4-Station Hydraulic Air-Curtain Cabinet Foaming Fixture — refrigerator cabinet & door pu foaming lines by UREXCEED. Lead time 60 – 90 days, MOQ 1 set.
4-Station Hydraulic Air-Curtain Cabinet Foaming Fixture
4-station hydraulic foaming fixture for air-curtain refrigerated display cabinets (open-front merchandisers up to 4 × 1.8 × 0.55 m). Top/bottom flat-pressing clamp, water heating, 50 kW, 80–200 cabinets/shift.
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Specifications
- Layout Form
- 4-station fixture frame for air-curtain refrigerated display cabinet foaming
- Drive Method
- Hydraulic with top/bottom flat-pressing clamping
- Heating Method
- Water heating
- Number of Stations
- 4
- Cabinet Size Range (L×W×H)
- 4,000 × 1,800 × 550 mm
- Footprint (Overall L×W×H)
- Sized to fit factory hall (compact fixture frame)
- Foaming Material
- POL + Cyclopentane + ISO / POL + HCFC-141a + ISO / POL + HCFC-245fa + ISO
- Voltage / Frequency
- 380V · 50 Hz · Control voltage 24V
- Total Power
- Approx. 50 kW
- Compressed Air Requirement
- 0.5 MPa
- Best Fit Capacity
- ~80 – 200 air-curtain cabinets per shift
- Lead Time
- 60 – 90 days
- MOQ
- 1 set
Applications
- Open-front air-curtain refrigerated display cabinet (supermarket grab-and-go)
- Multi-tier air-curtain merchandiser (beverage / dairy / packaged meal)
- Convenience store open-front cooler
- Pharmacy / drugstore beverage cooler (open access)
- Fast-food chain refrigerated grab-and-go island
The 4-station air-curtain cabinet foaming fixture is a SPECIALIZED foaming frame for open-front air-curtain refrigerated display cabinets — the merchandiser type with no front door, just a cold-air-curtain seal. These cabinets need top-and-bottom flat-pressing during PU foaming to maintain the open-front frame geometry. The 4-station fixture batches the foaming for cost efficiency.
Why air-curtain cabinets need a dedicated fixture (not a generic line)
Air-curtain cabinets are NOT just refrigerators with a missing door. The open-front frame has unique structural challenges: the front opening must stay perfectly square through curing, top/bottom shelves need precise mounting tolerance for air-curtain seal effectiveness. Generic single-station machines without top-and-bottom flat-press cause front-frame warp that breaks the air curtain. The 4-station dedicated fixture solves this by clamping the entire envelope during cure.
Four reasons the 4-station dedicated fixture beats generic single-station for air-curtain
Data-driven advantages of the air-curtain-specific 4-station configuration.
Top + bottom flat-press clamping maintains front-frame squareness ±0.5 mm
Generic single-station clamps the cabinet walls but not the top + bottom independently. During PU rise, the open front frame warps 2–3 mm without dual flat-press. The 4-station dedicated fixture clamps top + bottom AND walls simultaneously, holding front-frame squareness at ±0.5 mm — the tolerance air-curtain seals require.
Batch 4 cabinets per cycle — capacity 80–200 cabinets/shift
Four cabinets foam in parallel per cycle. Throughput 80–200 cabinets/shift handles mid-volume air-curtain merchandiser OEM factories — typical convenience store / supermarket chain supplier output.
Cabinet envelope up to 4 × 1.8 × 0.55 m — long merchandiser support
Long-format air-curtain merchandisers (3–4 m supermarket grab-and-go islands) fit the fixture envelope. Generic cabinet machines typically max out at 2.5 m length — half the air-curtain range.
Modest capex — USD 180K–280K vs full air-curtain production line USD 600K+
For 1,000–5,000 air-curtain cabinets/year, the 4-station dedicated fixture pays back in 2 years. A full air-curtain dedicated line only makes sense above 10,000 cabinets/year.
How the 4-station batch cycle runs
4 cabinets enter simultaneously, foam in parallel under flat-press clamping, exit batch-mode in ~12 minutes per cycle.
- 1
Load (parallel) — 2 operators load 4 pre-skinned air-curtain cabinet shells onto 4 fixture positions. Top + bottom flat-press jaws open. ~90 sec.
- 2
Clamp — top + bottom flat-press jaws engage on all 4 cabinets simultaneously. Side walls clamp via hydraulic clamps. Whole envelope under pressure. ~20 sec.
- 3
Parallel injection — 4 separate PU dispense heads inject POL+ISO+cyclopentane (2.0–3.5 kg/cabinet) into each cabinet simultaneously. ~30 sec.
- 4
Heated cure — water-heating maintains fixtures at 48–55°C. Foam rises through cabinet walls + roof + bottom. ~8–10 min batch cure.
- 5
Batch demould + QC — 4 cabinets release together. Operator inspects front-frame squareness with reference gauge before downstream assembly. ~60 sec total.
FAQs — 4-station air-curtain cabinet foaming fixture
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Capacity 80–200 cabinets/shift — for what factory size?
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