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News Release from: Imaje UK | Subject: Laser marking and inkjet systems
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 August 2007
Clear coding needed on bottles, cartons
Three high powered lasers print permanent, highly legible codes directly onto glass bottles while four high resolution inkjet printers mark secondary carton packaging.
In solving a marking problem at Australia's largest producer of premium wine and alcoholic beverages, Imaje also gave its customer, the Fosters Group, the ability to rationalise their coding and labelling process Fosters had wanted to clearly code its glass wine bottles throughout its entire production and packaging process
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 11 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Located in South Australia in the Barossa Valley, the Wolf Blass Packaging Centre (WBPC) plant, has been bottling half of Fosters wine production since 2005.
WBPC has impressive production rates, with three lines running five days a week, processing 24,000 units/h.
Bottles are rinsed, filled, capped and labelled, packed into cartons and then gathered onto pallets before being exported.
WBPC had been looking for a single partner that could meet its coding and labelling needs with equipment that is reliable, easily programmable, capable of working at high speeds.
The equipment also had to print on different substrates across the entire packaging process.
WBPC also sought excellent after-sales service.
Imaje supplied three high powered, Lightjet Vector lasers to print permanent, highly legible codes directly onto the glass bottles.
For the cartons, four 4040 high resolution inkjet printers mark directly onto a cardboard box using two printheads.
For the carton packing process to keep up with demand, each line at this stage splits into two.
The printing technology allows cartons to be be personalised according to customer and export demands.
For pallet labelling, eight Imaje 2000 print and apply systems automatically perform label printing and application.
Long-tamp applicators (700mm) place labels on the two opposite sides of the pallet.
* Rationalising the coding and labelling process - when Fosters Group opened the WBPC plant, they wanted to rationalise the coding and labelling process.
Fosters relationship with Imaje is based on efficiency and uptime.
They have a single contact for consumable ordering, operator training and after-sales service.
Furthermore, because of their extensive range of coding and labelling technologies, Imaje were able to provide Fosters with customised and multi-technological systems to fit all stages of production and packaging.
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