Austrian web-fed label printer Ulikett has opted for the two of the first Vegaplus finishing systems, which Italian manufacturer Prati launched at Labelexpo 2009. The Vienna based company will use the modular-design finishing systems in two different areas: the LF450 model to die-cut and rewind blank labels, and the LF530 is for video-controlled customisation of large-to-small rolls.
Dr Gerhard Ulrich, chief executive and founder of Ulikett, says increased print volumes and expansion of capacity have made it necessary to add machinery to the print finishing unit. The company had already installed a Prati Jupiter TC400 label checking system last year.
With an annual production of ‘well over two billion labels’, Ulikett’s customers include well-known companies from the food, pharmaceuticals, beauty and consumer-care sectors such as Henkel and Erdal.
The ‘highly modular design’ Vegaplus series can be assembled as the customer wishes. They contain an unwinding module for diameters of up to one metre including the roll-lifting unit. The die-cutting module can be equipped with two stations, as well as optionally with an automatic register control.
The inspection module is said to ensure 100% error control with camera steering. The rewinding module can be processed on a central shaft, on two independent, directly-driven shafts or on a three-shaft changer with glueless, patented attachments. A printing module is also available.
Ulikett uses the Vegaplus LF450 (for widths of up to 450mm) configured with the die-cutting module and rewinding mechanism to cope with the continuing large demand for blank labels. “There was no die-cutter prior to this with an automated web-rewinder of this type,” Dr Ulrich observes.
The Austrian company’s Vegaplus LF530 (width up to 530mm) will cut and rewind ready-printed, multi-web large rolls into small rolls ‘as rationally as possible’. Its camera control system, which detects faulty labels and stops the machine at the right location, is particularly important here. In addition to preparing paper labels, foils, self-adhesive labels, mono-materials and composite materials for flexible labels and packaging will also be produced on this machine.
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