India, an OMET XFlex X6 at Packtime Innovations in Pune

New Delhi headquartered Packtime Innovations Pvt. Ltd invested in an OMET Xflex X6 narrow web combination printing and converting flexo press. The equipment has been installed at their unit located in Pune, Maharashtra.

The XFlex X6 flexo press is a pay-back investment for any company looking for high productivity, efficiency and astonishing printing results. It is able to integrate several printing and converting technologies in-line and process all kind of substrates, from 12-micron film to light cartons, producing many types of applications to satisfy the requests of different target markets. It has operator friendly features like fully removable inking cassettes and light ink pans, automatic set-up and pre-registration, easy link to intranet and ERP. Flexo Direct-Drive technology and gearless concept eliminates even the smallest imperfection and allow the press to reach the purest quality with no backlash and perfect register stability, even at the highest production speeds. The modular design allows to combined and implement in-line, with no limitations, different printing technologies, as well as special finishing applications and converting units, to always get to the final product in one single passage. It can control both machine and cross side of each single printing unit in real time and get the machine ready to print in less than 1 minute, generating minimal waste.

The machine installed at Packtime is a 530 mm 8 colour press with all UV and hot air drying options; one Rotogravure station, 2 corona treaters, web cleaner and camera system.

Commenting on the equipment Anand Singh, Vice President-Technical at Packtime Innovations said: “OMET machines are robust, operator friendly, ergonomically designed and adaptive to various inline processes. Overall the machine is supported by highly skilled, knowledgeable, humble and polite OMET team: without them, such engineering marvels can’t be innovated”.

The sale and installation has been handled by OMET’s exclusive agents Weldon Celloplast Limited. Kanwardeep Sahni, Director of Weldon says “Packtime is a very prestigious customer and will be creating innovative labels and packaging with the OMET XFlex X6”.