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automated and advanced corrugated box plants in North America, all while keeping their business running. It was indeed a historic project and one we’re all very proud of.” Automation Is Key Indeed, leading-edge technology and automation is at the heart of the expansion project. Acme’s new Fosber 110-inch corrugator can churn out 1500 FPM and increase
never loved having the clamp trucks on the wet end of the corrugator,” he says. “It’s too big a truck to be so close to people. From a safety perspective, I like that it’s further away from the wet end and that it automatically delivers rolls to our new Fosber corrugator.”
“I’m extremely proud of what we accomplished togeth- er in what was a very technical project,” says McLaughlin. “Acme’s project management team and our teams from WSA USA, KTC, Warak and Harmax were able together to successfully transform Acme’s plant into one of the most Acme’s new Fosber 110-inch corrugator can churn out 1500 FPM and increase throughput by as much as 50 percent.
throughput by as much as 50 percent. The expansion al- lowed for the roll stock area to increase roll stock capacity from one week’s supply to a month’s supply. Paper rolls are inserted into the singlefacer via a cradle and material handling system by Harmax.
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