FFP boosts finishing capabilities with Titan SR9

- Slitter rewinder follows purchase of eight-color flexo press

- SR9-DT to be installed in June to boost finishing capabilities
 
FFP Packaging Solutions, a UK-based converter and supplier of flexible packaging, is to install a Titan SR9-DT dual turret slitter rewinder as it looks to support expansion in its business.
 
FFP recently installed an eight-color flexographic printing press, leading to the need for additional slitting and rewinding capacity.
 
FFP has an extensive and impressive portfolio of innovative solutions in flexible packaging for food products and also serves the UK’s leading multiple retail chains.  Earlier this year, the company picked up two Gold awards for its innovative flexible packaging materials from the European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA).
 
In the development of the SR9 Series, Titan parent Atlas focused its product development strategy on achieving significant reductions in machine downtime for printers and converters, including reduced set change time, lower operator intervention and also reduction of costly waste materials.
 
The concept of the Titan SR9 series platform features three separate machine modules of unwind, slitter and rewind sections.  The idea being that a converter need only change the rewind section of the slitter from a duplex shaft (DS) to a single turret (ST) or dual turret (DT) configuration, to meet changing production requirements, without the need to change the existing unwind and slitting modules.

Three SR9 models

The dual turret model was shown for the first time at ICE Europe 2011 in late 2011. The dual shaft module was introduced at the Drupa 2012 and will be followed by the single turret module later this year for a wide range of flexible materials including plain, printed, coated or metallized films, laminates, paper, board and flexible packaging materials. 
 
The Titan SR9-DT (pictured, top) can process a wide range of flexible materials including plain, printed, coated or metallized film from 10 to 200 microns, a wide range of laminates and paper from 40 to 200gsm at speeds up to 1,000m/min (3,300ft/min).  The minimum slit width can be as narrow as 20mm (less than one inch).
 
Tom Bewley, production manager for FFP Packaging Solutions, said: ‘We have had a close association with Titan slitter rewinders for many years. Our existing Titan slitters have performed extremely well over the years and reliability has been second to none. 
 
‘So once we saw a demonstration of the new Titan SR9-DT twin turret rewinder at last year’s ICE Europe exhibition in Munich, we were seriously impressed with what this machine could do for our high-volume slitting requirements to meet expanding production.’
 
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