German converter installs third flytec from AB Graphic

German converter installs third flytec from AB Graphic

AB Graphic has supplied a third flytec label inspection rewinding system to Moenchengladbach, Germany-based converter Baehren Druck. The flytec 150 model supplied features bi-directional rewinding to ensure all labels are inspected and error free and allow continuous printing. The flytec 150 will be used for 100 percent print face inspection of pharmaceutical labels at speeds up to 150mt/min.

Designed for 200mm maximum web widths, the specification supplied includes inside/outside forward and backward winding modes, constant web tension, web break control and web length, roll diameter and label counting. Equipped with PC controlled fleyeVision print face inspection camera the system offers grey scale line scanning at 2048 pixel resolution and minimum defect detection across the web of 0.15 square mm (black dot on white background).

Svend Herder, head of production planning at Baehren Druck, said: ‘We already had two flytec 2000 inspection rewinding machines and when the need arose to replace an older rewinder, we immediately contacted AB Graphic International. The new flytec is ideal for our requirements with an excellent price to specification ratio. Our previous experience with the performance of our existing flytec machines and the fact that we would be getting a relatively local, fast and efficient package of machine and technical service was a key factor in the purchasing decision.’

‘The flytec 150 is a one stop solution for 100 percent web inspection, suitable for final checking of the print face before delivery,’ said Christer Markgraf of AB Graphic. ‘The web is inspected and when an error is detected, it is rewound back to the splicing table in front of the camera where the faulty label can be replaced or removed. Once the correction has been made, the web is re-inspected ensuring 100 percent inspection.’

‘We specialize in the production of high value secondary packaging materials and offer a wide variety of labels for the pharmaceutical industry,’ added Walter Baehren, CEO at Baehren Druck. ‘Eighty-six percent of our turnover is in this industry so we need optimum print face inspection so that we can guarantee the stringent levels of product security demanded by this market and trouble free, onward label application. The flytec 150 has also significantly increased our flexibility on shorter print runs. We no longer have to interrupt long run jobs being processed on our larger flytec 2000 machines to meet the demand for an urgent short run job order as these can be processed on the new machine. We also save more time than we had initially expected.’

The addition of an optional fleyeVision barcode control system on the Baehren Druck system permits reading and content checking of static or dynamic barcodes on labels and packaging and identification of any errors, as wrongly or poorly printed or missing barcodes. The system is capable of reading single and two dimensional barcodes and is designed to process almost all existing barcode specifications including BC412, EAN 8, inter-leaved 2/5, pharmacode and datamatrix code. It is also possible to compare information identified as barcode, against ‘clear’ alphanumeric codes stored as Excel files in the fleyeVision software.

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