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Clearmark’s foray into pallet labelling
Clearmark is celebrating its 20th anniversary by making its foray into the logistics labelling space with the launch of the ICE Vector Pallet Labelling System. This is a new high performance, low maintenance tertiary option to integrate with line and warehouse management systems.
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CE Vector completes Clearmark’s coding portfolio, enabling customers to benefit from joined-up coding solutions across their
primary, secondary and tertiary operations. There’s a climate-controlled cabin to ensure consistent print quality, and the robust long-reach cartesian-style arm guarantees GS1 specification label placement on all pallet configurations. A dual operator interface allows continual working during ribbon/label reel changes, and the intelligent I/O system communicates with today’s highly automated warehouses. “We have been paving the way for entering the
tertiary marketplace ever since we moved into secondary coding with our now flagship product, the ICE Vulcan, in 2014,” explains Clearmark’s Technical Managing Director, Chris Simpson. “Having spent the intervening years building our expertise in print and apply and honing our technology, we have developed a tertiary offering that is unmatched by anything else available on the market today.” The launch of ICE Vector is timely, with
warehouses accelerating their investment in intelligent automation, mitigating supply chain issues (exacerbated by Brexit and the pandemic).
As more products flow through supply chains at speed, warehouses call for smarter, faster, self- reliant systems to meet demand. The ICE Vector Pallet Labelling System
promises to deliver an attractive ROI for any high-throughput operation looking to automate its pallet labelling process, from food, beverage and pharmaceutical factories, to supply chain and logistics operations. It is powered by the ICE Vulcan print engine, with a compact footprint of just 1,125mm by 875mm and operational speeds of up to 100 pallets an hour; it can perform up to four label applications per pallet, with two adjacent sides to conform to GS1 specifications for SSCC pallet labelling or three sides for customer specific applications. The ICE Vector is designed as a robust, fully enclosed system, thanks to a pneumatic guard protecting the print engine from dust and environmental conditions. Optimum conditions within the enclosure are maintained via a thermostatically-controlled heater (as standard) with the doors only opening at the point when the Vector is ready to label. With a label arm reach of 650mm out of
the enclosure via a sturdy two-axis cartesian guided motion control system, label placement is accurate and repeatable on a wide range of pallet configurations. Clearmark says this ICE Vector is capable of printing at up to three times faster than rival print engines and thanks to Intelligent Motion technology, which enables precise automatic control of the labels and ribbon feed, this translates to the removal of 80 per cent of wear parts compared to traditional pallet labellers. With warehouses becoming more sophisticated, system communications are having to follow suit. The ICE Vector is simple to integrate with a WMS system in an extensive range of onboard data-protocols, including both Zebra and SATO. The machine features two CLARiTY touchscreen interfaces. Additionally, the screen can also be viewed
Label placement is accurate and repeatable on a wide range of pallet configurations.
remotely using a networked PC and standard web browser. As well as helping to mitigate coding errors and meeting retail and regulatory traceability requirements, this automated data management of SSCC codes approach can enhance Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Clearmark now has a full range of coding solutions; primary coding applications are served by the ICE Zodiac Hawk family and the ICE Viper Plus, while the ICE Viper Plus, ICE Vulcan, ICE Torus and Zebra systems address secondary coding. Mr Simpson continues: “We found that customers wanted to buy their pallet labeller from the same company that supplied their case labeller and thermal transfer overprinter – mainly for commonality of parts and operation familiarity. “It has long been our goal to offer coding solutions for all of these applications, but we had to be sure we could match the performance that Clearmark is known for in primary and secondary coding applications. With the ICE Vector, we believe we have achieved exactly that.”
Clearmark 28 October 2021 Irish Manufacturing
www.clearmark.uk/vector www.irish-manufacturing.com
Clearmark’s ICE Vector Pallet Labelling System
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