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Atlantic Zeiser will show their roll-to-roll label serialization at drupe

  • Publicado el 29 de Abril de 2016

With the new DIGILINE Label Offline system, extremely abrasion-resistant, high-quality labels can be printed at speed, serialized and made available for a wide range of different packaging lines. Atlantic Zeiser is premiering this roll-to-roll solution at the drupa 2016 (Hall 15, Booth B02). It means that the serialization and dispensing processes can be separated both physically and in time.

The already integrated, powerful unique code software and superior drop-on-demand (DoD) inkjet technology open up myriad options for pharmaceutical manufacturers, packaging service providers and label printing companies to streamline the processes associated with serialization, coding and tamper-evident labelling. “With the DIGILINE Label Offline system, operators of multiple packaging lines that are not always working at full capacity can concentrate the necessary serialization and printing tasks in a one location within the production process in a way that enhances efficiency and saves space,” explains Michael Urso, Product Manager Pharma & Packaging Solutions at Atlantic Zeiser.

“Labels can then also be used for two functions at once, for instance: as a seal, providing tamper protection, and at the same time for transporting the serialization codes.” Furthermore, on some markets such as the USA, for example, tablets are usually packaged not in flat cartons, but primarily in HDPE plastic bottles, but still have to be serialized.

The system paves the way for service providers such as label printing companies to produce pre-serialized labels for their customers and so exploit a new business model. With the integrated unique code software, serial numbers can successfully be generated, printed and, after camera scanning, stored with absolute process safety, while related reports can be produced for downstream processes carried out on the pharmaceutical customer’s premises. The DIGILINE Label Offline system operates at an impressive speed: thanks to the contact-free DoD printing system, it can print and serialize labels at a rate of up to 60 m/min, the equivalent of up to 900 labels per minute or more, depending on the label length. In addition to a consistent print quality, this therefore achieves a significantly higher production speed than with conventional thermal transfer printers, which generally never exceed 15 m/min – unless significantly lower print quality is accepted. The use of high-performance UV-curable inks moreover reduces the cost of consumables by up to 30 percent, and the frequent replacement of printing system parts exposed to mechanical loads is eliminated completely.

 

The DIGILINE Label Offline system is equipped with an OMEGA printer, offering a choice of 36, 72 or 144 millimetre print widths. Based on the company’s own high-performance UV-curable inks, it achieves brilliant results while offering outstanding resistance to abrasion, solvents and alcohols. The integrated inspection camera reliably checks the presence, print quality and data content of codes and characters, while all the recorded information is relayed to the unique code software database at the same time. A built-in splicing table also allows the fast removal of substandard or unsuitable labels. With a transport width of up to 165 millimetres, the system covers virtually all the label sizes most widely used in the pharmaceutical sector.

The Pharmaceutical and Packaging Solutions division of Atlantic Zeiser ranks among the leading suppliers of sophisticated individualization, serialization and track & trace solutions that efficiently and seamlessly monitor product movements, securely verify authenticity, and reliably protect against counterfeiters. Innovative digital printing uses drop-on-demand technology to create superior-quality labelling, coding and marking solutions – from primary packaging to late-stage customising in the pack printing segment.

Specifically, for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sectors, the division develops tailored systems to facilitate the reliable, legally compliant, cost-efficient and fast application of unique security features to individual and mass products. Atlantic Zeiser’s track & trace systems bring together the latest machine and printing technologies with intelligent and fully compatible software architecture. The company addresses the particular needs of the pharmaceutical industry with its MEDTRACKER serialization software, and offers BRANDTRACKER to support the sophisticated brand protection endeavours of the cosmetic segment. Elements of these database solutions are also available to packaging manufacturers and other suppliers to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries in the form of unique code software.

Atlantic Zeiser’s other division is Security Printing Systems, which supplies not only systems for personalizing ID cards, banking and credit cards, as well as gift and other customer loyalty cards, but also solutions for numbering banknotes in any currency, and serializing passports. Atlantic Zeiser has its head office in Emmingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and oversees nine facilities worldwide as well as sales and service partners in around 50 countries.

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