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can produce up to 20,000 boxes per hour, achieves fast set up times and has the ability to print on both sides of the box. The machine complements Tyoga’s existing 50- inch Isowa and its brand new Macarbox FG 710-2200 DEF 4-color 28-inch by 98-inch Mini Flexo Folder Gluer, also with die cut capabilities, which tops out at 24,000 units
what we were looking to achieve.” To that end, Frysinger reached out to Todd Vanden- berg of Mainline Conveyors, who helped create plans to layout and engineer the reconfiguration of Tyoga’s new ‘footprint.’ “Todd is not just a salesman, he’s a brilliant engineer,” says Frysinger. “We gave him the templates and specs for the equipment we were adding and he provided options as to how we could ‘flow’ things through the plant. He knew how the equipment would run, at what speeds they would run and especially, how effective it would be for us to receive raw materials at the south end of the facility and ship finished goods out of the north end. It was all about flow. Todd and Mainline were fantastic.” A Triple Investment In Macarbox Critical to the implementation of the expansion was knowing all about the three new machine purchases at the heart of the expansion, all three of them from Macar- box, the Spanish manufacturer of corrugated and convert- ing machinery that has achieved recognition for hundreds of global installations and who is now building a growing presence in the North American market. The Macarbox 970-2400 DDF Flexo Folder Gluer is a 4-color 38-inch by 98-inch machine with die cut capabil- ities that is among the first installations of its kind in the United States. Fitted with an Alliance prefeeder, the 970
per hour and can handle boxes as small as 4x4x4 inches. “Since the mini is an upf machine and Macarbox didn’t have a high-speed prefeeeder to flip the load, we installed a Baysek Load Turner,” says Frysinger, who adds that the new mini couldn’t be installed until its old one was re- moved and that the transition was achieved while main- The Macarbox Rotary Die Cutter can print both inner and outer faces of the sheets.
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