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Atlas Introduces Titan Slitter/Rewinder
- Published: March 19, 2015
BEDFORD, UK | Atlas Converting Equipment introduced the Titan SR800 duplex slitter/rewinder at the recent ICE Europe 2015 exhibition in Munich, Germany.
The slitter demonstrated at the show was 1650 mm wide, but it is also available in a 1350-mm-web width. Modular design is said to provide an economic and simple solution for upgrading to higher levels of automation as production demands increase. Automation options can include automatic knife and laser core positioning systems and fully automatic slit roll unloading.
Company says the SR800 features the latest mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic, and computer control technology to assure converters of consistent, high quality rewind rolls with improved levels of sustainability, productivity, and easy job repeatability.
The new slitter can process a wide range of flexible materials including plain, coated, printed, or metallized plastic films, laminates, and label materials from 20–200 micron and paper from 40–200 gsm. It has a maximum production speed of 700 mpm with rewind diameters to 800 mm and slit widths as narrow as 20 mm.
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