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Value And Reliability Joe Harris invested in ACC’s first Komori press 20 years ago, and the second generation owners continue to see their value and reliability. “We’ve been very pleased with the presses,” Jana Harris says. Tucker agrees. “ Komori has been a great machine,” he says, pointing out that the
“What was appealing to us was the fact that the GLX is meant to be a folding carton machine,” Tucker says. “Most of Komori’s presses have been more paper presses that can run paperboard. This machine is designed to run pa- perboard. The feed table is fantastic and so is the delivery, the way it handles paperboard and quick changes.” The press averages about four to six jobs per shift, run- ning primarily paperboard grades. Thicknesses range be- tween 16 and 24 pt., and in some instances have been as low as 10 pt and as high as 30 pt. “With this press we can definitely go much thicker. We are looking at 36 pt. That’s nice to be able to run some extra thick board,” he says. It can also print medical inserts for customers, some- thing that ACC was not offering previously. “We have quite a few customers that need that so that may become some- thing we’re going to do more of,” Harris says. Due to the differences in size — the six-color is 41-inch and the eight-color is 40-inch — the printing plates are not interchangeable. “Even though we switch jobs between the two we have to be strategic about it and make sure we have good scheduling plans so that we don’t have to make two sets of plates,” Tucker says. American Carton makes new printing plates for every job, even for repeat business. This eliminates the need to store printing plates and ensures the highest quality for every job.
press that was replaced had over 300 million impressions. “And it still had a tremendous print quality. We were able to achieve G7 and maintain color and had no problem on either press producing the high-end graphics a lot of our customers are looking for.” To date, the increased printing capacity has not re- The flow of work in process is designed to “pull” from printing.
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