Nampak has installed two 1350mm-wide Titan ER610 compact slitter-rewinders: one at its flexible division in Pinetown, Durban, and a second at Cape Town.
Anand Padayachee, general manager at Nampak Flexible in Pinetown, said that the company has been a longstanding customer of Titan technology for flexible packaging.
“We already had seven Titan slitter-rewinders at our plants in South Africa including the SR6, SR7 and TS350 models from 1994 through to 2001,” he said.
“Good control of web tension is critical in producing the highest quality rewind reels for our customers and the ER610 slitters provide this, as well as faster acceleration and higher running speeds giving us much improved levels of productivity.”
In Pinetown, Nampak has several slitters served by a common materials-handling system, so the more compact ER610 has improved the working space without modifications to the handling system, said Titan.
Available in two widths – 1350mm and 1650mm – the ER610 has been a great success for Titan with more than 100 machines now installed.
It features a pneumatically controlled braking system and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel to +/- 2” (50mm). Slitting systems available include shear knives, rotary razor (burst) or razor slitting in air or groove.
The two ER610 slitters installed at Nampak Flexible – which were both commissioned in February – include an edge trim extraction system, laser core positioning, and shaftless unwind roll pick-up from floor.
“Both Titan slitters were operating at the expected running speeds from the first day in production, so all our expectations have been met,” said Padayachee.