Australian label house adds Rotocon

Avonlea Labels, a long-established Australian name in self-adhesive label production for trade and end-use customers, has taken delivery of a Rotocon finishing machine at its Sydney plant.

Pictured (from left): Avonlea Labels’ Mike and Matt Ellis, and Rotocon sales director Pascal Aengenvoort

According to the company's founder, Mike Ellis, the Ecoline RCSI 330 offers a full suite of standard features in an economical, compact package designed for operator ease.

It features a cartridge slitting system, vertical inspection zone and automatic tension control with S-drive servo/software control on unwind, rewind and draw stations. The system offers slitting accuracy of around 0.2mm on web widths up to 340mm with running speeds of up to 320m/min.

Rotocon sales director Pascal Aengenvoort supervised the installation.

Gill Loubser

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