Weyerhaeuser’s Flexo Printing Facilities Streamline Plate Mounting

“We have also been able to move to a larger plate format, so we are mounting fewer plates per job,” continues Matthews. “On our old system we would probably mount 38 to 35 plates for a seven-color job, now we are more likely doing it with 14 to 21 plates.”

“Our employees that have had the proper training on the Leader system have more than doubled their productivity in any given day,” Matthews explains. “Our throughput is pretty much driven by how quickly we can move cylinders in and out of the machine, as opposed to the mounting itself. This is quite a difference in this industry.”