CA2619001A1 - An improved glut, method and apparatus for manufacturing gluts - Google Patents

An improved glut, method and apparatus for manufacturing gluts Download PDF

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CA2619001A1
CA2619001A1 CA002619001A CA2619001A CA2619001A1 CA 2619001 A1 CA2619001 A1 CA 2619001A1 CA 002619001 A CA002619001 A CA 002619001A CA 2619001 A CA2619001 A CA 2619001A CA 2619001 A1 CA2619001 A1 CA 2619001A1
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
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    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65D81/05Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/127Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material
    • B65D81/133Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using rigid or semi-rigid sheets of shock-absorbing material of a shape specially adapted to accommodate contents, e.g. trays

Abstract

This invention relates generally to an improved glut and the manufacture of a glut (11) of folded or cut and stacked sheet material aligned to form a block and having apertures (21) therein in order to reduce the overall weight of the glut without substantially reducing its strength, and in particular to methods for manufacturing improved plaster gluts or other articles of folded or cut plasterboard.

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An improved glut, method and apparatus for manufacturing gluts.

This invention relates generally to an improved glut and the manufacture of articles of s folded or cut and stacked sheet material aligned to form a block, and in particular to methods for manufacturing improved plaster gluts or other articles of folded or cut plasterboard.

Other terms uscd instead of "glut" are spacer, billet, dunnage, riser or sleuter.
Plasterboard in this documcnt also includes drywall sheets, sheetrock, gypsum sheets, gypsum wallboard, gypsum panels and other panal sheeting.

It is known for stacking sheets of plasterboard and almost all other flat sheet panels to use load spacers or plaster gluts that provide required spacing. The load spacers or plaster gluts are formed from new plasterboard or plasterboard remnants which are cut into a standard length, scored along fold lines, and transmitted into a folding apparatus which sitnultaneously folds and breaks the plasterboard member into two separate members having pleats. The folded members are then compresscd and stapled to form the completed plaster gluts. Such plaster gluts are used as spacers or riscrs beneath stacks of sheet materia2, such as gypsum board, for shipping (transporting) purposes or for storage. The plaster gluts enable the insertion of the forks of forklift vehicle or apparatus beneath the staak of aheet material for movement thereof and can be used as spacers between stacks sorted into different sized stacks.

Plaster gluts of folded plaster have the advantage that they do not discolour or physically mark the surface of the stacked sheet plasterboard or other sheet material stacked thereon, and therefore have an advantage over convcntional spacers of wood in this regard. 1':brthermore, wood of suffieient strengffi is generaily too heavy.
Strong light weigltt wood Is generally slow growing and is particularly cxpensive. It is therefore difficult to locate material which is readily available, usable as a lightweight but compressible strong material, commercially possible and that does not aff'ect the plasterboard.

= WO 2005/085558 PCT/AU2005/000303 In addition, the method of the present invcntion enables plastcrboard remnants to be made into conunercial articles that solve usage problems taking into account the stricter requirements of occupational health and safety precautions of the modem workforcc.
In accordance with the invention there is provided a method for manufacturing "plaster gluts" or other articles of folded plasterboard and a novel plaster glut or article of stacked laminates.

In accordance with the invention there is provided plaster gluts which can be employed as spacers or risers between stacks of plasterboard or other sheet material and have the advantage that they do not phys9eally mark or discolour such plasterboard, as conventional wooden spaoers sometimes do, The gluts formed from a stack of pancl members or a concertina of panel members, the panels having one or more cut-outs to decroase weight.

Thc invention also provides a method of manufacturing plaster gluts formed from plasterboard sheet, which could be remnants, by cutting the sheet to a pre-determined standard length, scoring or partiatly guillotining in parallel lines on opposing sides of the sheet to provide fold lines, making cut-outs within the parallel fold lines to decrease weight and folding into concertina folded panel members to form a useable glut able to space sheets of plasterboard sufficiently to allow fork lifts to be used.
Preferably the outer panels are not subject to cut-outs such that the plwer glut has the appearance of a solid block but includes internal oavitics.

However the outer panels can have holes all the way through as well such that the plaster glut has the appearance of a "Swiss cheese" block with internal cavities.

To providc strength as a support structure, each panel In a stack of panels or concertina of panels forming a plaster glut has adjacent, at least partially aligned, suppon portions to form a continuous post structure cxtending linearly from top panel to bottom panel.
2 The cavities are located to retain substantial strength of the glut. The cut-outs of adjacent panels can align when folded together so as to form continuous cavities with continuous support posts of cross members avd outside or circumferential members to retain strength.

Th.e support posts could be formed by central cut-outs leaving a circumferential structure of each panel to form a cireumferential support post, and can be the lightest of the proposed gluts. The support stnteture could also include cross members extending from one circumfcrantial side to the other of each panel and overlapping at least partially from panel to panel when stackcd adjacently or in concertiria form to form continuous cross member support posts from top panel to bottom panel.

The support posts preferably extend liaearly over the shortest path from top panel to bottom panel to form strong support structure. However tbe support posts can extend linearly but at an angle from top panel to bottom panel.

Also tha 'support posts could exicnd from a side of the stack to the opposing side rather than top panel to bottom panel as long as, in use, the eontinuous linear support posts are in lino with direction of required support.

The concertina folded plasterboard gluts or stacked separate panels can be aligned and the layers shrink-wrapped together to form the completed plaster glut.

The plasterboard., sheet remnants can be cut to distinct separate panels of a standard widUt and length, and cut-outs can bc made within the conf3nes of the panels and spaced from the circumferential edge to decrease weight, and the distinet separate panels can be transmitted through a guide to align them while their layers are shrink wrapped together to form the completed plaster glut able to space sheets of plaaterboard sufficiently.

The shrink wrapping of the glut is preferred but it can be replaced by other suitable means such as poly-strapping. However, the shrink wrapping of the glut serves
3 several useful purposes. It fastens the layers of the glut together (as does the poly-strnpping), it maintains tho integrity of the glut (by reducing chipping, crushing, etc.
and enclosing any chipped or crushed gypsum which might occur) and also has a substantial advantage in providing enhanced friction to the surface of the glut which s aids the function of tha glut in tho transpart of plasterboard.

Preferably the outer panels are not subject to cut-outs such that the plaster glut bas the appearance of a solid block but includes internal cavities. The cut-outs of adjacent paacls can align when placed in a stack so as to form continuous cavities with continuous cross members and outside members with each forming support posts to retain strength.

The cavities can be formed by one or more sized cut-outs in each panel. The eut-outs can be aiigned and undertaken in one action when the panels are stacked or concertina folded. However each panel can be separately cut-out before stacking or concertina folding of the panels.

The cavities ean be formed in another aspect by out-outs from end or froin the sides of the stacked panels or concertina folded plasterboard.
zo Cut-outs can be formed by drilling circular cutrouts or stamping cut-outs of various shapes.

However in another form the out-outs can be made by. linear cuts from a circular saw or the like.

The cut-outs can re.moYe over 50% of the mass of at least the panels betwoen the top and bottom panels. Howcvcr the top and bottom panels can also include cut-outs.
Overall the weight can be reduced by over 50%. For example, the plaster glut prcviously made in the prior art was about 7.5 kilograms. The improved plaster glut can be of the order of 3.5 kilograms to 4.2 kilograms while substantially maintaining the strength of the initial artiole.
4 It can be seen the present invention provides an improved glut of folding sheet material which operates in a simple, trouble-free manner.

An additional aspect of the invention is to provide a plaster glut manufacturing 9 machine which employs the above-mentioned folding apparatus and stamping process.

Stlll another aspect of the present invention is to provide a machine that automatically cuts the sheet material into menibers of standard lengths. Thcn scores or partially cuts or guillotines the upper and lower surfaces of such members along fold lines before transmitting them to the folding apparatus.

In one form a concertina folded plaster glut can be created in a stamping process where a series of parallel guillotino blades on the underneath of a sheet of plaster board and a series of parallel guillotiue blades above the sheet of plaster board can be similarly spaced but aligned offset such that in a cutting mechanism they move relatively towards eaeh other to fortn fold lines. Preferably those cut fold lines extend the entire width but oniy partislly through the depth of the plasterboard so that one outer surface remains connected to allow concertina folding of panels into plaster ghit.
The stamping process ean also include cut-out blades to make the cut-outs of each panel between the guillotined cut lines.

In one form the, cut-out blades can be a series of male and female blades shaped 25' respeetively to allow interfitting engagement and clean cutting of the cut-outs.
Altematively the guillotining action can penetrate entirely through the plasierboard to fonn a scries of separate panels for stacking into one plaster glut.

A still fiuther aspect of the invention is to provide such a machine which automaticatly fastens the folded plasterboard members together by shrink wrapping to form the completed plaster gluts.
5 Another aspect of the invention is to provide sueh a machine which stacks the completed plaster gluts in rows.

In order that the invention is more readily understood various embodiments of the invention will be describcd by way of illustration only with reference to the drawings wherein:
FIGIIR)r. 1 is a perspective view of a plaster glut In aceordanee with a first embodiment of the invention;
FIGURE. 2 is a perspective view of the plaster glut of Figqre 1 with top panel opened;
to FIGURE. 3 is perspective view of a plaster glut In accordance with a second embodiment of the invention; the glut is drilled as a whole after folding through top and bottom panels.
FIGiYRE. 4 is perspective view of a plaster glut in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention; circumferential support.
FIGURE. 5 is perspective view of a plaster glut in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention; dlfferent siu holes arc displayed for the sole purpose of showing possibility of different size and shape.
FIGURE. 6 is perspective view of a plaster glut in accordance with a fft embodiment of the invention; show that holes can be drilled into side of glut FIGLTRE. 7 is perspective view of a plaster glut in accordanae with a sixth embodiment of the invention; showing holes drilled into end of glut.
FIGURE. 8 is perspective view of a plaster glut in accordance with a soventh embodiment of the invention; diagonal hole give almost the same support but supply more weight reduct;on.
FIGURE. 9 is perspective view of a plaster glut in accordance with a eighth embodiment of the invention; shows a stamp cut-out to show the different shapes or logos whloh can be used.
FIGURE. 10 is perspective view of a plaster glut in aocordance with a ninth embodiment of the iuavention; show a straight line cut from edge of the glut this is 34 what a circular saw or guillotine pnay provide.
FIGURE. I I is perspective view of a plaster glut in accordance vrith a tenth embodiment of the invention; showing that the cuts don't have to be centred.
FIGURE. 12 is a process line layout of the general machine stib-assemblies to
6 manufacture the gluts of the invention.
FIGLIRE.13 is a perspective view of the press assembly of FIGURE. 12.
FIGURE. 14 is a plan view of a die suitable for use in the press of FIGURE 13.

Referring to the drawings, and in particular to Figures 1 and 2, plaster gluts 11 are formed-from plasterboard sheet which could be remnants by cutting to a standard length, and partial guillotining or scoring in para11e1 lines 15 on opposing sides of the sheet to provide fold lines. The scored or partially guillotined sheet is folded into concertina folded rectangular panels 13,14 and 19 to form a useable block like glut 11 able to space sheets of plasterboard or other sheeting sufficiently to allow fork lifts to be used.

Cut-outs 21 are made within the parallel fold lines to decrease weight by over 50%.
In Figures 1, 2, 3, 5 and i i the cavities are formed by drilIing or stamping circular cut-outs of various sizes from above. In the case of Figure 1 the cut-outs do not include top and bottom panels 12, 19. In Figure 11 the cavity is formed by only part of the circular cut-out drill or stamping mechanism.

The cavity In Figure 9 is formed by a stamping of a star ahape cut-out means.
Clearly any required shaped can be cut out. Cut-outs can be formed by drilling circular cut-outs or stamping cut-outs of various shapes. Figure 9 displays this with the use of a star shape but any shape will do even a company logo.

The cutting process can occur prior to the sheet being folded. In another form the out-out occurs after concertina folding of panels 12 to 19.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2 the outer panels 12 and 19 are not subjeot to eut-outs such that the plaster glut 11 has the appearance of a solid block but includes intemal cavities 21.
The plaster glut is created in a stamping proeess where a series of parallel guillotine blades on the underneath of a sheet of plaster board and a series of parallel guillotine blades above the sheet of plaster board can be similarly spaced but aligned offset such
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8 PCT/AU2005/000303 that in a cutting mechanism they move relatively towards each other to form fold lines, Those cut lines extend the entire width but only partially through the depth of the plasterboard so that one outer surface remains connected to allow eoncertina folding of panels into plaster glut. The stamping process includes cut-out blades to make the cut-outs of each panel betwcen the guillotined cut lines. The cut-out blades are a series of male and female blades shaped respectively to allow interfitting engagement and clean cutting of the cut-outs. The concertina folded plasterboard gluts are aligned and layers shrink-wrapped togcther to form the completed plaster glut.
To provide strength as a support structure esch panel in a stack of panels or concertina of panels formltig a plaster glut has adjacent at least partially aligned support portions to fornn a continuous post structure extending linearly from top pane112 to bottom panel 13. Thc cavities 21 are located to retain substantial strength of the glut. The cut-outs 21 of adjacent panels 13 and 14 align when folded together so as to form continuous cavities with continuous cross members 32 and outside circumferential support members 31 to retain strength.

As shown particularly in Figure 4, the support posts can, In one aspect, be formed by ' central cut-outs 221eaving only a cireumferential structure 31 of each panel to form a circumferential support post. This is the lightest of the proposed gluts.

The support structure also includes primarily cross members 32 extending from one circumferential side to the other of each panel and overlapping at least partially from panel to panel when stacked adjacently or in concertina form-to form continuous cross member support posu from top panel 12 to.bottom pane119. Clearly in the form where top and bottom panels 12 and 19 are not subject to out-outs any portion of the top and bottom panels will be adjacent support members 21 or 22 of the intermediate panels 13, 14 ... having cut-outs.
Shown particularly Figure 1, the support posts 31, 32 extend linearly over the shortest path from top panel 12 to bottom panel 19 to form strong support structure.
However as shown in Figure 8 the support posts 32 can extend linearly but at an angle from top pane112 to bottom pane119.

The cavities can be formed in another embodiment, as shown in Figures 6 and 7, by cut-outs from a longitudinal end or from the sides of the stacked panels or concertina folded plasterboard.

In a further form the cut-outs can be made by linear. cuts from a circuler saw or the like. Figure 10 displays this as It has straight line cuts from the end of the glut The cut-outs can remove over 50% of the mass of at least the panels between the top and bottom panels. However, the.top and bottom panels can also include cut-outs.
Overall the weight can be reduced by over 50%. For exampit, the plaster glut previously made was about 7.5 kilograms. The improvcd plaster glut can be of the order of 3.5 kilograms to 4.2 kilograms while substantially maintaining initial i5 strength.

The process line layout of the general machine sub-assetablies to manufacture the gluts of the invention is shown in Figure 12. The general machine sub-assemblies include:
= 1,0 Shcct Infecd'System = 2.0 C3uillotine Cutting = 3.0 Slice and Perfoiate system = 4.0 Press Infeed & Hole Cutting = 5.0 Concertinaing = 6,0 Shrink Wrapping = 7,0 Palletising 1.0 Sheet Infeed System The sheet feeding system consists of an area where forklift trucks position a stack of plasterboard onto a steel constructed platform where it is squared up to datum posts, this ensures that stacks are parallel to the infeed line. This system is fitted with sensors to automatically detect stack length for machine product size change.
9 The steel platform then raises the stack of plasterboard to a given height for pickup by a pneumaticatly operated device, which is fitted with 6 to 8 suction cups.
Tlzis,device then 'applies vacuum to the cups and holds the top board whilst the platform lowers to a given height.
The suction cup frame then indexes sideways to feed the end of thc sheet into a set of pinch rollers; these then take over the rest of the sheet indexing for the guillotiaing process. The suction cup frame then returns to home position to await the next plasterboard sheet to arrive at pickup position via the pre mentioned platform.
2.0 Guillotine Cutting The guillotine has a top and bottotn (toothed blade) where the plasterboard is fed between -for cutting via the pre mentioned pinch rollers, the bladcs move together in a vertical direction to shear the plasterboard to length. On the outfeed side of the guillotine is a pneumatic stopper device to accurately position the plasterboard for cutting to length, this length is determined by an operator selecting the plastcrboard thiclatess via a control panel. In addition to cutting the plasterboard sheets to become a pack spacer, there is an automatic program setting to cut the shcct off cut into approximately 100mm wide strips to become transport packers or simply go to a erusher for re-cycling.

3.0 Siice and Perforate System After the board has been cutto length it then is transported to a set of pinch roUers, these rollers grip the board and force it through a set of 8 rotary cutting and perforating discs. These discs have a cutting edge to penetrate the paper covering of the plasterboard; this slices one side of the board and pcrforates the other side of the board to create nine hinged sections along the length of the board, ready for the concertinaing process.

4.0 Press Infeed & Hole Cutting After the slice and perforate process happens the board is conveyed to a mechanical stop which positions the board an centerline to the press, then a pneumatic pushing device pushes the board to a wait station and then returns to home position, after the next board has passed through the slice and perforate system and anives at the mechsnical stop the pushing device pushes the newly arrived board onto the board at wait station, forcing the waiting board into tlu press and in turn ends up at the wait station itself. The board which has now been pushed inside the press is hole-punched 5'by a set of blades top and bottom of the press platens, these discs of plasterboard cut by the blades fall Into a hopper for collection and are traasported to a ctusher for re-oycling. The now hole-punched board wAits inaide the press until another board has come through the slice and perforate system and Is then pushed to wait station thus CAtlSing the hole-punched board to exit the press and the board at wait atation has now been positioned inside the ptess; then the process repeats.
5.0 Concertinaing After the hole punched board exits the press it is pushcd onto a waiting conveyor, which feeds the board into a coneertinaing machine. This machine consists of concertinaing blades and pneumatic devices to take the flat board that has been sliced / perforated and hole punched to form it into a partially folded up block of plastorboard slats. The partially folded slats are then conveyed along the conveyor to a pneumatically driven roll over device which picks up and rolls the slats over 90 to resemble a white piece of wood, this is now be called a'Paok Spacer". The pack spacer is then conveyed to the infeed side of a shrink-wrapping machine.
6,0 Sbrink Wrapping After the concertinaing and roll over process, the pack spacer is fed into a shrink-wrapping machine; this machine consists of pneumatic and electric devices to enable .25 the pack spacer to be Fully wrapped in a plastic film. The now wrapped pack spacer is conveyed to a heat tunnel where the plastic film is shrunk tightly to the out side of the pack spaccr to help with the integrity and to protect it from the elements plus keep the particles of gyprock from falling off the pack spacer.

3o 7.01'alletising Following the shrink-wrapping process the pack spacer is conveyed.from thc shrink tunnel to an end stopping position, this end stop is automatioally size changed via an operator control panel, the pack spacer then triggers a switch mounted on the stopper bar to activate a pusher cylinder, and this eylittder indexes the pack spacer to an accumulation table. This process repeats until the desired number of pack spacers has been accumulated to form a full layer. At this point the machinc program instructs the palletiser to pick up the waiting full layer and tramport It via a vertical and horizontal moving gripper head to.a floor or conveyor mounted pallet at one of two loading cells, this process is repeated with the exception of the full layer being rotated 90 to the previous layer then lowered onto the top of the last full layer. This palletising process repeats (alternating orientation) until the desired numbor of layers has been reached.
Affier a pallet is deemed full the machine guarding closes off and isolates thc particular loading ceil which is full, this is to protect personnel from machine parts whilst this pallet Is indexed out of the cell and into storage; the fuU pallct is replaced with an empty pallet ready for loading. Until the transfer of the full and empty pallct is cowplete, the palletiser changes loading to the alterp.atc cell to keep up with the production of pack spacers.
It can be seen the present invention provides an improved light-weight glut of folded or stacked shcet material which operates in a simple, trouble-free manner.

It wi11 be obvious to those having ordinary skill in the art that inany changes can be made in the details of the preferred embodiment of the invention without departing from the spirit of the invention. Thcrefore, the scope of the invendon should be understood to incltxl.e such variations.

In this specification the words "includes", "inoluding" and the like and "comprises".
"comprising" and the likc should be considered synonymous and be given a non-exhaustive meaning; thus, they are not intended to exclude other additives, components, integers or steps.

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1. A method of manufacturing plaster gluts formed from plasterboard sheet by cutting the sheet to a pre-determined standard length, scoring or partially guillotining in parallel lines on opposing sides of the sheet to provide fold lines, making cut-outs within the parallel fold lines to decrease weight and folding into concertina folded panel members to form a useable glut able to space sheets of plasterboard sufficiently to allow fork lifts to be used.
2. A method according to claim 1, in which the outer panels are not subject to cut-outs such that the plaster glut has the appearance of a solid block but includes internal cavities.
3. A method according to any previous claim, in which each panel in a concertina of panels forming a plaster glut has adjacent, at least partially aligned, support portions to form a continuous post structure extending linearly from top panel to bottom panel.
4. A method according to any previous claim, in which the concertina folded plasterboard gluts are aligned and the layers shrink-wrapped together to form the completed plaster glut.
S. A plaster glut which can be employed as a spacer or riser between stacks of plasterboard or other sheet material, the glut formed from a stack of panel members or a concertina of panel members, the panels having one or more cut-outs to decrease weight.
6. A glut according to claim 5, in which the outer panels are not subject to cut-outs such that the plaster glut has the appearance of a solid block but includes internal cavities.
7. A glut according to claim 5 or 6, in which each panel in a stack of panels or concertina of panels forming a plaster glut has adjacent, at least partially aligned, support portions to form a continuous post structure extending linearly from top panel to bottom panel.
8. A glut according to claim 7, in which the cavities are located to retain substantial strength of the glut and the cut-outs of adjacent panels are aligned so as to form continuous cavities with continuous support posts of cross members and outside or circumferential members to retain strength.
9. A glut according to claim 8, in which the support posts extend linearly over the shortest path from top panel to bottom panel.
10. A glut according to claim 8, in which the support posts extend linearly at an angle from top panel to bottom panel.
11. A glut according to claim 8, in which the support posts extend from a side of the stack to the opposing side provided that, in use, the continuous linear support posts are in line with the direction of required support.
12. A glut according to claim 8, in which the support posts are formed by central cut-outs leaving a circumferential structure of each panel to form a circumferential support post.
13. A glut according to claim 8, in which the support structure includes cross members extending from one circumferential side to the other of each panel and overlapping at least partially from panel to panel when stacked adjacently or in concertina form to form continuous cross member support posts from top panel to bottom panel.
14. A glut according to any one of claims 5 to 13, in which the concertina folded plasterboard gluts or stacked separate panels are aligned and the layers shrink-wrapped together to form the completed plaster glut.
15. Apparatus for the manufacture of a plaster glut which can be employed as a spacer or riser between stacks of plasterboard or other sheet material, the glut formed from a concertina of panel members, the panels having one or more cut-outs to decrease weight, the apparatus comprising:
plaster sheet infeeding means;
linear cutting means;
scoring or slicing means;
press, adapted to hole-punch the plaster sheet; and concertinaing means.
16. Apparatus according to claim 15, including shrink wrapping means,
17. Apparatus according to claim 15 or 16, including palletising means.
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