The retrofitting of Vetaphone units helped LMI Packaging which was experiencing issues with humidity at its production plant in Wisconsin – causing power outages on its corona treaters.
LMI, founded by Chester Sykes in 1967, is now under the leadership of grandson JP Moran as CEO and employs around 150 people at its 72,000sqft facility. A long-time Mark Andy user, LMI currently has a bank of the manufacturer’s Performance P-Series flexo presses, up to 11-colors, and all highly specified.
Mr Moran said, ‘We see the Mark Andy machines as good all-round workhorses that are capable of high-speed production of top-quality work.’
Director of Engineering AJ Chivell said, ‘Our previous presses were fitted with a brand of treater that was not 100% reliable, especially in the humid conditions we experience here in the summer months. They were also difficult for the operator to access for cleaning, maintenance, and adjustment.’
Coping with issues of humidity is well-known to Vetaphone from its experience over the years of supplying technology to converters in a variety of climatic conditions. Key to its success is the design that separates the power unit from the treater station, which combined with the slow start-up mechanism on the iCorona generator, removes the danger of any condensation causing cut-out or corrosion issues.
With Vetaphone VE-2A treaters fitted to both of its latest Mark Andy P7 lines, production stoppages from condensation causing a power outage on the corona unit is a thing of the past at LMI. The key to reliability and performance with all machines is cleaning and maintenance, and LMI imposes a regular program of routine tasks to ensure the corona units stay in tip top condition.
