published on 22/09/10
A group of highly skilled mechanical engineers from a local outsource provider has recently installed A300SE+ Printer at Domino. The new A300SE+ has been designed and built to help manufacturers of carbonated drinks overcome problems associated with build up of sugar syrup.
The Printer can also be used to print codes onto the full range of packaging types used in the beverage industry, including plastics, glass and cans.
Product Director of continuous ink jet at Domino Mr Nick Plaister,, explained: “In environments like carbonated soft drink plants the air is heavily laden with sugar and the inside of machines, including electronic circuitry, can get ‘candy coated’.
“Over a period of time, a layer can build up which potentially becomes conductive, meaning that the performance of the equipment can be impaired.”
Domino has also developed two versions of the printer: the standard one and the Duo variant. The Duo printer offers the capability to print two lines of text at the speed of a single line or four lines at the speed of two lines. This means that manufacturers can avoid having to choose between splitting and slowing down the line.
Plaister also added: “There is a lot of pressure to print additional data onto many products which often means we need to print additional lines…..this in turn slows the maximum print speed of the coder. Duo enables use to maintain high speed but also print additional lines of data.”

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