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here. Orders of over 5,000 pieces and less than five square feet are the base criteria.” By matching a job to the equipment best suited to run it, Welch has created additional flexibility throughout the plant while maintaining the production discipline that drove the investment in the first place.
veyor routing and downstream processes all have to work in harmony. Otherwise, you're just moving bottlenecks from one part of the plant to another instead of solving them. As box plants become increasingly automated and interconnected, that level of planning isn't a luxury. It's a necessity. “As with many plants, space is at a premium," Welch said. "SUN helped us plan the floor layout and provided all the information needed for the infrastructure so we could make the best use of the real estate." Up And Running “As we requested, the machine ran at full speed from box one on the first day of commissioning," Welch recalled. "Registration of print and slotting continues to be near per- fect all the time.” By the time the machine was commissioned, much of the groundwork had already been laid. Instead of working through unexpected layout issues or infrastructure chal- lenges, the focus shifted to bringing the LMC into produc- tion. By the first half of 2025, it had settled into the role Welch envisioned from the outset, handling long-run pro- duction of smaller-format boxes while creating additional capacity across the rest of the operation. “The LMC runs small boxes fast and can sustain it for long lengths of time," Welch explained. "We use this pur- pose in selecting what items are routed and scheduled
Members of the Welch production team.
“This installation allows refinement of each machine's purpose," Welch added. "We've increased productivity not only by adding new equipment, but by opening capacity on other machines for the work they're best at running. Customers have been quick to provide new opportunities to help fill that newly created capacity."
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