Atlas supplies nine slitter rewinders to new BOPP line in Brazil

Atlas Converting Equipment, based in Bedford, UK, will provide six Atlas film slitters and three Titan secondary slitter rewinders in conjunction with three new BOPP film production lines in Brazil. The film lines are to be installed in separate phases during the second half of 2011 and the first half of 2012 at the company Videolar in Manaus, which has invested in an extensive green field production site. 

Atlas will provide three 8.3m (327in) wide CW984 primary film slitters, three 2850mm (112in) wide CW800 secondary film slitters and three 2050mm (81in) wide Titan SR8 twin-shaft cantilever slitter rewinders for narrower width film slitting. One of each type of slitter rewinder will be installed during the second half of this year.

Videolar is a large Brazilian company and a newcomer to the world of BOPP film production. However, its activities are closely related to the new venture, with a long history of production of raw materials for polystyrene, video tapes, audio cassette tapes, CD and DVD discs.  

The Atlas CW800 film slitter for both plain and metalized film uses the same technology as the larger Atlas primary film slitters, with a maximum speed of 1,000 m/min (3,280 ft/min) and 1200mm (48in) unwind/rewind diameters. There are now over 100 Atlas CW800 slitters working with metalizers, CPP and BOPP film lines worldwide.

The versatile Titan SR8 cantilever slitter rewinder is the most successful product in the Titan range, with more than 250 machines installed worldwide. It can handle a variety of flexible materials up to 2250mm (88in) wide at high production speeds, with a maximum rewind diameter of 800mm (32in) and running at production speeds of up to 700 m/min (2,300 ft/min). The Titan SR8 slitters supplied to Videolar will feature a digital knife positioning system and an automated slit reel unloading system. The Titan SR8 can process slit widths as narrow as 25mm (less than 1in). 

The investment represents an important diversification in business for Videolar, which has seized the opportunity to produce BOPP film for the rapidly expanding flexible packaging materials sector in Brazil.  

Pictured: A Titan SR8 slitter rewinder 

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