After selling and supporting the old VB1 design for 20 years we knew all the good and the not so good points of the old VB1. We have sought to build and improve on the good and eliminate the less good and in so doing this upgrade represents a massive improvement to an already market leading machinery product.
All the consumable parts are compatible with the old model (guillotine blades , hole punch and die, drive rollers, etc. So, if you have an old and a new machines these parts are interchangeable.
What isn’t changed is Australian support. Martin has 17 years experience on the VB1 machine and all parts are held now locally in Australia.
The old VB1 has the machine head up high on a post requiring operators to hop on a stool to load fabric and feed into the machine head. If machine operators weren’t very tall they had difficulty.
The machine head and roll holder is now at an ergonomic height – not mounted up on a post
On the left side of the machine the infeed has a great system of passive rollers for dealing with the various tension of the roll – this eliminates the drag on fabric entering the machine head it means that slightly inconsistent lengths due to this is totally eliminated – a really fantastic new feature.
The infeed has a bearing mounted roll holder to slip through the fabric roll and then it is simply placed on the machine – so easy
The new chute comes in 2 parts so 2100mm louvre is off the floor if you use the full chute. The chute comes apart in the middle to a delivery height at 900 mm, a standard bench height
Waste fabric from punched out holes typically end up on the floor all around a vertical blind machine. No more sweeping up! A collection shaft delivers them straight into a waste plastic bin.
Fast easy slide out of the drive roller and the counting roller so it is easy to remove masking tape or to clean rollers as required.
There is now adjustment of tension on the counting roller, making it easy to keep the machine accurate. With no adjustment on the old VB1 inaccuracy became an increasing problem
With this new design many service issues can be performed by clients or better able to keep the machine accurate with help available over the phone or via a smart device.
The VB1 can come to you in a crate and it is on its castor wheels so after it is lifted out on the floor it is simply a case of bolting the chute on and connecting the power and air. You can be running in only a few minutes. We’ll be happy to guide you through the screens and initial operation. An operator manual will be included.
For overseas clients we can also flat pack the VB1 Cabinet. This would lower the shipping costs.