(Folder Gluers'Great Leap Forward)
In the folding carton industry, folding/gluing machines (FG) and flexo folding/gluing machines (FFG) are among the most commonly used carton production facilities. With folding/adhesive machines and flexo folding/gluing machines, carton manufacturers can adapt to the needs of the market and customers, meet the requirements of many different carton substrates and special operations, and can choose standard folding, Back folding, reverse folding, skylight opening and a series of quality control operations. What new technology is currently on the market? What is the driving force behind the change to the folding/gluing machine? In response, BCI recently conducted exchanges and discussions with manufacturers of folding/gluing machines and flexo folding/adhesive machines and concluded that the number of employees has undergone major changes and has resulted in machine design and control design. The direct impact, in addition, the fierce market competition also prompted the continuous increase in the operating parameters of the carton and packaging, at the same time, the difference in the number of printing is also increasing, short-lived may be only 100-200 cartons, and long The number of live editions can reach as many as 100,000.
The ever-changing market When it comes to the power of the folding/adhesion machine market, the manufacturer emphasizes three main characteristics: the change in the total number of employees, the development of the ultra-short version, and the increasing awareness We are aware of the impact of the communications era on the carton market. Two manufacturers believe that the number of specially trained and skilled operators is decreasing, and that the proportion of women in the positions of the on-the-job and upcoming operators is gradually increasing. Therefore, machine manufacturers must constantly improve. The degree of automation of the machine and the ease of use of the various components, especially those that are frequently contacted and used. Since many operators do not speak English in their native language, many machine manufacturers are designing and producing machines that are more intuitive and easier to understand with graphical instructions. The scale of the market has continued to expand, and the phenomenon of two-level differentiation between the short-lived market and the ultra-long live market has gradually emerged, making the operation of the machine more convenient and also has the features and functions of quick-change jobs, enabling the operator to print the current The next job can be set during the job. The target time for some machine manufacturers is to shorten the time to replace the job to 2 minutes. In the long-lived area, this year's CMM exhibited fully automatic paper printing presses, and some manufacturers produced other ancillary equipment and quality control (QC) auxiliary devices, such as automatic fault detection and troubleshooting devices. . In general, the folding carton market has undergone enormous changes. Moreover, folding/adhesive machine manufacturers have also responded positively to this and accordingly introduced various new types of equipment to meet the market and customers. Growing demand.
The Alpha flexographic printing press developed and produced by the Bobst Group Bobst is a gearless press, a single-person-operated machine that enables full control and rapid set-up and replacement of jobs.
According to the customer's needs, Bobst can also provide EasyFeeder II, which controls the transport of paper very accurately and its height and pressure are always kept constant. With the Alpha press, machine settings are faster and easier to operate. The Bobst Q 100m printing fault automatic detection system can also be selected here. The system adopts an image processing system and the fault display resolution is 2-4 times that of the camera. The system runs on the Win NT operating system and has an open architecture that can be used in all existing systems.
CanAm Packaging Company In order to meet the needs of the market, CanAm Packaging has added a new set of accessory equipment, the register device, to its folding/gluing machine, which can be added according to the customer's requirements. Due to the increasing demand of customers for print quality and registration accuracy (including short-lived markets), it is this strong market demand that has prompted this structural adjustment and change in folding/gluing machines. The company also has a new conveyor belt tension control system and inspection system. The operator can change the tension on all conveyor belts by simply turning an adjustment cam. If necessary, the operator can also release, move, adjust and even remove the tension. Conveyor belt, and then turn the cam to reset the tension value. Each conveyor belt has its own separate reel, so if there is a conveyor belt that is different from the other conveyor belts, the tension value can be exactly the same as the tension value of the other conveyor belts. Thus, the customer can purchase the conveyor belt from other manufacturers' locations. normal work. The inspection head scans the windows, barcodes and labels. According to industry standards, not only the scanning but also all unqualified boxes can be eliminated. There are many ways to choose from. The more economical method is to let a person in the production line. The end observes and finds unacceptable boxes; another way is to use side hairs, but it works only when the boxes are aligned. At the end of the production line, the folded carton was ejected to the floor, while still ensuring accurate counting. The CanAm stacker uses pneumatic control. It is also the longest stacking machine in the industry. The operator can control the stacking and stacking height of the machine more efficiently based on the weight of the box.
In addition, CanAm's folding/adhesion machine also canceled the original separate counter, but integrated the counter in the control panel, the main control board can control all the parameters and can display the speed (meters/minute), quantity, etc.
Standard Paper Box Machine
Standard Paper Box Machine's new folding/adhesive equipment uses a vacuum assist device at the paper feed end. To ensure stability and machine life, a 0.75-inch steel frame is used. In addition, there are video capture and monitor screens that monitor the product and the important operations used. Moreover, in order to save floor space, these electronic devices are suspended in the air, which means that even if the space is very small, it can be completely installed.
Amercian International Machinery
Michael Erwin, president of Amercian International Machinery, said: "In response to changing market demands, we have specially designed new equipment with various unique features to meet our customers' current and future business needs. For example, in practice, After careful study of the equipment structure of our company and other machine manufacturers, we have developed a wireless control device for the folding/adhesive machine (which is slightly larger than a normal radio), which is unique at present. In this way, no matter where the operator is located or where, he can control and adjust the printer by holding the remote control."
AIM also provides a very unique position alignment function, which greatly simplifies the operation steps, and even an operator who has never contacted the folding/gluing machine before or has no rich experience at all can completely operate and control such a machine.
In addition, the company's folding/gluing machine has also undergone a major change. This is a microprocessor-based, dual-axis, high-speed servo back folding system. The operator can complete the entire job production on-line on one machine. The various processes do not need to be separately set up for each printing device.
Erwin said: “The well-trained and experienced operators are really hard to find and can be said to be very rare. We have also conducted a lot of training work, and we have trained the folding/gluing equipment nationwide. However, it is very difficult to find potential, qualified, and well-trained operators, so we have to make a fuss about the machine and design it as a simpler, more convenient machine. It's a bit like 'fool type'."
Matik North America
Adapting its own marketing strategy to meet the needs of customers allows the machine to have the ability to produce different folding carton jobs, which is also one of the marketing strategies of Matik North America.
Matik has developed a hybrid folding/gluing machine that has a tail folding system and a back folding system. When the tail is folded, the speed is slower, and when folding back, it can increase the production speed.
Matik has adopted and carried out many improvements in the amount of storage and the speed at which the process controls the folding of the tail, introducing a variable conveyor system where the conveyor on the opposite side of the operator can move at a different speed, which is currently This is an unprecedented breakthrough, which is helpful for the arrangement of short and wide boxes. At present, there is an eight-speed variable-speed motor on the plastic pot. The motor is connected with the computer. When the machine is not working, the motor can run at a low speed, stirring the glue constantly.
In DRUPA2000, Matik introduced Prospect, a machine that takes advantage of the folding carton technology and uses it for 3D barrier folding and CD sleeves. Matik's Frank Lacroix said. "A lot of people are interested in tail folding technology. There are three main types of machines using this technology. Some of the more advanced equipment (including our company's machines) use servo motor technology, which is very complicated. Driven by software programs, this system can be adjusted for repeated initialization, and can produce 25-26,000 boxes per hour. At present, there are many companies that use old-fashioned devices, and they are very eager to have faster and more open machines for debugging. Now, On the same machine, we were able to print boxes as small as eyebrow pencils and print up to 44 inches of corrugated cartons. This used to be done on three different machines."
Valco's Valco company is mainly to provide users with adhesive coating software program, in addition, also provides customers around the world with various levels of technical services and packaging services. Valco continues to provide support for its previous technologies, so its equipment can continue to be used in a variety of areas. Valco provides equipment services to customers around the world through a technological innovation service network. In the area of ​​packaging, Valco pays close attention to the design of different types of adhesives and different types of adhesive applicators (both contact and non-contact). In addition, it has also introduced its new hot melt adhesive applicators, which are rich in this area. experience of. From Valco's point of view, in the past two years, the development of technology has made the machine a great leap forward, the speed of the machine is getting faster and faster, and the machine structure is more compact, which affects the space occupied by the glue application equipment. New challenges are also raised in the design of machine control and regulation technologies. Dave Sweed, Director of Engineering at Valco, said: "We must design equipment according to the size of the space and make the machine run as fast as possible. This will often involve dealing with folding carton machine manufacturers. At work we must It is necessary to work closely with manufacturers to ensure that their equipment and our equipment can communicate with each other.The human-computer interaction is usually done through electronic control panels, but now people's requirements are getting higher and higher, they hope What we see is an image-based, more visual and intuitive interface that makes the operation easier. Therefore, we have responded positively to this and the designers are working hard in this direction."
Valco's Paul Chamers said: "Market competition is becoming increasingly fierce. Certain demands of the market and customers may determine our future fate. The important thing is to keep up with the development of the market. The situation of the country is different from that of the country, even in different regions. Differently, there are early pioneers who apply technology to the industry. They always lead other people. This is the key to their vitality in the market."
Hycorr
In October 2000, Hycorr exhibited a new type of flexo folding/gluing machine in Atlanta. This machine is a flexo folding/adhesive machine that can quickly change jobs. This machine is widely used. After market research and contact with many customers developed after the most of these customers are a single carton manufacturer, rather than a comprehensive manufacturer. Customers can quickly change settings between different jobs, even if printing 200 or 400 examples can still be profitable. This is a hybrid machine that allows the operator to prepare for the next job while printing the current job. If printing monochrome jobs is easier and more convenient, prepare for the next job and change
In the folding carton industry, folding/gluing machines (FG) and flexo folding/gluing machines (FFG) are among the most commonly used carton production facilities. With folding/adhesive machines and flexo folding/gluing machines, carton manufacturers can adapt to the needs of the market and customers, meet the requirements of many different carton substrates and special operations, and can choose standard folding, Back folding, reverse folding, skylight opening and a series of quality control operations. What new technology is currently on the market? What is the driving force behind the change to the folding/gluing machine? In response, BCI recently conducted exchanges and discussions with manufacturers of folding/gluing machines and flexo folding/adhesive machines and concluded that the number of employees has undergone major changes and has resulted in machine design and control design. The direct impact, in addition, the fierce market competition also prompted the continuous increase in the operating parameters of the carton and packaging, at the same time, the difference in the number of printing is also increasing, short-lived may be only 100-200 cartons, and long The number of live editions can reach as many as 100,000.
The ever-changing market When it comes to the power of the folding/adhesion machine market, the manufacturer emphasizes three main characteristics: the change in the total number of employees, the development of the ultra-short version, and the increasing awareness We are aware of the impact of the communications era on the carton market. Two manufacturers believe that the number of specially trained and skilled operators is decreasing, and that the proportion of women in the positions of the on-the-job and upcoming operators is gradually increasing. Therefore, machine manufacturers must constantly improve. The degree of automation of the machine and the ease of use of the various components, especially those that are frequently contacted and used. Since many operators do not speak English in their native language, many machine manufacturers are designing and producing machines that are more intuitive and easier to understand with graphical instructions. The scale of the market has continued to expand, and the phenomenon of two-level differentiation between the short-lived market and the ultra-long live market has gradually emerged, making the operation of the machine more convenient and also has the features and functions of quick-change jobs, enabling the operator to print the current The next job can be set during the job. The target time for some machine manufacturers is to shorten the time to replace the job to 2 minutes. In the long-lived area, this year's CMM exhibited fully automatic paper printing presses, and some manufacturers produced other ancillary equipment and quality control (QC) auxiliary devices, such as automatic fault detection and troubleshooting devices. . In general, the folding carton market has undergone enormous changes. Moreover, folding/adhesive machine manufacturers have also responded positively to this and accordingly introduced various new types of equipment to meet the market and customers. Growing demand.
The Alpha flexographic printing press developed and produced by the Bobst Group Bobst is a gearless press, a single-person-operated machine that enables full control and rapid set-up and replacement of jobs.
According to the customer's needs, Bobst can also provide EasyFeeder II, which controls the transport of paper very accurately and its height and pressure are always kept constant. With the Alpha press, machine settings are faster and easier to operate. The Bobst Q 100m printing fault automatic detection system can also be selected here. The system adopts an image processing system and the fault display resolution is 2-4 times that of the camera. The system runs on the Win NT operating system and has an open architecture that can be used in all existing systems.
CanAm Packaging Company In order to meet the needs of the market, CanAm Packaging has added a new set of accessory equipment, the register device, to its folding/gluing machine, which can be added according to the customer's requirements. Due to the increasing demand of customers for print quality and registration accuracy (including short-lived markets), it is this strong market demand that has prompted this structural adjustment and change in folding/gluing machines. The company also has a new conveyor belt tension control system and inspection system. The operator can change the tension on all conveyor belts by simply turning an adjustment cam. If necessary, the operator can also release, move, adjust and even remove the tension. Conveyor belt, and then turn the cam to reset the tension value. Each conveyor belt has its own separate reel, so if there is a conveyor belt that is different from the other conveyor belts, the tension value can be exactly the same as the tension value of the other conveyor belts. Thus, the customer can purchase the conveyor belt from other manufacturers' locations. normal work. The inspection head scans the windows, barcodes and labels. According to industry standards, not only the scanning but also all unqualified boxes can be eliminated. There are many ways to choose from. The more economical method is to let a person in the production line. The end observes and finds unacceptable boxes; another way is to use side hairs, but it works only when the boxes are aligned. At the end of the production line, the folded carton was ejected to the floor, while still ensuring accurate counting. The CanAm stacker uses pneumatic control. It is also the longest stacking machine in the industry. The operator can control the stacking and stacking height of the machine more efficiently based on the weight of the box.
In addition, CanAm's folding/adhesion machine also canceled the original separate counter, but integrated the counter in the control panel, the main control board can control all the parameters and can display the speed (meters/minute), quantity, etc.
Standard Paper Box Machine
Standard Paper Box Machine's new folding/adhesive equipment uses a vacuum assist device at the paper feed end. To ensure stability and machine life, a 0.75-inch steel frame is used. In addition, there are video capture and monitor screens that monitor the product and the important operations used. Moreover, in order to save floor space, these electronic devices are suspended in the air, which means that even if the space is very small, it can be completely installed.
Amercian International Machinery
Michael Erwin, president of Amercian International Machinery, said: "In response to changing market demands, we have specially designed new equipment with various unique features to meet our customers' current and future business needs. For example, in practice, After careful study of the equipment structure of our company and other machine manufacturers, we have developed a wireless control device for the folding/adhesive machine (which is slightly larger than a normal radio), which is unique at present. In this way, no matter where the operator is located or where, he can control and adjust the printer by holding the remote control."
AIM also provides a very unique position alignment function, which greatly simplifies the operation steps, and even an operator who has never contacted the folding/gluing machine before or has no rich experience at all can completely operate and control such a machine.
In addition, the company's folding/gluing machine has also undergone a major change. This is a microprocessor-based, dual-axis, high-speed servo back folding system. The operator can complete the entire job production on-line on one machine. The various processes do not need to be separately set up for each printing device.
Erwin said: “The well-trained and experienced operators are really hard to find and can be said to be very rare. We have also conducted a lot of training work, and we have trained the folding/gluing equipment nationwide. However, it is very difficult to find potential, qualified, and well-trained operators, so we have to make a fuss about the machine and design it as a simpler, more convenient machine. It's a bit like 'fool type'."
Matik North America
Adapting its own marketing strategy to meet the needs of customers allows the machine to have the ability to produce different folding carton jobs, which is also one of the marketing strategies of Matik North America.
Matik has developed a hybrid folding/gluing machine that has a tail folding system and a back folding system. When the tail is folded, the speed is slower, and when folding back, it can increase the production speed.
Matik has adopted and carried out many improvements in the amount of storage and the speed at which the process controls the folding of the tail, introducing a variable conveyor system where the conveyor on the opposite side of the operator can move at a different speed, which is currently This is an unprecedented breakthrough, which is helpful for the arrangement of short and wide boxes. At present, there is an eight-speed variable-speed motor on the plastic pot. The motor is connected with the computer. When the machine is not working, the motor can run at a low speed, stirring the glue constantly.
In DRUPA2000, Matik introduced Prospect, a machine that takes advantage of the folding carton technology and uses it for 3D barrier folding and CD sleeves. Matik's Frank Lacroix said. "A lot of people are interested in tail folding technology. There are three main types of machines using this technology. Some of the more advanced equipment (including our company's machines) use servo motor technology, which is very complicated. Driven by software programs, this system can be adjusted for repeated initialization, and can produce 25-26,000 boxes per hour. At present, there are many companies that use old-fashioned devices, and they are very eager to have faster and more open machines for debugging. Now, On the same machine, we were able to print boxes as small as eyebrow pencils and print up to 44 inches of corrugated cartons. This used to be done on three different machines."
Valco's Valco company is mainly to provide users with adhesive coating software program, in addition, also provides customers around the world with various levels of technical services and packaging services. Valco continues to provide support for its previous technologies, so its equipment can continue to be used in a variety of areas. Valco provides equipment services to customers around the world through a technological innovation service network. In the area of ​​packaging, Valco pays close attention to the design of different types of adhesives and different types of adhesive applicators (both contact and non-contact). In addition, it has also introduced its new hot melt adhesive applicators, which are rich in this area. experience of. From Valco's point of view, in the past two years, the development of technology has made the machine a great leap forward, the speed of the machine is getting faster and faster, and the machine structure is more compact, which affects the space occupied by the glue application equipment. New challenges are also raised in the design of machine control and regulation technologies. Dave Sweed, Director of Engineering at Valco, said: "We must design equipment according to the size of the space and make the machine run as fast as possible. This will often involve dealing with folding carton machine manufacturers. At work we must It is necessary to work closely with manufacturers to ensure that their equipment and our equipment can communicate with each other.The human-computer interaction is usually done through electronic control panels, but now people's requirements are getting higher and higher, they hope What we see is an image-based, more visual and intuitive interface that makes the operation easier. Therefore, we have responded positively to this and the designers are working hard in this direction."
Valco's Paul Chamers said: "Market competition is becoming increasingly fierce. Certain demands of the market and customers may determine our future fate. The important thing is to keep up with the development of the market. The situation of the country is different from that of the country, even in different regions. Differently, there are early pioneers who apply technology to the industry. They always lead other people. This is the key to their vitality in the market."
Hycorr
In October 2000, Hycorr exhibited a new type of flexo folding/gluing machine in Atlanta. This machine is a flexo folding/adhesive machine that can quickly change jobs. This machine is widely used. After market research and contact with many customers developed after the most of these customers are a single carton manufacturer, rather than a comprehensive manufacturer. Customers can quickly change settings between different jobs, even if printing 200 or 400 examples can still be profitable. This is a hybrid machine that allows the operator to prepare for the next job while printing the current job. If printing monochrome jobs is easier and more convenient, prepare for the next job and change
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