New AB Graphic film rewinder previews at open house

Users and prospective customers of AB Graphic International label converting equipment convened at Bridlington, UK, in June to celebrate the company’s first Open House in its new facility.

With over 150 in attendance over the two day event the company demonstrated new converting options for its range of products and previewed the new Omega FSR slitter rewinder optimized processing unsupported film materials.

Tony Bell, dales firector of AB Graphic International, explained: ‘We have seen a significant trend in the narrow web roll to roll press industry towards servo drive machinery capable of handling a wide range of unsupported film materials. Obviously, having purchased such equipment there is a requirement for an inspection slitter rewinder to handle the same product range.  Our response was to design a machine specifically to handle the difficult, thin, unsupported materials but is also capable of operating with normal pressure sensitive label stock.  The Omega FSR is our solution for a changing market.’

The Omega FSR incorporates all the functions required to successfully handle large rolls of unsupported film and includes a driven unwind station, robust slitter/knife shaft, multiple slitting options, dual rewind with lay on rollers and an extremely versatile closed loop/taper tension system.

Also previewed during the Open House was the new Flytec 100% inspection system that can be supplied with all the Omega machines or as a retrofit to any of the more popular inspection slitter rewinders. The company will unveil further new developments at the Labelexpo Europe Exhibition in September.