The domestic tobacco industry has undergone a joint reorganization report in recent years. The number of cigarette brands is decreasing, and the scale of a single brand is increasing. Its production orders are often increased from the original tens of thousands of boxes to hundreds of thousands of boxes. Even reaching millions of boxes, the cigarette pack brand printed by a cigarette pack printing company has shrunk from dozens to a few now. In order to meet the needs of the PS factory to expand the scale of the tobacco factory and reduce the cost of cigarette packs, cigarette pack printing companies should seize the opportunity to choose the most economical and reliable equipment brands and equipment manufacturing companies as long-term partners and timely introduce new rotary gravure printing equipment. Pay attention to the following aspects when purchasing rotogravure printing equipment.
1. Seriously analyze market demand and track the latest technology in the industry
When making purchase decisions, one cannot blindly pursue the highest equipment configuration. If the equipment configuration is too high, Beiren shares will inevitably be expensive, which will increase the production cost of the enterprise and reduce its competitiveness. For example, a cigarette pack printing company can print up to 6 colors of cigarette packs, so it is enough to purchase gravure printing equipment equipped with 8 color groups, there is no need to buy a 10-color machine, and the more color groups, The more difficult it is to control the deformation of the paper and the accuracy of the overprint of various colors, and the capital investment will also increase. However, if the number of color sets is too small, it will limit the future development of printing enterprises' products and market development. In addition, the manufacturer's information, if the company does not have UV prints, there is no need to configure the UV system, but the installation position of the UV device can be reserved and added in time when needed; without transferring the paper prints, there is no need to purchase connection compound, positioning splicing And secondary paper feed mechanism. CD printing
The following are several representative equipment configurations: â‘ The printing process is relatively simple Die-cutting stamping indentation, 6-color printing, no hot stamping and other complicated post-processing procedures, mainly for hard pack products, it is recommended to produce the cigarette pack The enterprise is equipped with an 8-color gravure printing machine and an additional wire-cutting unit. If you want to print the report of the soft pack cigarette pack, it is recommended to add a rewinding machine based on the above configuration; â‘¡If the printed product undergoes hot stamping and embossing processes, there are two equipment configuration options for the company to choose. The first One is to configure a cross-cutting large-sheet machine, cross-cut a large sheet after printing, and perform flat pressing, stamping, embossing and die cutting on a single sheet; the second solution is to configure an offline round-press round die-cutting bronzing machine separately. The first option has less investment in packaging machinery, flexible production, more processes, and high consumption; the second option has large investment, high efficiency, low consumption and high treasure, and stable product quality. â‘¢If the printing job is a high-end cigarette pack, you should consider purchasing equipment with advanced domestic and foreign technical configuration, such as equipment with positioning printing function, UV curing unit, and connection quality control system.
2. Do not blindly pursue imported equipment
In general, domestic rotogravure equipment has reached the technical level of imported rotogravure equipment, and often has a good price-performance ratio and after-sales service quality CTP. The purchase of domestic equipment can reduce equipment investment risks and production costs after commissioning. , Enterprises should be the first choice.
3. Should focus on investigating the structure and components of equipment that have a greater impact on production consumption and registration accuracy
The level of production consumption directly affects the cost of production and also determines the level of corporate profitability. The level of production consumption is determined by the quality of the rotary gravure equipment and the level of process control in the production process. The production equipment is not well selected, and the level of process control is no better than the high level of Lekai.
4. The environmental protection of rotogravure printing equipment should be investigated
The environmental protection of the rotary gravure printing equipment includes two aspects: one is the environmental protection of the rotary gravure printing equipment itself, such as the consumption of heat and electricity by the equipment, the technical indicators, treatment methods and capabilities of exhaust and exhaust gas; the second is the rotary The adaptability of gravure printing equipment to environmental protection materials, such as adaptability to water-based ink and UV ink.
5. Basic rules for determining the width in the process of purchasing rotogravure printing equipment
The width of the equipment suitable for cigarette pack printing is mainly 650mm and 820mm. The wider the width of the standard and certification, the greater the impact on the overprint, and the paper is easily deformed and the tension is difficult to control. Rotary gravure printing equipment with a width of 650mm is relatively economical in plate making, printing plate installation, paper specifications, etc. Due to the small format layout, the paper deformation during printing is also small, which is very beneficial to the overprint of printed products. The 820mm model has a wider format, flexible layout, better adaptability, and higher equipment production efficiency. At present, DTP, many printing companies choose the 820mm model, which has better layout flexibility, production economy, investment economy, and is also a more mature model in China.
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