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WEB HANDLING It has been more than seven years since that “It removes the spoilage of materials due to press first automatic splicer, a Martin MBSF, was stops for roll changes. When you stop a web press, installed, plenty of time to evaluate his buying all the material between the first print station and decision. Nice sums up the business impact the last is lost due to print skips that occur in each of automatic splicing, first in terms of quality. print position. These must be cleared on a post“Adding automatic print inspection. roll change has had “Any press stop a broad impact on automatically causes our operations. With the loss of at least 50 With a a consistent, relito 100 feet of material, able splice, we’re just not to mention the reliable splice, we’re just printing better. Even time it takes to change if you’re not running the roll, which quickly printing better.—Franklin multiple shifts 24/7, adds up across an entire shift. There’s no automatic roll changNice, Gintzler Graphics ing improves your question that, in addition to improving our operation and quality quality and throughof print. We’ve been put, automatic splicing has reduced our material very pleased with the results.” waste and also labor costs.” Operator satisfaction sometimes can seem like a secondary concern—just ask your operaServo Press to Come tors. But, as Nice explains, operator confidence In the years since that initial investment, Nice in the splice can lead to increased throughput. has added eight additional Martin units—MBS, “Our operators love the automatic splicing. It MBSF, and LRD models—and has one more makes their lives much easier to simply preload budgeted for the next year. “Often, people will buy the roll and let it do its thing. They also seem a new press and not think about the front-end, to be more comfortable running the presses at back-end components of their production,” he says. higher speeds. With a manual splice, they tend to nurse the splice through the press before they “I was guilty of that myself. But you have to take these components into consideration now, especialbring it up to speed. With the Martins, I don’t ly as presses get bigger, faster, and more complex.” think they worry as much about getting down On the subject of new presses, Nice admits he to the end of the roll. They seem to have more likely will be buying a new high-speed servo press confidence in the strength and consistency of sometime in the future, and he plans to specify the machine-made splice.” Inevitably, the most critical investment justifica- Martins for his automatic splicer and rewind. tion is this: Will it save money? To answer this “Martin has earned their place on our team. They question, Nice finds it helpful to revisit the basic have good equipment, good service, and—of the function of the automatic roll changer. greatest value to me—good, honest advice.” consistent, Operator Rose Klein at the Gallus EM 280 UV flexographic press. Gintzler reports improved quality and throughput with automatic roll changing. uSupplier Infot uMartin Automatic | www.martinautomatic.com PFFC-ASAP 313 uGallus | www.gallus.org PFFC-ASAP 314 WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM OCTOBER 2007 | 41 http://www.martinautomatic.com http://www.gallus.org http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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PFFC - October 2007 Contents First Glance From the Editor Calendar of Events Web Lines Process Management Package Converting News Clips Narrow Web & Label Reporter Narrow Web & Label What’s New Products Bagmaking Slitting/Rewinding Digital Printing EB Flexo Web Handling Paperboard Packaging Security Packaging Business Transactions What’s New Products Focus: Unwinds & Rewinds Trade Show in Print Services Directory Classified Marketplace Equipment Buyers & Sellers Advertisers Index thePLACE Experience Speaks

PFFC - October 2007

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