Digital printing operates without a physical printing plate, the packaging design and artwork is sent directly from the computer system to the printing machine. There are no energy intense heating-up periods, and also no ink waste. Most of all, production is consistent from the very first to the last copy. Run waste, so common in conventional systems, does virtually not exist in digital production. Without plate wear coming into play, colour is consistent throughout production, and colour match for reruns is a given.
With print results predictable from first to last copy, surplus production can be avoided. Digital printing has a consistent linear cost structure, eliminating the need to run extra cans for inventory. Re-runs are easily achieved by print-on-demand, which helps to reduce material consumption significantly. In conventional production, on average, five per cent of containers produced never get filled. With digital printing, production can be managed to the exact quantity needed.
Among the first companies which used digital printers made by Hinterkopf is Ritter in Germany. Thanks to their D240 machines, this packaging producer saved in the first year with their first D240 machine an impressive 210 tons of plastic, 15 tons of industrial waste and three tons of ink, compared to their screen-printing systems which were typical for the industry until recently.
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On March 29, 2019 a line-up of three digital printing machines by Hinterkopf reached a significant milestone: 200 million containers produced, which marks a record setting performance. The trio of machines performed for a combined 33,000 operating hours, processed a total of 57,500 print jobs with various graphics, and produced an additional 100,000 samples and prototypes.
Since 1962, Hinterkopf develops and builds complete manufacturing lines and machines for the production of aerosol cans, tubes, bottles and other cylindrical hollow bodies, made from aluminium or plastic. Reliability, flexibility, high-tech from own R&D are the hallmark of machine concepts by the Eislingen/Germany based company. The range of solutions includes transfer machines, printing and coating machines, capping machines, necking and shaping/forming machines, as well as trimmers, washing machines, impact extrusion presses and accumulators.
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