It's
a real test for commercial printers and converters worldwide. How can
you (safely) trim your waste line but instantly gain many pounds?
Vacuumatic Ltd - the world's leading paper sheet counting, batch
marking and tabbing company - has the perfect solution with its 'second
generation' Reel Tab Inserter System (RTIS 2). RTIS 2 is a
fault-marking waste management system that has caught the eye and
focused the minds of margin-challenged MDs, efficiencyseeking CFOs and
diligent Health and Safety Managers throughout the industry.
 Justin
Lewis, Sales and
Marketing Director at
Vacuumatic UK explained:
“In today's highly competitive and increasingly
environmentconscious world our customers are constantly searching for
ways to manage production lines more effectively. After years of
research and development, Vacuumatic engineers built RTIS 2 - a unique
solution for converters and printers globally.” He added:
“This easy-to-use unit solves a number of web challenges in
one
go.
It consigns the dangerous practice of hand-flagging to the history
books – which immediately eases stress levels for Health
&
Safety Managers. It marks faults with unerring accuracy and without web
contact - and it also offers unparalleled wastesaving
opportunities.” “Every player in this industry
knows that
the price of substrates is going to rise, so if we can help our
customers to mark out waste more accurately, they won't find themselves
discarding good product with bad.
Anecdotal evidence from customers suggests that up to 20% of the
'waste' they discard may, in fact, be good product. Substrate costs
obviously vary but small reductions in waste across a 12 month
production cycle can return substantial savings.” Sandra
Emde, MD
at Weselbased subsidiary, Vacuumatic Maschinen GmbH, told Converting
Today: “RTIS is a key addition to maximise the benefits of
online
quality inspection systems. It doesn't just identify where the faults
are, it can also differentiate them through a series of programmed
'reason of fault' codes.
 This
makes it easy for the quality control department to decide if it
wants to cut out the problem zone altogether or simply let the customer
know where and what the fault is.” She added:
“Currently we
are selling a lot of RTIS 2 units to foil producers and foil converters
but we believe this year's ICE show will create opportunities for us to
spread the word about this system to many more potential users in the
paper, film and foil converting industries.” Alan Gillett,
Vacuumatic UK Technical Sales Manager commented: “The RTIS 2
is a
versatile and easy to operate system that can be applied to a wide
range of web materials - and it can handle very high web speeds.
This modular unit is so flexible it can even be fitted upside down, if
necessary. It can attach a label to the web at specified speeds up to
600 metres a minute and the lack of any physical contact during
insertion means there is no risk of damage to the web. We have a client
working with cigarette foil who actually runs his line at up to 870
metres a minute, that's well above our product specification, and yet
the RTIS 2 still works perfectly.”
Stephen Rooke, Electrical Coordinator at Cumbria-based Alcan Packaging,
a world leader in speciality packaging, said: “Alcan provides
a
very wide range of services across the food, beverages, pharmaceutical,
medical, beauty and tobacco sectors. Some time ago we decided to invest
in a Vacuumatic RTIS 2 to help us with our lamination processes and cut
down on waste. It has proved itself to be a real asset in our
production process and we're looking to buy several more in the near
future'.
At any one time we could have various faults on the process; it could
be anything from a lamination issue, a cold seal hitch or a print
problem. But with this system we can have separate and easily
identifiable codes in play for each challenge.” He added:
“And the fact we don't have to hand-flag is a very real
advantage. It means we all get to keep our fingers!”
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