UK based Berkshire Labels recently fitted its latest Mark Andy 2200 XL 6-colour flexo press with a Martin Automatic MBS unwind/splicer which has allowed continuous running with a noticeable improvement in press performance and print quality.
One early job, says Managing Director Paul Roscoe, which was estimated to take 90 – 100 hours to produce, was run off non-stop in 60 hours, and yielded significant savings in material waste left on the cores. Set to splice with only 2m of substrate remaining in the reel, the MBS has, in some cases, reduced wastage to as little as two A4 sheets of labels.
Mr Roscoe comments: “We can run the press consistently close to its top speed of 155m/min safe in the knowledge that there will be no drop in quality during roll changes. Working on three changes per hour, so 24 per shift, we are gaining an extra two hours’ production, added to which we waste less material.
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