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carton,” says Kevin Koplin, AIM Managing Director. “You can turn it 180 degrees or 90 degrees. That’s unlike any- thing that has been done in the corrugated industry.” A full line of glue is applied on each panel of the sleeve prior to going through the turning module and then fold- ed to form a pocket. The gluer has 12 Baumer hhs cold
The machine is 10-feet wide and can easily handle the sleeves, which can be as big as 118 inches. It also can run any blanks off MVPS’ two 120-inch rotary diecutters. “That was the logic behind the size,” says Williams. “The yielding
Miami Valley Packaging Solutions offers a diversified product mix, from custom boxes to corrugated plastic.
blank off of the diecutters maximizes what we can feed through that machine.” A key feature is a turning module that can turn the sheets and re-orientate their direction to accommodate cross folding and gluing. “This is the first large format ma- chine that we’ve made with a turning module that turns the
glue heads. The turning module is used primarily for the sleeves. Williams anticipates that this business will grow with the installation of the Albatross. “Being able to pro- duce the sleeves quickly is paramount if we’re going to get the bigger volumes we’re expected to get,” he says.
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Do you need printed sheets? We have your answer.. Introducing Heartland’s ColorCorr. This is “flexo-printing in the round”. On our corrugator we can print up to 109” wide. The advantage is that we can print the equivalent of ½ roll at a time and not be required to keep several rolls of very expensive preprinted paper on the floor. Much less waste and risk. In continual print mode, we use either laser-engraved rubber rolls or solid rubber rolls to print a “flood coat” or a repeating pattern. If we are printing a repeating pattern, we can run a two-color design on the paper. Customers have found that running sheets we print can allow them to run a lighter-grade due to reduced caliper loss, and in some cases eliminate one or more machine passes.
For more information contact: Charlie Freeman | 816-500-8889 | cfreeman@heartlandsheets.com Tim Kramer | 816-841-8317 | color@heartlandsheets.com
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