Supplier and contract slitter of flexible packaging materials Lean Flexibles has installed a new Universal X6 slitting machine at its Hinckley, UK site. The company needed a wider web machine which minimised job setup times, produced consistent high quality rolls and was able to run at high speed.
The Universal X6 is designed for processing flexible materials. A typical specification includes digital web guiding, Computaslit automatic knife setting, additional tension zone through slitting, closed loop rewind tension control, constant geometry contact rollers, Computacore automatic core alignment, and a running speed of 600m/min.
The machine is designed to be simple to operate with a 22 inch touchscreen interface. A typical changeover, including setting 20 shear knives can take less than two minutes making the machine ideal for short run work. The integrated drive and control system is said to offer precision and repeatability with extensive diagnostics including dynamic circuit diagrams - all this performance in a machine with a small footprint.
Darren Beardsley, technical director of Lean Flexibles, comments: "During our acceptance trials at Universal, we tailored the machine to our specific requirements, ran a range of materials and saved the settings in the recipe system. With loadcell measurement of rewind tensions we know that we can return to these settings and achieve exactly the same tension profile, allowing us to run at 600m/min with confidence."
