Dubai packaging converter installs QuadTech system

Positive Packaging United, a Dubai-based flexible packaging converter, has installed QuadTech’s Autotron 2600 with Clear Logic register guidance system on new Cerutti gravure press, in order to minimize waste and production downtime.

‘We see the inclusion of automated press controls as vital, in order to assure consistently high quality standards demanded by local consumer goods customers, whose brands depend on distinctive, high-impact packaging to succeed,’ said Pranesh Kankanwadi, managing director of Positive Packaging United.

Headquartered in Mumbai and part of the Enpee Group, Positive Packaging has a monthly output of over 4,000 tonnes (approximately 8.8m lb) across manufacturing facilities in India, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.

QuadTech’s Autotron 2600 with ClearLogic contains specialized, compact MiniCam scanning heads that can detect a wide range of pale and low-contrast marks, such as glues, varnishes, inks and transparent surfaces. The size of a 35mm film canister, the MiniCam is small enough to be placed very close to the nips of a press.

ClearLogic, the user interface, features user-friendly screens that require few touches. The packaging-specific software accompanying the system is compatible with a wide range of materials and die-cutting processes. This is beneficial to Positive Packaging, which converts many opaque, transparent and reflective substrates, such as BOPP, metalized film and high-gloss cast polypropylene film.

Autotron’s mark-recognition system helps reduce make-ready waste by locking on to even low-contrast marks at make-ready. It provides secure mark localization and a quick transition to the new production substrate without needing to stop the press. In this way, makeready waste can be confined to a few hundred web-meters.

‘QuadTech’s technical support crew provides training sessions so that the operators can exploit the full potential of the system from the beginning. We also receive on-line remote diagnostics, to prevent any problems from emerging,’ Pranesh Kankanwadi explained.

Pictured: Pranesh Kankanwadi, managing director of Positive Packaging United