Stoke-on-Trent-based Emissco has especially praised the Linx 10 for its reliability and flexibility.
The aerosol cans that Emissco manufactures must display batch numbers, product numbers, and expiry dates without fail. The company therefore requires a highly reliable coding solution that provides consistent and durable codes, and is simple to operate and maintain.
Another of Emissco’s key requirements is ease of setup, so the coding information is straightforward to input and any errors quickly corrected.
The fast and easy message set-up of the Linx 10 is via a colour touch screen that includes image-based code selection to reduce coding errors and speed up changeovers.
The Linx 10’s compact dimensions allow easy integration into packing lines where space is an issue, and at Emissco it is positioned between the button and cap machines on the main track.
Its unique MEK-free fluid, which comes in simple mess-free refill cartridges, offers excellent adhesion and fast drying times. This reduces downtime by ensuring that the two lines of code, which Emissco prints onto the bottom of the metal aerosol cans, endure through the production process and remain intact during end-customer use.
While the line speed is 45 cans per minute, tests run by Emissco have also shown that, when necessary, the Linx 10 copes with a line speed of 60 cans per minute with no trouble at all.
“What makes the Linx 10 perfect for us,” comments Jill Burke, Aerosol Plant Manager at Emissco, “is its magic balance between, on the one hand, producing hard-wearing codes, and on the other, making initial setup both uncomplicated and quick to correct if necessary.”
Country United Kingdom
Industry Emissions products for the automotive industry
Materials coded Metal aerosol cans
Code content One and two lines – batch code and expiry date
Production line speed Up to 60 cans/minute
Linx 10
• Compact and portable – weighs only 11kg
• Simple – easy to use colour touch screen; image-based code selection; self-service; sealed cartridge refills
• Quality – robust, stainless steel design; IP55 rating; automatic printhead cleaning for consistent quality coding.
“Our Linx 10 is a handy piece of kit that does exactly what it says on the tin.”
Jill Burke, Aerosol Plant Manager, Emissco
The Linx 10 is designed to meet the specific needs of small to medium-sized producers: simple to use, self-servicing and easily moved from one line to another. It’s a printer capable of coding different products on the same line without taking up valuable production space.
The robust IP55-rated stainless steel outer casing resists water ingress for reliable and consistent operation in food manufacturing environments. The Linx 10 also incorporates automatic printhead cleaning, which ensures quick, clean starts every time, even if the printer is used infrequently.
An integrated line speed sensor ensures products are coded at the right time in the right place, even if the line speed varies; plus it eliminates the need for a separate sensor attached to the line.
The Linx 10 is the smallest ink jet printer in its class, simple to use, delivering quality codes, and built to last.
For more information, contact Linx Printing Technologies Ltd, Linx House, 8 Stocks Bridge Way, Compass Point Business Park, St Ives, Cambs, PE27 5JL, UK. Telephone +44 (0)1480 302100 Email sales@linx.co.uk Website www.linx.co.uk
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