Slitting & Rewinding Automation drives company expansion
2017 was a remarkable year forASHE Converting Equipment, with new products and ancillary equipment launched, all of which has led to the company making significant expansions in both floor space area and machining capabilities
machinery range further and giving more floorspace for the current program of advanced slitter rewinders. The new extension will add a further 12,000sqſt onto our floorspace and is expected to be complete by the end of March 2018. Presently, up to 90 per cent of machine
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parts are manufactured in house for certain standard models and further development in this area will ensure that over 1,100 machines can be fully supported, without third party manufacturers making items ‘obsolete’. Automation enhancements within the machinery range have proved to be extremely popular. Keeping machine stoppages to a minimum is essential, and features are currently in place to keep this time as short as possible.
ith current floor space full, we are currenly adding more capacity to grow the
On the Sapphire S2 series of duplex and duplex turret slitter rewinders, the automatic knife positioning system can position up to 20 rotary shear knives (top and bottom) within 120 seconds. If this is done manually, then this could take up to 10 minutes, which is a saving of eight minutes. Throughout the life of the machine, this represents a significant saving as the machine operator can be fulfilling other tasks whilst the machine sets itself. The machine downtime is even lower if this is incorporated with automated rewind core positioning system. A new feature the company have recently
developed is a duplex turret slitter rewinder with ‘dual unwinds’. Another time- consuming factor on any slitter rewinder, is the loading of the master roll. If a new master roll can be loaded whilst the machine is running then the amount of time the machine will be stopped can be reduced, giving the machine more
productivity and higher output. The innovative technology along with the
experience in slitting and rewinding most flexible substrates has allowed the company to offer its customers the best solutions for quality and productivity.
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