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News Release from: Norwood Marking Systems | Subject: Thermal printing, measure and cut system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2006
Programmable system prints and cuts
tubing
A programmable thermal printing, measure and cut system - with improved ergonomics - marks, measures and cuts heat shrink sleeving and generic thin wall flexible tubing.
Norwood Marking Systems / Kingsley Machine Company introduces the enhanced MCM-2005T, a programmable thermal printing, measure and cut system The MCM-2005T integrates Norwood's Jaguar II Model 52i thermal transfer printer with Carpenter's Model 42B Compu-Cut Automatic Measure and Cut system to mark, measure and cut heat shrink sleeving and generic thin wall flexible tubing
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 19 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The enhanced MCM-2005T features a more accessible user interface and a streamlined layout that enable the integrated system to be easily operated from one side.
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The programmable MCM-2005T can print multiple lines of fixed and/or variable information directly on sleeving and/or tubing.
With a high resolution of 300dpi (12 dots/mm) and a choice of font styles and sizes, the system can print text and graphics, including logos, and a wide array of two-dimensional or RSS barcodes.
Fonts, images and barcodes as well as cut settings can be stored in the system's memory for easy recall to speed set-up and changeover.
The ribbon cassette, which holds up to 600m (1970ft), allows for quick change of ribbons/colors.
The versatile MCM-2005T handles the widest assortment of sleeving and tubing to maximise production versatility and reduce the cost of materials.
Unlike the other integrated thermal printing and cutting system on the market, which requires the use of tubing and sleeving from only that one manufacturer, Norwood / Kingsley designed the MCM-2005T to mark, measure and cut tubing and sleeving from most manufacturers.
This versatility allows customers to purchase supplies from a wide variety of sources, which creates a competitive pricing environment that dramatically reduces the cost of materials.
One Norwood / Kingsley customer recently commented that he reduced the cost of consumables by 60% with the new MCM-2005T.
The integrated mark, measure and cut system from Norwood / Kingsley accepts sleeve and tube sizes from 1/8 to 2in (3 to 50mm) in diameter with a maximum 4in (100mm) flat width.
With five programmable feed speeds, the standard MCM-2005T achieves an average throughput of 90 x 2in (50mm) pieces of sleeves or tubes/min.
* About Norwood Marking Systems / Allen Coding Systems / Kingsley Machine Company - Norwood Marking Systems, a division of Illinois Tool Works, USA, has been at the forefront of innovation since developing the world's first hot stamp imprinters for the food industry over 45 years ago.
Kingsley Machine Company has also led the way, having patented its first hot stamp imprinter in 1932.
Joining the ITW family in 2006, Allen Coding Systems is a leading UK manufacturer of overprinting equipment.
Today, Norwood, Kingsley and Allen continue as market leaders, designing and manufacturing a range of innovative thermal transfer printers, hot stamp imprinters as well as ink and embossing printers that code and mark for a wide variety of industrial markets worldwide.
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