The Story
Bemis Healthcare Packaging, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, needed a mounter with the capability to work with air mandrel for sleeves, solid iron cylinders, and also a wide range of shaftless cyilinders for narrow web presses.
The Resolution
Sys Tec developed a custom made solution, a new plate mounter based on the frame of the new EVO-HT.
Key Features:
- management of the air mandrel, with cantilever lifting for an easy sleeves changeover
- support for solid cylinders on ball bearings
- a couple of sliding cones to support shaftless cylinders
Benefits
Benefits of the cones system: It has a parking position under the mandrel, enabled only when needed by the operator.
A pedal commands the sliding of the right cone into the mounting position.
An electronic control prevents simutaneous use among the different supports, thus preventing potential mechanical damage.
The flexibility of this solution helped the customer to manage all three printing processes on the same mounter, with a great saving in terms of time and logistics.
The operators have a common operating interface, thus standardizing the mounting process and streamline mounting functions.
Click here to see a video of the new "3-in-1" machine, a great and flexible innovation from Sys Tec.
Author: Massimo Caliari