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“It goes back to people,” said John Kelley, CEO at Du- sobox. “I have a very strong relationship with the folks at Baldwin. Good people deal with good people – that’s how I approach my business. Investing in innovation is easier when you trust your partners.” Once the FlexoCleanerBrush was up and running in the Dusobox plant, the time and cost savings became clear. The company is currently converting a full 5-color machine to the whole plate-washing system. Prior to prototyping the system, Dusobox had been manually cleaning and drying its press between each job – a task that would take nearly half an hour. The FlexoCleanerBrush automated this process, bring- ing average end-of-job cleaning time down to four min- utes. In addition, automating the hickey-picking process reduced the time spent from about five minutes to less than five seconds with just the push of a button. These time savings have the potential to increase production by thousands of square meters per year.
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The FlexoCleanerBrush also eliminates the need for cloth, as this make-ready cleaning system automatically removes dust and contamination from the plate in sec- onds during production, without stopping the press. The full end-of-job plate-cleaning and drying process is much more efficient, enabling increased uptime, sustainability and savings of thousands of dollars per year in consum- ables spending. “As market demand continues to rise it’s important we work with our suppliers to ensure a stable and productive future,” said Kelley. “The FlexoCleanerBrush is one exam- ple of how we work with the industry to produce sustain- able results.” Dusobox takes its sustainability efforts further by recy- cling 12-15 tons of corrugated daily and dedicating substan- tial resources to provide optimized packaging and printing methodologies. This effort is coupled with investments in environmentally responsible materials and the most tech- nologically advanced printing and converting equipment. As such, the company has made significant investments in bringing to market paper-based materials that rival plas- tics by investing in a new paperboard product called Ma- CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 Baldwin Technology’s FlexoCleanerBrush enabled Dusobox to bring average end-of-job cleaning time down to four minutes.
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