End-to-end automation delivers a productivity boost
Discover how ProPrint uses four Kongsberg tables with full automation to meet growing customer demand with greater speed, accuracy and efficiency.
The results
What changed on the floor
Speed of production helps meet growing customer demand
Accuracy of automated workflow delivers productivity and efficiency gains
System praised for ease of long runs as well as ability to create complex samples in a fraction of the time
One operator manages the entire automated production zone
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Productivity and efficiency through automation
Just one operator in the whole zone
Discover how the Kongsberg C64 with automated Feeder & Stacker has helped ProPrint boost productivity, improve efficiency and meet changing and growing customer demands.
The story
From labor-intensive production to fully automated end-to-end finishing
The challenge
Meeting growing customer demand
With speed to market key in the packaging and POS display industry, Richard Krakower, CEO of ProPrint, was quick to realize the benefits of using Kongsberg machines in the production workflow.
When the company faced growing customer demand, he added a fourth Kongsberg cutting table to the plant in Scarborough, Toronto.
The solution
A Kongsberg C64 with full automation
“As far as Kongsberg machines go, we have four,” said Richard. “We have one dedicated to structural design, then we have a duplicate machine outside that department and two more for production. Last year we installed the fourth, a C64 with Feeder Stacker and full automation, and that has been a dream.”
“It’s truly ‘lock and load and go’. If I had enough space to put five of those in, I would!”
“When you have the Kongsberg equipment that we have, the pressure, the scores, and the way the machine works is exactly replicating if I had a die and I was die cutting,” said Richard. “I have no issues with any materials, and with the digital printing and the Kongsberg, you can have a full size production sample in just half an hour, as opposed to three days.”
The result
Productivity and efficiency through automation
As well as enabling ProPrint to handle any job of any size, Richard said the automation delivers unerring accuracy while maximizing efficiency. “Between the printing and the finishing, we used to have two people on each machine,” he said. “But now with the robotic handlers and the automation, we have just one operator in that whole zone.”
“Automation allows operators to focus on what they need to be doing, rather than constantly watching and checking everything is going on and coming off the table correct.”
Richard Krakower
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CEO, ProPrint
“It’s truly ‘lock and load and go’. If I had enough space to put five of those in, I would!”
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