Mtech plastics based in gauteng johannesburg, south africa is on track towards achieving its longterm service and supply goals, with news of investments in topclass converting equipment to meet a stringent service strategy and to enhance its fastgrowing flexible packaging operations. &ldquowe&rsquove embarked on equipment purchases in line with our expansion plans,&rdquo explained barry le roux, managing director of mtech plastics. &ldquothis includes a recently installed titan er610 compact slitter rewinder, supplied in collaboration with beswick machinery, the local agent for atlas converting equipment ltd. In the uk. We also plan to place orders for a nordmeccanica supercombi coaterlaminator and a rotomec els tencolour gravure press, both scheduled for delivery in 2013.&rdquo &ldquowe&rsquore experiencing substantial organic growth and service levels remain of utmost importance to our management and operations teams.
We&rsquore constantly striving to improve our performance to support our customers&rsquo valued brands and believe the latest investments will open the arena for us to produce and deliver exceptional products,&rdquo he further commented. Until now, slitting and rewinding at mtech plastics has been completed on two machines. &ldquoour existing equipment carried us through our early growth stages, but it&rsquos now time to push ourselves into the next level. We&rsquove always appreciated titan&rsquos worldclass technology and the new titan er610 has hit the perfect balance between price and performance. Also beswick machinery has an excellent team providing topclass technical and maintenance support, so i&rsquom very happy,&rdquo mr. Le roux confirmed. The titan er610 is an affordable, highperformance slitter rewinder designed to run at a production speed of 450mmin and can handle a minimum 35mm slit width, with a rewind diameter of 610mm.
The 1650mm web width machine installed at mtech plastics also features an integral edgetrim extraction system and an integral shaftless unwind for a maximum 1000mm diameter roll. The pneumaticallycontrolled braking system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel. Also included is a highspeed hmi control system with a 10&rdquo touchscreen terminal, nonlanguage symbols, compact flash memory and fault diagnostics. &lsquothe control system simplifies operation. Anyone who can use a cell phone can operate the machine,&rsquo commented riaan hopley of beswick machinery. &ldquoinstallation and operator training was carried out by our qualified technicians and the er610 is already having a very positive impact on quality and service to mtech&39s customers,&rdquo he added. Barry le roux&rsquos ultimate goal is to reduce lead times drastically and produce consistent, highquality goods for all customers. &ldquowe&rsquore upgrading our systems to enhance our manufacturing capacity and the titan is already handling the majority of our slitting requirements. From next year, we&rsquoll experience a serious rise in production and then we&rsquoll see this impressive machinery perform to its true potential. We have every confidence that the titan&rsquos performance will speak for itself and we&rsquoll be purchasing more titan slitting equipment in the future,&rsquo he concluded. Mtech plastics was established in 1990 and has evolved in to one of south africa&rsquos leading converters of flexible plastic packaging materials.
The company produces high quality gravure printed bopp, pet, pvc, pe and paper, as well as duplex and triplex laminations. These include 5 layer coextruded nylon, evoh, nucrel & surlyn barrier films which are all produced in line with iso22000haccp quality and food safety management systems. The er610 is available in two standard widths &ndash 1350 & 1650mm &ndash with slitting systems available as shear knives, rotary razor burst or razor slitting in air or groove. Optional features include laser line core positioning, laser safety scanners and also a shaftless unwind roll pickup from the floor. It is a more environmentally friendly solution with reduced power consumption, no hydraulics for oilfree, hygienic operation, unlubricated compressed air for zero oilair emissions and less steel through its compact design. Its &lsquoonepiece&rsquo construction also enables rapid installation, commissioning and simplified logistics.
