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slitter rewinder installations Labels&Labeling |105 see the Titan SR8 slitter rewinder in action on LabelTV on L&L.com Flexcon installs six more Titan slitter rewinders Titan, part of Bobst Group, has installed a further six SR Series twin-shaft cantilever slitter rewinders at Flexcon, the North American-based supplier of pressure-films and adhesive materials. This brings the total number of Titan SR Series slitter rewinders now in full production in the USA and Europe for this customer to 18 machines. The Titan SR6, SR7 and the latest generation six SR8 machines were all designed to meet Flexcon’s specific requirements for product quality and highly efficient production. Founded in 1956, in Spencer, Massachusetts, Flexcon is an ISO 9001:2000 manufacturer of custom pressure-sensitive film and adhesive solutions for a variety of applications ranging from product identification labels to point-of-purchase (POP) and promotional graphic films, durable markings, novelty stickers and decals, packaging, bonding and mounting. Flexcon produces thousands of different off-the-shelf, custom and specialty products, including a line of DigiPRO products compatible with narrow web HP Indigo presses, DPM Aply1000, a bubble-free labeling solution for durable product markings and high-performance adhesives like Flexmount performance adhesives for bonding to low-surface energy plastics and other challenging substrates. ‘Continuing trends in the pressure sensitive film and adhesive industry to run “just-in-time” (JIT) deliveries of multiple production runs meant that this requirement was one of our primary concerns during the selection and specification of the Titan machines,’ explained Ed Allie, director of engineering at Flexcon. The 1800mm (71ins) wide Titan SR machines have a maximum rewind diameter of 800mm (32ins) on 76mm and 152mm (3ins and 6ins) cores, running at production speeds of up to 600 m/min (2000 ft/min). The capability of handling a wide variation of PSA materials at high production speeds was an essential part of the Titan SR slitter specification at Flexcon. The Titan SR8 slitter rewinder has a wide range of automation options which enabled Flexcon to choose a specification to meet its particular requirements. An automatic knife positioning system enables the positioning of male and female knives to an accuracy of +/-0.15mm (0.006 ins) within 90 seconds. Peter Glückman, managing director of Ettiketto Labeling Systems This feature reduces the ‘make-ready’ down-time for changing slit widths enabling big increases in productivity. Laser core positioning provides a quick, accurate guide for the operator in positioning the new rewind cores for re-starting the slitting process. The handling and unloading of the finished reels is also an important consideration. The SR machines are fitted with an automatic reel stripping system. This allows the operator to safely strip the finished reel packages off the rewind shafts and on to unloading trolleys. The SR8 cantilever slitter rewinder is the most successful in the Titan range and more than 180 machines have been sold to many different converters worldwide since its launch, covering a wide range of flexible materials applications. Fourth Grafotronic installed at Swedish converter Ettiketto Labeling Systems, a Sweden-based self-adhesive label printer, has installed its fourth Grafotronic machine. The latest installation is the new Grafotronic 530, a combination machine equipped with servo drives for slitting of mono-film materials and a 20” die cutting unit for label production. The new model is equipped with the latest Grafotronic unwind lifting system: a new invention from the Swedish manufacturer. Peter Glückman, managing director of Ettiketto Labeling Systems, explained the decision to install another machine from Grafotronic. ‘Our co-operation with Grafotronic during the last years has been successful and we are very satisfied with the overall quality, support and performance supplied by our partner. ‘This spectrum of machine widths, together with the new servo rewinders, gives us the possibility to run all the different types of applications from mono-film to cardboard. And this possibility in combination with the price/performance ratio of the machines creates a quick return of investment through a more efficient production’ The product range from Grafotronic now includes slitter rewinder inspection and die-cutting machines in the range from 10” to 20”. Ettiketto Labeling Systems was founded in 1977 and is one of the companies in GSS – Glückman, Silwer & Skog AB. may 2009 | L&L
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