Gráfica Calipolense buys fourth Polar cutter

Gráfica Calipolense, a Portuguese label printer located in Vila Viçosa, has purchased a Polar N 115 AT HD high-speed cutter.

Gráfica Calipolense's latest Polar guillotine is equipped with special label options and is running next to three other Polar machines

Its latest Polar guillotine is equipped with special label options and is running next to three other Polar machines.

Gráfica Calipolense is specialized in the production of wet-glue, metalized and in-mold labels in both square and die-cut shape. To maintain an increase in its production volumes, as well as cutting quality, the company has replaced an older Polar EMC with the N 115 AT HD model.

Gráfica Calipolense has also purchased Polar RA-4 jogger with weighing scale together with the N 115 AT HD. The jogger was installed on one of its existing systems. The company has a Polar LabelSystem SC-21 with Autocut 115 and BM-105 for automatic cutting and banding of square cut labels.

N 115 AT HD is optimized for label cutting as it is equipped with these special options: autotrim; a programmable function for the automatic removal of cutting waste. It eliminates the time consuming manual removal of waste which enhances the productivity; downholder in front of knife, preventing mixing and shingling of multiple ups when cutting; and AirKnife, which prevents cutting waste of statically charged material or plastic sticking to the knife.

In combination with the special label options the print shop increased productivity by more than 30 percent, as managing director José Carrasco explained: ‘The purchase of another Polar guillotine was based on the outstanding performance we experienced with this brand. My grandfather already started with a small Polar 55 guillotine. The guillotines did grow parallel to the business growth and every single of these Polar machines did run without a problem.’