OxBox Strengthens (CONT’D FROM PAGE 24)
To accommodate the massive weight of the 2800 Mod- el Makina – the machine weighs more than a quarter of a million pounds, more than 125 tons – prepping the floor for the behemoth required a trench four-foot deep filled with rebar and concrete running the entire length of the machine, with a center trough that feeds out for washups.
“One of the things we love about this machine is that it’s not about looks, it’s not about technology, and it’s not about throwing all these crazy features on it like new ma- chines have,” says Eric. “It’s farmyard machinery, it’s like a
piece of agricultural equipment. It doesn’t require a team of technicians to run it or fix it, but it got the job done for us and it continues to provide good redundancy on our floor. For about two months, we were running just about everything on it.” With a weight of more than 125 tons, the Makina is equipped with a servo feeder, a servo die cutter, an auto-set slotter and full Sauer attachments.
The machine is equipped with a servo feeder, a servo die cutter, an auto-set slotter and full Sauer attachments. “The Makina has the biggest print and die cut cylinder you can buy, probably in the world,” says Ockerlund. “It’s run- ning amazingly, as promised and as expected. If we were getting out 800 pieces an hour out of our old jumbo, that
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