New Cutter Adds Multiple Benefits for Hammer Packaging

After experiencing solid results the last five years with two paper cutters from Colter & Peterson, Hammer Packaging recently installed a third machine – a custom 75” Saber XXL.

The new unit joins two other Sabers, a similar size 75” and a 62” paper cutter, and all are equipped with the exclusive Microcut automated back gauge control system. With a little more than a month of results, Larry Ockenden, finishing operations manager at Hammer Packaging, is happy with how well the new machine is performing.

Printed labels and package decoration are produced on a high volume global scale for food and beverage, household products and horticulture customers. Printing more than 20 billion labels a year, Ockenden says his team uses the Sabers to trim sheets produced on Hammer’s KBA large format 7- and 8-color roll-to-sheet presses.

“They cut labels from 1” x 7” up to 6” x 10”, and are solid, well-built machines. The double knife pull makes for a stronger machine; it distributes the pressure and cutting accuracy more evenly and moving material is much simpler. The air flow system makes it easier to take large sheets and move them around for cutting purposes,” commented Ockenden, in reference to the 58”-59” sheets printed on the KBA presses. Also, the Microcut feature makes an operation more efficient. State-of-the-art technology gives operators all they need, from memorizing cutting sequences and positioning the back gauge blade for cuts within 1/64 of an inch, to automated, touch-button control.

“These machines have safety features built into them and make an operator’s job easier. It makes it safer to move heavy material around,” said Ockenden.

Source: Colter & Peterson.