German converter orders Rotocontrol RSC slitter rewinder

Barthel, a German converter part of die Barthel Gruppe, placed an order for a Rotocontrol RSC 440 web width slitter rewinder after seeing a demonstration of the Electronic Knife Positioning System (EPOS) at Labelexpo Europe. 

'I have known Michael [Aengenvoort] for over 25 years, and was very interested in evaluating the latest finishing technology from Rotocontrol,’ commented managing director Mischa Barthel. ‘In addition to the benefit of a single work station on their Vacuum Splice Table option for inspecting mill-splice/flags, matrix/missing labels and vision detected defects, what also convinced me to invest in Rotocontrol was their EPOS option. I literally witnessed the set-up of shear knives in seconds. Our RSC slitter rewinder investment with these two options will be invaluable to the production team at Barthel.’  

Unveiled at Labelexpo Europe, Rotocontrol’s EPOS is now available as an option on all its RSC slitter rewinder, RSP single pass 100 percent security inspection and RSD modular die-cutter finishing machines.  

The new option fully automates the slitting set-up, reducing job change time to less than a minute, even with shear systems using upper and lower blades. Choice of shear, razor or crush blades for use with any material and a placement accuracy of 0.15mm can provide hours of additional production time daily depending on job profile. Simply programmed from the operator-friendly touch panel, the EPOS also features an isolated tension zone across the slitting blades.

Pictured: The Electronic Knife Positioning System

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