ber Group and Fujifilm Dimatix, located in Lebanon, New Hampshire, have partnered to offer inline digital print ca- pabilities on the corrugated web. With this partnership, we will offer registered, variable, and repeating digital print from the corrugator. This advantage will relieve converting machine printing, turning converting machine setup time into production time. Stay tuned for more! 2025 is going to be an exciting year with Fosber. “It is you that makes Fosber and Tiruna better. We could not have reached this height without you. Your suc- cess is our success! Our commitment is to not only pro- vide high-performance and quality machines and services, but also support every machine as long as you desire to produce corrugated with it, including our OEM parts and service. 30+ years ‘Industry Strong’ and continuing to get stronger. We are grateful for all our partners and friends!” Visit fosber.com and tirunaamerica.com . G.F. PUHL Gallatin, Tennessee: Gregg Puhl reports, “Hello again and happy 2025! 2024 was an excellent year for G. F. Puhl.
By engineering modifications into our standard sequenc- er system, we were able to reduce the total CFM of air needed by 60 percent. Reducing the CFM needed by 60 percent also reduced the size (and cost) of the separator and dust collector. Again, our in-house engineering and fabrication shop was able to cycle test the components for reliability. “When considering an air conveyed scrap and dust col- lection system, I always recommend thinking long-term. The least cost capacity you can buy is the expansion ca- pacity you planned for ahead of time. “In closing, I want to again thank our customers for your ongoing support and invite you to visit our engineer- ing and fabrication facility in Gallatin, Tennessee for a tour. We’re less than 30 minutes from Nashville International Airport (BNA). Just give us a call!” Visit gfpuhl.com . HAIRE GROUP Merrillville, Indiana: Mike Mulroe reports, “Thanks to our incredible employees and customers, 2024 was a year in the corrugated machinery industry. “Haire Group’s full lines provide customers with com- prehensive converting solutions. By integrating Apstar or Encore finishing machines with powerful add-ons like pre- feeders, vacuum stackers, bundle breakers, and palletiz- ers, our customers can create fully optimized converting line centers that scale with their business. This approach ensures flexibility for customers pursuing diverse market opportunities, all while maximizing safety, uptime, and ef- ficiency. ‘Our full lines give customers the ability to design a converting center tailored to their specific needs, em- powering them to improve their operations while reducing manual labor,’ said Danny Lopez, Vice President of New Machinery Sales at Haire Group. “Service and support remain cornerstones of Haire Group’s success. Through Haire Technical Group’s profes- sional 24/7 service, a pre-installation training center, and an expansive parts department located just outside of Chi- cago, we ensure our customers achieve maximum uptime and profitability. Our innovative showroom and expanded training center allow visitors to interact with machinery before purchasing and provide hands-on training that en- sures machines are running at full production shortly after installation. We proudly invite you to schedule a tour of our Machinery Showroom and Technical Training Center. “Haire Group also welcomed two outstanding sales CONTINUED ON PAGE 38 January 27, 2025 37 of innovation and progress at Haire Group. We proudly introduced our new full lines of Encore and Ap- star machinery. Built on the pillars of safety, efficiency, seamless inte- gration, and low cost of ownership, these full lines represent a signifi- cant expansion of our product offer- ings and are setting new standards Mike Mulroe
We are very grateful to be able to provide our customers with new and innovative solutions. For the 2024 calendar year, we installed new sys- tems that move scrap and dust us- ing a total of approximately 600,000 CFM (cubic ft. per minute) of air. To put this in perspective, 600,000 CFM would fill seven Olympic-sized
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pools in 62 seconds. We haven’t tracked total CFM by year, but we believe this is a record for G. F. Puhl during our 42 years in the air conveyed dust and scrap collection system industry. “A side benefit of these filtered systems is that the air returned to the building through a primary and secondary safety filter has a lower particulate level than the air being introduced into the system for conveying purposes. These systems function as scrap and dust conveying systems but they also provide cleanup of a noticeable portion of the building air which improves long-term housekeeping. “Some notable milestones in 2024 include installing and successfully starting up a 110,000 CFM system using three pressure balancing throttle dampers. This design allows pressure control to within 0.01 PSI in each of the die cutter sheet transfer systems. To accomplish this, G. F. Puhl engineering has developed and improved controls, programming, and dampers over the past 40+ years. For a pressure balancing system to work reliably on a real time basis, the controls, program, and dampers must work in unison, and the dampers must be reliable enough to handle the demands of cycling over long periods of time. Thanks to G. F. Puhl’s in-house fabrication shop, we were able to test the configuration over millions of cycles. “Also in 2024, G. F. Puhl designed and installed a sys- tem for a packaging plant that produces a very specific package distributed throughout the western hemisphere.
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