Primus Braille printer offers off-line benefits

- Designed to offer high performance at affordable price

 

- Meets requirements of EN 15823 standard for Braille on packaging

 

Swiss firm Fritz Gyger has launched a new system for off-line Braille printing that it said satisfies the demands of just-in-time production in the package printing market.

 

The Primus Braille printer for folded boxes features new hardware, intelligent software and a 100 percent inspection system, which Gyger said are available at a low investment cost, but provide package printers and converters maximum flexibility and modularity for small to medium runs.

 

The Primus Braille printer consists of a transport system for the product, a UV curing system, a vision system for 100 percent defect-free end products, and is equipped with a crosswise and lengthwise modular printing unit.

 

An optional printing unit for tactile danger warning symbols is also available.

 

Gyger said the machine meets the requirements of EN 15823 “Packaging. Braille on packaging for medicinal products”, which specifies requirements and provides guidance for the application of Braille to the labeling of medicinal products.

 

The Braille printing quality control system is integrated in order to minimize wastage. It permits reliable automatic quality control and verification of printed UV varnish Braille letters.

 

The inspection system is based on a high-resolution digital camera with a high-power linear LED light source mounted on the Braille printing machines. The camera is configured to see an area defined by the full product width.

 

The area of printed product is scanned at high speeds and composite images are automatically analysed to detect the printed dot pattern and compare its contents to the required correct text and non-compliant defects are identified.

 

The expected text is automatically set based on printer set-up, with Braille letters reliably detected regardless of background print colors and patterns. This allows the entire web to be inspected and provide 100 percent print inspection.

 

The Primus Braille printer for folded boxes can be used to deliver any batch size just-in-time, and cuts down on production steps for increased productivity.

 

Gyger said an example of the benefits this brings can be seen where several pharmaceutical products have the same outer packaging case even for different countries.

 

“Drop on demand” technology allows country-specific Braille to be added as a final step. Idling during individual tool changeover is eliminated, with electronic text used instead.

 

This allows orders of extremely short lead times to be met as production can be started almost immediately, Gyger said.

 

In addition, storage costs are reduced as run lengths can be adjusted individually to suit the customer’s needs.

 

A Primus Braille printer for labels is also available.

 

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