Board Converting News, July 18, 2022

Saica Pack (CONT’D FROM PAGE 22)

rolls in sequence and do a splice very quickly. Here we didn’t find the need.” Fosber’s Pro/Care and Pro/Quality systems monitor and provide data for the upkeep of the machine and in- spect the board for defects. Saica uses its own proprietary software for scheduling. While the intent is to run lighter weight basis weights, the corrugator is currently producing more conventional 32 and 44ECT. “Right now we are producing what our com- petitors are producing but as we get better established in the U.S. we will be producing our high performance recy- cled lightweight paper,” Aragüés says. First Vertical WIP Storage The WSA Material Handling System is fully automated from corrugator through the finished goods line and is con- trolled by WSA’s and KTC’s iFAS Smart Factory automation system, a PC based software package that is integrated with Saica’s ERP System and other OEM equipment which drives the sending and receiving of order information and other critical data used to track every load across the plant in real time. Sheets coming off the corrugator travel in one of three directions. 1. To a vertical WIP storage area (WSA’s and Warak’s first of its kind in North America); 2. To the finished goods line for strapping on two EAM Mosca strappers; or 3. To the converting machines. The decision to integrate a vertical WIP warehouse as CONTINUED ON PAGE 26

ogy and sound enclosures around the singlefacers. The M2 automatic roll stand splicer combination is suitable for longer runs for national account business. While many of Saica’s European facilities have Fos- ber’s M3 technology which allows the corrugator to run

at high speed even when running shorter orders, Aragüés explains that Saica is taking a different approach with the U.S. market. “We believe the orders are going to be sig- nificantly larger than in Europe. The M3 is beneficial when you have smaller orders because you can put the paper The 110-inch Fosber corrugator is a 1375 FPM doublewall, Dou- ble Level 400 Series with Link M2 splicer/roll stand technology.

24

www.boardconvertingnews.com

July 18, 2022

Made with FlippingBook Converter PDF to HTML5