When ordering a new press or converting line, many focus on the headline specifications – speed, automation, print quality and productivity.
Surface treatment often receives far less attention, despite it being fundamental to the performance of the entire line.
The corona treater shouldn’t ‘just’ fit the machine, it should be engineered for your substrates and applications, your production speeds, operator resources and your future requirements.
From the very beginning of the new equipment journey, you can let your OEM/machine builder know the brand of corona treater you would like onboard your line. Doing this at the outset allows our engineers to work alongside the OEM to deliver a solution that’s fully integrated and optimised for your application.
Why specify your preferred corona treater?
Many leading OEMs offer customers a choice of surface treatment supplier so if you already have experience with a particular manufacturer, or have specific production requirements, it’s worth discussing this early in the machine specification process. These early conversations allow everyone involved to optimise the installation and ensures the treater integrates seamlessly with the new line.
It’s also worth knowing that not every line runs the same materials for its lifetime. Your production today may involve standard PE or PP films, but at a customers request, could require you to run:
● Metallised films
● Barrier structures
● Recyclable mono-materials
● Coated substrates
● Higher production speeds
Discussing your current requirements, and future possibilities, ensures the corona treater is designed around these production needs.
Better integration with your new line
Vetaphone has worked alongside leading OEMs for decades, supplying integrated surface treatment systems for some of the world’s most respected equipment manufacturers.
Our close engineering collaborations ensures that you get efficient installation, optimised machine layout, correct electrical integration and simplified commissioning – not to mention reliable long term performance and this generally happens most successfully when the treater is considered as part of the complete production line and not as an afterthought.
“Vetaphone are a key OEM supplier to AB Graphic, in the time that we have worked together their Corona treatment systems have been of a consistently high standard of quality. They have assisted us with good sales support, engineer training and technical back up providing an all-around service that surpasses our expectations. I am happy to say that to date Vetaphone has been one of our best suppliers and I look forward to a long and beneficial relationship.” – AB Graphic International
Consistency across your factory
Many companies prefer to standardise equipment throughout their production facilities, whether in one plant or across many locations, and using the same corona treatment technology across multiple lines can have many benefits:
● familiar operator controls
● common spare parts
● simplified maintenance
● consistent treatment performance
● easier staff training
Future-proof your investment
Production requirements rarely stay the same for the life of a machine as material developments, customer requirements and production speeds all continue to evolve, so discussing future plans during the specification stage allows the system to be configured accordingly, avoiding any limitations late down the line.
Select with confidence
A new machine is a significant investment and making sure the right surface treatment system is specified from the beginning helps ensure every component of that investment performs as you would expect.
Whether you’re purchasing a flexo press, digital press, laminator, coating or extrusion line, involving your preferred corona treater supplier early in the process allows the team to work alongside your chosen OEM to recommend the best solution for your application – today and for the future.
