Great success for Elitron at FEFCO with the presentation ‘The latest industrial automation solution for an integrated digital cutting workflow’
FEFCO 2023 technical seminar, was held at the Centre de Congres in Lyon, France, from 25-27 October 2023. The well-established biennial event is a conference and trade fair for the European corrugated industry, and was presented under the title “Shaping our future through innovation”.
Focusing on intelligent plant and technology design as well as sustainable and intelligent solutions for the future, FEFCO is the best platform in Europe to present products and services.
The theme of the FEFCO technical seminar corresponds perfectly with Elitron’s vision for the future of corrugated production; the seminar was the perfect platform for Elitron to present its portfolio of technological innovations and integrated solutions.
Elitron was an active participant in the seminar, bringing a presentation entitled ‘The latest industrial automation solution for an integrated digital cutting workflow’ to the large audience, highlighting automation solutions for small and medium production, fully integrated automated cutting systems for high volume production, and innovations for reducing energy consumption during the production process.
The large-format digital print market is set for continued growth in 2024 and beyond, with notable increases expected in packaging applications for corrugated, cardboard, and other flexible materials too.
In this scenario Elitron is leading the way from a finishing perspective. Elitron’s Kombo TAV-R, the fully automatic cutting system first launched in 2012, has today evolved into the most advanced, unique system that is able to offer packaging and display customers non-stop productivity, with the option of roll-in, roll-out automatic pallet management for enhanced 24/7 production.
In addition, Elitron has a vast range of different sized automatic fixed and conveyor multi-tool cutting systems that offer many unique and often patented optional features which offer greater flexibility and increase productivity.
Just this year alone Elitron has launched two new systems for automatic feeding and unloading/stacking:
Elitron’s standalone cutting systems, both for sampling and production, can now be equipped with the latest automatic Elitron Feeding System (EFS), and unloading Elitron Stacker System (ESS). They can also incorporate the patented Seeker System underside camera for automatic reference point identification, image recognition, and immediate cutting, without any operator intervention.
It’s also possible to opt for different gantry heights, to cut materials up to 120mm thick, to have even greater flexibility.
In addition, Elitron has a new, optional PMH, Protective Material Handling system which ensures printed sheets are handled and loaded with the utmost care to avoid any damage and scratching of printed boards when they are being loaded.
Elitron’s innovative and highly technological cutting systems are unique in that they all have a powerful, highly sectorised vacuum working area.
This vacuum system guarantees that all sheet and roll materials are firmly held in place during cutting and milling, to produce the best quality finish for all materials.
Divided into individual sectors, the vacuum power is only activated and concentrated where the cutting head is working, to guarantee maximum material hold during the process.
Looking to reduce energy consumption both internally and for our customers, from 2023 all Elitron systems now come with the NEW EPMS, Elitron Power Management System which reduces energy consumption of this powerful vacuum, by up to 50%.
Elitron’s new EPMS is engineered using the electronic control board, designed entirely by Elitron, interfaced with the inverter, to manage a series of dedicated sensors to optimize the operation of the vacuum motors.
The electronic board ensures optimum vacuum power is used on the working area: it can either speed up or slow down the motor to ensure only the necessary power is used, to minimise electric power consumption.
Simultaneously it monitors the maximum current absorbed by the motor, to guarantee continuous optimal working conditions.
A compensation valve is used to constantly guarantee the required vacuum power, whilst maintaining the optimal working temperature of the vacuum motor even during intense workloads.
Compared to the traditional way of using a vacuum motor or a normal inverter, with
EPMS there are notable energy savings. EPMS ensures the motor is only used as necessary and is continually operating within its maximum efficiency curve.
In addition, there is a significant reduction in the level of wear on the system, as it is subject to far less stress.
Using the rotation speed of the motor, the EPMS demonstrates excellent vacuum performance during processing; with the motor and all mechanical parts being used to the minimum.
To put this into perspective, if a Kombo TAV, the fully automatic cutting system, operates for 8 hours per day for 1 year, with the new EPMS more than 10,000 kWh/year will be saved. This means a saving of 4.7 tonnes of CO2 per year and is equivalent to the energy consumed by 9 people to run 10.000 washing machines cycles at 40°.
From the start of 2023 EPMS has been installed on the full range of Elitron cutting systems, from the compact Spark to the fully automatic Kombo TAV, to contribute to energy savings for all Elitron customers.
Request to see the presentation “𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄” here: elitron@elitron.com
We look forward to hearing from you and organising a dedicated demo!
