Not one, not two but three bobst machines. Vitrapack inaugurated at the end of September the installation of two Flexo 10 Colors Bobst 20six printers and a bobst CL850 counter-paste. These new bobst equipment allow the Belgian family business specializing in printing and shaping packaging to significantly increase its capacities and ensure constant quality.
Founded in 1935, Vitrapack, which employs 75 people, is led by the second and third generation. It is certified GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice, quality certificate in the pharmaceutical industry) and BRC (British Retail Consortium for the safety of food products from distributor brands). Flexographic Equipment
"We continue to invest in a modern machines park, with the key to a gain in efficiency for our quality A impressions," explains the printer on his site.
Satisfied with the central drum flexo printers she already had, Vitrapack has again chosen bobs printers.
The two Flexo 20Six 20six printers of 1050 mm of Laize are equipped with online spectrophotometers and inspection systems of the German BST-ELTromat.
The offline adjustment system of the SmartGPS identification almost completely removes the production of waste during adjustment, and ensures the quality of the new sleeves and anilox rolls.
In addition, an intermediate drying system has been developed with Bobst for these two new machines. "This is a drying that comes directly after a color and before the following printing. This intermediate drying system guarantees a low percentage of residual solvents. (…) This intermediate drying system also makes it possible to obtain a sufficiently thick layer for colors, thus guaranteeing a higher covering power and beautiful colors."
The Multi-Plex Multi-Copnologies Bobst CL 850 D 1350 mm widely replacing one of their existing counter-collers and will be added to a solvent-free counter-paste already in service in the Vitra production plant.
"Regarding operational efficiency, we expect the machine to allow us to increase our flexibility and reduce our processing times, in particular for small series," explains Jan Laeremans, CEO of Vitrapack.
Machine Flexo It will be used for solvent -based work using the Helio cart or the Flexo cart. "When we have looked into the options, we have given importance to the capacity of the Flexo trolley of Bobsto to bring to the final product the visual uniformity which we need while applying a grammage of lower glue without impact on the resistance of the laminate, one of the advantages of the machine in terms of product quality, as is its speed of adhesive of the adhesive directly on the mince aluminum bands, Rupture of the band "specifies Jan Laeremans.