Off-line printing of sleeve codes

To solve such problems, Rotech supplied an off-line sleeve overprinting system to an unnamed prepared food manufacturer, which had just taken an order from a retail multiple for 3,000 units of a new tub product in a cardboard sleeve.

Rotech supplied the firm with its RF2 unit. This is a standalone friction feed overprinting system that enabled the supplier to code the sleeves offline and bring them to the production line already printed.

Engineered specifically for the food industry, the RF2 uses Rotech’s stack-to-stack feeding technology to pick sleeves from a stack, accurately print date or batch codes, and place the printed sleeve neatly onto another stack for collection, all at speeds of up to 400 a minute.

Offline coders have also been used by The Original Curry Company, a London-based Indian frozen ready meal curry manufacturer, when faced with fulfilling a major export order for 2,000 frozen meals.

Contact: Rotech​