UK-based ASHE Converting Equipment will use Labelexpo to demonstrate a ‘no settings required’ turret rewinding machine aimed at enabling operators to switch between core sizes without additional changes.
Although machines are increasingly sophisticated, the requirement for skilled and computer literate operators has also risen, according to ASHE.
For instance, when the rewind core sizes are changed on automatic machines this involves a long and skilled routine of changes and test runs for the desired finished roll quality, said the firm.
But ASHE aims to enable operators to move between core sizes without additional adjustments through machines that automatically set themselves to the required parameters and positions.
ASHE claims no machine demonstrates this better than its Opal T automatic turret machine, designed for offline and inline use.
The machine can run alternate core sizes on its four spindles and the patented glueless operation needs no operator adjustment, reducing changeover times and scrap winding to achieve the ‘ideal’ setup, said ASHE. The transfer of the slit webs onto the new cores is done at line speed giving non-stop continuous speed operation.
To open up lucrative automotive and pharmaceutical work to more label producers, ASHE also produces a low-cost 100% inspection machine that can operate as a standalone machine, inspecting high value-added 100% inspection materials or operating as a normal rewinder.
This machine has all the high-end facilities for inspection and is easy and intuitive to use, so small runs and job changes are a quick and easy operation, according
to ASHE.