic web materials prior to forming, Union Tool knows how to handle plastic sheets,
films and panels.
Architectural Glass — Union
Tool makes roller coaters specifically designed for glass substrates.
The making of spandrel glass especially requires the particularly smooth
paint coating that our Reverse Roller Coaters provide ...
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Manufacturing
— One of the primary requirements in the manufacture and assembly
of printed circuit boards is protecting the surfaces of the boards,
which means gentle handling by the edges. While most of the
machines in this category are specific to the PCB industry, they can
be adapted to handle delicate materials of all kinds where surface protection
and precision handling are required.
Machine Function Categories
Union Tool machine functions fall in seven main categories. Many Union
Tool machines are multi-purpose, and so they may be listed in more than
one
category. To see a sampling of Union Tool machines that perform the following
functions, just click the function names ...
FEED — Feeders, de-stackers, and pinch rollers are just a few
of the machine types that send a steady stream of sheets into your processing
line.
MOVE — Straight-line conveyors, 90° corner turns, straight
/ perpendicular dual mode conveyors, accumulators, and transfer buffers
are just a few of the ways that Union Tool can keep your materials movin'
on down the line ...
COAT — Paints, drawing compounds, lubricants, blister pack liquid
vinyl, rubber gasketing compound, protective coatings, U/V coatings,
silicone releases, and adhesives ... whatever you're spreading, these
machines are smooth, clean, and precise. Coat top, bottom, or both at
once!
GLUE — Resin adhesives, hot melts, water-based, solvent-based,
phenolics ... whatever stickum you need to spread, there's a Union Tool
gluing machine that handles the work.
LAMINATE — Laminate plastic film to EPS foam cores, wall panel
"sandwiches," gasket flattening, film-to-panel, panel-to-panel, panel-to-frame
... if it goes together in layers, Union Tool has the machines to laminate
it.
STACK — Just
as Union Tool feeders push single sheets onto the processing line, Union
Tool stackers pull the finished sheets off and stack them back up.
SPECIALTY — From electrical and electronic controllers that can literally run your whole processing line, to machines that convert EPS foam bead scrap into space-saving, easy-to-dispose-of sheets, Union Tool can engineer a solution to just about any production line challenge.
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our Automatic Equipment Handling Brochure (PDF; 484KB)
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Roller Coater Brochure (PDF; 551KB)
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