A longtime trusted partner of Videojet, Britvic UK looked to the next generation of machines at its Rugby manufacturing facility in order to meet the increasing production demands of the beverage industry.
The advantage of the new Videojet 1620 UHS is that it’s over 40% faster than its existing printers, allowing operators greater flexibility to run faster or print more content, increasing the line speed by 25% to 150 metre/minute and increasing the size of the print character from 7×4 to 7×5, all without compromising print quality.
Paul Ash, maintenance technician at Britvic UK, said: “We now choose to clean the printhead once a week at a convenient time when there’s no pressure from the line being down. Due to high print makeup and ink volumes, ink lasts three to four days, maybe more. There’s no mess. No problems.”
Once installed, the 1620 UHS printer coded in excess of 23 million codes at the soft drinks site, all produced without the printhead requiring a clean. With a patented CleanFlow printhead design, the printer provides maximum uptime with minimal maintenance reducing the ink build-up that can cause traditional ink jet printers to shut down, the CleanFlow printhead requires less maintenance and delivers longer runs without intervention.
Source: Videojet Technologies
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