Roberts Mart invests in second Comexi S1 DT slitter

British flexible packaging converter Roberts Mart & Co has installed the second, highly automated Comexi S1 DT slitter to increase production quality and productivity.

Roberts Mart & Co has installed the second, highly automated Comexi S1 DT slitter to increase production quality and productivity

Roberts Mart & Co, founded in 1852, is a sixth-generation family business that supplies a wide range of collation shrink wrap, laminated films, and high quality printed flexible packaging to customers in the food and beverage, confectionery and pet food markets.

‘Following another record turnover year, Roberts Mart & Co has further strengthened its converting department with the purchase of a second Comexi S1 DT. It is a market leading slitter in terms of productivity, with a high level of automation, including automatic knife and core positioning, and automatic core taping systems,’ commented Tim Hilton, a Comexi agent for the UK and Ireland. ‘Roberts Mart remains at the forefront of the flexible packaging marketplace.’

The Comexi S1 DT’s cores, knives, and almost every machine adjustment part are self-calibrating. This unique automation gives the operator the ability to load the reel into the machine and, if the configuration is appropriate, to deliver completed reels, which are palletized and singularly wrapped in bags, without operator intervention.

The turret of the S1 DT is able to perform jobs with a large output reel number and is capable of working with the thickest structures used in the flexible packaging market, including aluminum, wax, and other hard materials. Moreover, it allows for a high degree of customization, as well as many automated options, such as splicing tables, automatic reel unloading, video inspection camera, and the robotized labelling of finished reels.

‘Roberts Mart & Co has been a very important customer for many years. At Comexi we have always had the most innovative technology for their requirements, which are extremely high, and that has meant that the synergy between the two companies to be uninterrupted,’ said Ramon Jonama, area manager for Comexi.