Coding of flour bags with best before date - lateral view - REA JET HR

Marking of flour bags

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Definition of Task

  • Flour bags are marked, without stopping production, with a “best-before” date

Special Product Specification

  • Marking takes place in a very dusty production environment
  • Flour bags pass the print head with a speed of 9 m/min
  • Flour bags have different distances between each other and sometimes they pass the print head without any gap between, i.e. touching
  • The print head has to be automatically positioned, due to differing bag heights

Coding of flour bags with best before date - close up - REA JET HR

REA JET Solution

  • REA JET HR High Resolution Inkjet Printer
  • REA JET Parallelogram with guide roller

Advantages of the REA JET Solution

  • Clean, easily legible print image
  • Marking system is absolutely maintenance-free
  • No maintenance cost
  • No downtime
  • Even touching bags are exactly marked, due to the precise integrated product sensor
  • Automatic distance adjustment of print head

Coding of flour bags with best before date - parallelogram - REA JET HR