US converter installs Martin Automatic splicer

Trebnick Systems, a flexo printer based in Springboro, Ohio, USA, recently installed an automatic splicer from Martin Automatic. The MBSF butt splicer was put into service on a Mark Andy P-7 flexographic press running supported and unsupported film and other products. 

Gregg Trebnick reports that the splicer has reduced the company’s material waste in several ways. ‘Before the Martin, we’d lose at least 300 feet of web at a manual splice getting back into register; the non-stop splice doesn’t affect auto registration at all,’ he said. ‘In terms of core waste, with the Martin, we’re able to run down to nothing on the core.’ 

Trebnick also notes that the company has started using up partial rolls from inventory, something that could not be done efficiently before adding the splicer. 

Pictured l-r: Aaron Trebnick, sales; Gregg Trebnick, R&D; Linda Trebnick, president; and Klaus Kok, consultant 

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