- Emballage Coderre
Emballage Coderre bags solutions to speed production
When Emballage Coderre managers approached Hydro-Québec experts, they had just one thing in mind: find a way to use the same press to print on both paper and polyethylene bags.
The four-color press for stiff paper was too fast for ink to dry on polyethylene, so a solution was required to heat the ink without overheating the bag.
Experts at Hydro-Québec's energy technologies laboratory (LTE) conducted conclusive in-plant testing of a shortwave infrared drying system feeding into an air-jet system. Emballage Coderre is very satisfied with this solution, which allowed the company to boost production by 25% to 30%!
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System description
The system's 12 infrared lamps are used in sets of 3 to heat the applied ink after each stage of printing. The air-jet system then helps water vapor escape and solvents evaporate.
- MacMillan Bathurst
MacMillan Bathurst uses broad spectrum to double production
MacMillan Bathurst, a leader in top-of-the-line printed cartons, wanted to boost its production without sacrificing quality.
Acting on the advice of Hydro-Québec experts, the company implemented a five-color flexographic press equipped with four infrared ink-drying stations and an ultraviolet station for polymerizing varnish gloss.
Besides improving print quality considerably, the press can also handle 10,000 boxes an hour, twice as many as a conventional press!
MacMillan Bathurst thus doubled productivity and landed new orders it otherwise would have missed.
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