South African converter to install three more Atlas slitters

CTP flexibles, a Cape Town, South Africa-based converter of flexible packaging materials, will install three Titan ER610 compact slitter rewinders from Atlas Converting Equipment early in 2012. The first Titan slitter will be installed during January, with the second and third machines following closely behind.

‘With the three new Titan slitters we will have ample capacity to cope with both current demand and also future expansion of our business,’ commented Gary Seale, managing director of the company. ‘We had already installed one 1650mm and one 1350mm wide Titan ER610 slitter during 2010, which gave us every confidence to invest again with Titan. For our production requirements, this slitter really is the perfect solution.’

CTP flexibles manufactures specialized plastic extrusion and flexible packaging for the food, beverage, confectionery, industrial and general merchandise industries. With advanced technology and part of Caxton & CTP Publishers & Printers, the company has been producing and converting packaging for South Africa’s blue chip companies since 1971.

‘We produce everything here,’ Gary Seale continued. ‘We extrude high-density, low-density and linear low-density polyethylene films and produce cast polypropylene films.  We also manufacture a comprehensive range of sophisticated products – from laminations, multi-layer films and shrink films to bags, pouches and shrink sleeves.’

The Titan ER610 compact slitter rewinder has been a great success for Atlas Converting Equipment, with sales of more than 100 machines worldwide. It is available in two web widths – 1350 and 1650mm (53 and 65in) – with a maximum rewind diameter of 610mm (24in). It also features a 10in touch screen control system and an integral edge-trim extraction system. The pneumatically controlled braking system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel to +/- 50 mm (2in). 

Slitting systems available include shear knives, rotary razor (burst) or razor slitting in air or groove. Optional features include an anti-static control system, laser (line) core positioning and a new option for shaftless unwind roll pick-up from floor. This option is included in the technical configuration of the three Titan ER 610 slitters for CTP flexibles and will also be retro-fitted to the two existing Titan ER610 models installed last year.

The Titan ER610 slitter can process a wide range of flexible materials including plain, printed, coated or metallized film from 20 to 200 micron, a wide range of laminates and paper from 30 to 200 gsm at speeds up to 450 m/min (1,500 ft/min).  The minimum slit width can be as narrow as 25mm (approx 1in).

Pictured: CTP flexibles will have a total of five Titan ER610 compact slitter rewinders in operation at its production facility in Cape Town

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