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The printing and packaging industry, as
one example, is acquiring parts with a
lighter weight and a smaller size when
compared to the classic foundry products.
The market is making specific demands:
“Demands on the folding carton market
are getting tougher all the time. Competition
is intensifying, runs are getting
shorter, and cost pressure is increasing.
Customers are looking for ever quicker and
better results at ever lower prices. They also
expect a higher level of customization.
Innovative carton designs aimed at specific
target groups are being increasingly used to
make products stand out at the point of
sale,” Stefan Mettler, Managing Director of
Siempelkamp Foundry, describes.
For companies that are involved in the
production of specific machines the consequences
are: “Producing packaging for
the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food
industries often means handling end
products which are elaborately designed
folding cartons. This puts very high
demands on materials, tools and the
machinery.”
Packaging is more than just a
protective shell
Siempelkamp castings are, for example,
used in die-cutting machines that produce
cosmetics packaging. The castings for these
machines have piece weights ranging from
SIEMPELKAMP | FOUNDRY
By Jean-Louis Durand
State-of-the-art for large as well as small products:
Quality castings from Siempelkamp
Foundry for the printing and
packaging industry
Siempelkamp Foundry is a leader in
the production of heavy and large
castings. The company holds several
world records for heavy castings made
of nodular cast iron. The casting of the
CASTOR ® nuclear waste containers is
another example for the company’s
high quality standards. The Siempel-
kamp Foundry is not only trend-setting
with its large-scale castings, smaller
castings are also up and coming.
2,500 to 10,000 kg (2.8 to 11 US tons),
and their dimension is close to 2,500 mm
(length) x 1,500 mm (width) x 1,000 mm
(height) (8 ft x 5 ft x 3 ft).
On die-cutting machines board sheets
are separated and transported to cutting
stations which will outline the packaging
units and then transfer them to glue
stations. The light board sheets arrive at
the different machine stations with high
speeds – without any incidents and, first
and foremost, without any damages to the
appearance of the high-quality product.
The demands on smoothly operating technology
are high because, due to the high
operating speeds, the human eye cannot