Tuesday, April 25, 2006

In-Line Marking on LDPE Blow Molding Polyethylene Film

Background
The customer is a major manufacturer of plastic packaging film.

Application
The customer has setup a new line to produce LDPE Blow Molding Polyethylene Film. They needed an integrated code that contained Plastic Packaging Recycling Codes, Batch Number and Manufacturing Date. This customer wanted an industrial marking system that ia able to integrate to the production line easily and this marking system must comply to their industrial safety requirements.

Solution
Videojet Excel 170i is the answer to this customer. This compressed air driven CIJ (Continuous Ink Jet) system with the vinyl-covered armored printhead conduit in 20 feet (6.1m) length enable the console to be placed away from the moving film. Competitors machine which is pump driven with short printhead conduit length will not have this ergonomic feature where the operator need to stand very close to the moving film in order to access to the printer console.


Videojet InkSource 16-8530 has excellent adhesive to the LDPE film. The Videojet Excel 170i together with Videojet InkSource 16-8530 has deliver competitive running cost in term of cost per print even it is installed at high temperature (above 35 0C) and humidity at 70-90% RH.



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