(57) Mobile strapping machine, for horizontal and vertical strapping of crates onto pallets
or loading platforms, which comprises a mobile carriage (1) made up by a frame (2)
resting on revolving wheels (3); a column (4) fixed to the frame (2); a coil (5) joined
to the column (4) around which a plastic strap is wound; and a strapping head (6)
joined to the column (4) which can slide vertically in both directions, suitable for
feeding, tensioning, soldering and cutting the strap for each strapping operation,
which is characterized in that the strapping head (6) is fitted with rotating means
(8) which enable the strapping head (6) to turn in both directions between two fixed
positions situated at a 90° angle from one another; and because it comprises a strapping
arm (11) positioned below the frame (2) of the carriage (1), which can extend a considerable
distance horizontally so that, for vertical strapping, it is positioned between supports
of the pallet or loading platform, with the outer end protruding from the side of
the pallet or loading platform opposite that facing the strapping head (6).
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