imprint management information systems

IMPRINT WASTE CONTROL & WEIGHBRIDGES

This program is particularly designed for Web Offset, Gravure and for very long run Sheet Fed Litho companies. Its purpose is to monitor and report on all material wastage and how it occurred, and to measure it against allowances brought forward from the estimated system. The Waste Control System can handle multi-reel fed presses with inline finishing and multiple outlet points.

The system is at its best when integrated with Imprint Weighbridges and connected directly to the Imprint-Sentinel system. The Weighbridge is a flat box made of stainless steel approximately 75 mm high and comes in many sizes, from A4 up to 6 tonnes.

Typical Areas for Waste Management

The packing waste.
Core and slab waste on reels.
Waste on the make-ready.
Waste on the run (e.g. machine stoppages, plate changes, break downs, etc.).
And even the side trim waste taken away in air ducts can be deduced by the software from all the other information it has.

Waste Control without a Weightbridge

All sheets passing through the machine are clocked by the Sentinel sensor in sheets or metres.
When a Make-ready is complete and the key, ‘Zero the counter’, is pressed so the Imprint system knows from its own logic that sheets counted so far are ‘Waste on the Make-ready’.
If problems occur during a production run the good copy count can be held by pressing the ‘Hold’. Any sheets passing through the press while on ‘hold’ will be seen as ‘Waste on the Run’.
The time and sheet counts are tracked and shown on all the reports.
If Reels or Pallets are booked direct from Stock to Sentinel by bar code then you have individual Reel or Pallet traceability. The waste can now be traced to the actual Reel or Pallet it came from.
Because the system is integrated with the whole of the Imprint MIS system, the number of sheets (or: reels, metres, or tonnes) issued are also known and thus the waste can be reported in full.

Waste Control with a Weightbridge

The Weighbridge is first set to zero and calibrated to measure copies, or sheets, or tonnes, then as waste is produced it is placed in the waste barrow and continuously monitored and displayed on the Sentinel’s operating screen.
Working in conjunction with the Sentinel sensors very accurate waste control can be produced and showing exactly where in the printing cycle it occurred.
Full reports can be produced through the Report Generator, either by job or by any range of criteria supplied within the system.
Because Imprint-Sentinel is integrated to the entire Management Information System, these reports are capable of incorporating estimated information and variances.
Sentinels may be attached to finishing and despatch lines so as to give a complete picture of performance and waste control throughout the production cycle and throughout the factory.

Additional features exist for Reel Fed and long run Sheet Fed printers

Reels and/or Pallets may be weighed and bar code labelled in the white paper warehouse as they are issued to the presses. This will deduct from the Stock File, book to the Job Cost Sheet and give the true weight and/or sheet count per reel or pallet.
On press the bar code is read and the information feeds into the waste control system, identifying the pallet or reel and thus completing the information cycle.
On the run, slab and core waste is identified separately from make-ready and running waste.
An Imprint Weighbridge can be used to weigh reels entering Imprint’s Stock program, thus the weight of reels will already be known as they are supplied to the reel stands. You will read more about this in the Goods-In information sheet.

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Poplars, High Easter, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4RB
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