The Zünd G3 is an advanced and highly automated cutting table
A complete digital cutting solution from Zünd Plotting Systems (UK) Ltd has been installed at Reproflex 3 enabling the company to bring the finishing of polymer printing plates in-house.
The Zünd G3 is an advanced, highly automated cutting table with modular tool and material-handling systems to enable cutting on a wide range of applications, across the packaging market. Until its installation, the company was hand-cutting or outsourcing die-cutting work on a flatbed machine.
With three sites in Cramlington, near Newcastle upon Tyne, plus a facility in Dubai, Reproflex 3 manages the transition of new packaging designs to finished printed products, in particular flexible packaging.
To manage its output, the company researched options for a digital cutting system that would hit the ground running and last well into the future. Having seen the Zünd G3 at printing industry show drupa, the company installed the solution late last year.
‘We found that Zünd’s workflow technology was by far the easier to use,’ explained Andrew Hewitson, managing director of Reproflex 3. ‘It has an open platform meaning our existing systems are able to drive it – the workflow is seamless.
‘Zünd has an amazing reputation and we’ve found that the quality of our polymer plates has improved for sure. We have more options for our packaging, with specific sizes now possible to make superior end products. It all just makes sense.’
The company also has a department for carton designs, with the Zünd G3 being put to use creating mock-ups of finished designs in cut carton, board and corrugated materials before full production.
