问题
2013 年，位于美国新泽西州东卢瑟福的食品配料行业领导�?Corbion 每天采用模板印刷技术，在超�?10,000 个用于带包装速冻食品的瓦楞纸箱上预印可变数据和标志。对于包装箱数量不到 100 个的生产批次，该公司会在空箱上粘贴预印标签。进行一番全面审查后，管理层人员认定上述两种打标工序都存在浪费、昂贵和过时的问题，并且需要占用过多人力和建筑面积�?/p>

“我们常有未经使用的多余预印纸箱，还会遇到分拣问�?– 例如将产品包装在错误的纸箱内，许多非生产性活动与这一作业环节有关。”Corbion 的持续改进经�?Alex Iskander 说道�?/p>

两种打标方法都造成了工作流程问题和不必要的开支：模板印刷成本为每个纸�?0.04 美元，而标签成本为每个纸箱 0.12 美元。Corbion 需要采用最新打标打码解决方案来满足业务需求并节省公司的资金。该解决方案需要与高速运行的生产线保持同步，同时也需要在温度�?35 华氏度、空气中经常漂浮着面粉碎屑的工厂环境中有效运行�?/p>

Corbion 最终在 2013 年选择�?Matthews Marking Systems，并�?2018 年再次由后者为其提供更多硬纸盒打标解决方案�?/p>

解决方案
Matthews 最初为 Corbion 提供的按需式在线硬纸盒打印解决方案能够准确地打标打码，同时提高了打印工序的效率。它包含�?MPERIA® 打标打码自动化平台，搭配高分辨率压电�?VIAjet T-100 系列喷墨打印头。该解决方案最终消除了对预印以及工厂内纸箱存放的需求�?/p>

借助�?MPERIA 控制器，Corbion 可以通过单一触摸屏界面创建和存储用于多条生产线的信息。此外，该控制器还能无缝集成公司先前所用设计软件中的标签格式，简化了标签创建过程，使操作人员能够快速更改和编辑信息。再者，该系统可以防止出现打码错误以及与之相关的包装有误的纸箱�?/p>

VIAjet T 系列打印机可以记录并在渗透性材料上直接打印每一个生产批号数字、纸箱计数标识码以及生产日期和时间。它们配备了自动清洁系统，能够循环使用墨水并尽可能减少墨水消耗量，因此具有更高的性价比。再者，墨水采用了适合低温环境的配方，而该打标系统还配备了板载加热器，确保墨水在喷出之前保持流体状态，同时不会显著发热或对周围环境造成影响�?/p>

结果
�?2013 年安装以来，Corbion 减少了预印纸箱库存量、释放了仓库空间并降低了与纸箱包装错误有关的人工成本。再者，印刷成本大大降低，模板印刷纸箱每个降低了 0.038 美元，贴标纸箱每个降低了 0.118 美元。总体而言，该公司每年可节省超�?80,000 美元的成本，而且这套新系统已经收回了成本�?/p>

由于 MPERIA 充当了多个打印头和多条生产线的中央操作系统，该解决方案伴随着 Corbion 不断变化的需求而发展壮大。例如，初次安装之后过了两年，该工厂增加了两台用于印制生产批号和日期编码标记�?Matthews VIAjet L 系列 L12 高分辨率热喷墨打印机。得益于 MPERIA 与生俱来的控制能力，新增设备轻而易举地集成到既有生产线中�?/p>

Corbion 初次采购之后过了好几年，Matthews Marking 推出�?T 系列打印机的“E”版本。这款最新打印机运行速度较前一款产品提高了 25%，并且可以放在与目标表面间距几乎两倍于前作的位置，同时仍然可以生成具有高对比度的标记、文字和图形。更大的间距尽可能降低了纸箱接触打印头的风险，能够防止墨水喷嘴积灰，因此可以减少维护并延长打印头的使用寿命�?/p>

Iskander 对两次实施的结果以及安装后的服务十分满意，并�?Corbion 业务网络中的其他成员推荐�?Matthews Marking：“我在北美和全球企业会议上向同事们介绍了我们采用他们的系统所取得的成就，好几个人目前已经进入了购买流程，或者计划向 Matthews 购买类似的解决方案。�?/p>

要详细了解Matthews Marking Systems的MPERIA 软件和高分辨率压电式喷墨打印机，请联系info@matthewschina.cn或致�?008902800�?/p>

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This white paper explores how a centralized, universal marking and coding automation platform helps consumer packaged goods companies better manage their package imprinting challenges across multiple printer brands and manufacturers, data sources, lines and locations.

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Matthews has the solutions to mark and code on a variety of metals, both permanent and removable. Applications vary across the board, such as regulatory agency compliance (ICBO, ICC, SBCCI, NFPA, etc.), high- and low-volume production, and even industry-specific inks. In addition to a wide variety of inks, Matthews DOD (Drop-on-Demand) valve jet printheads rank as the most reliable and robust in the steel and iron industry due to its unmatched durability in harsh factory environments.

Matthews Marking Systems also offers laser solutions for permanent coding. Laser marking and coding on steel is fast, high-resolution and brings down the cost of consumables.

To inquire about further solutions, stop by the Matthews Marking Systems booth #726 and talk with one of the marking and coding experts.
For more information, contact Jennifer Adams at Matthews Marking Systems at 971.224.1616, jeadams@matw.com or visit matthewsmarking.com.

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ABOUT MATTHEWS MARKING SYSTEMS
Matthews Marking Systems is a global supplier of printing solutions for product identification, branding, and traceability, designed to help our customers increase productivity, reduce waste and improve overall efficiency. We offer robust and reliable systems of unmatched quality for marking needs across packaging and industrial applications, including a full line of high-resolution inkjet, laser, and drop-on-demand valve jet technologies, high-performance inks, and integrated solutions for marking and coding automation. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and with subsidiaries in Sweden, Germany and China, we serve customers worldwide through an extensive sales, service and distribution network. With over 160 years of marking and coding experience, Matthews Marking Systems has established a global reputation as a premier innovator and manufacturer in the marking and coding industry.

ABOUT MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Matthews International Corporation is a global provider of brand solutions, memorialization products and industrial automation solutions. The SGK Brand Solutions segment is a leader in the delivery of brand development, activation and deployment services that help build our clients�?brands and consumers�?desire for them.  The Memorialization segment is a leading provider of memorialization products (memorials, caskets and cremation equipment) to cemetery and funeral home customers that help families move from grief to remembrance. The Industrial segment designs, manufactures and distributes marking, coding and industrial automation technologies and solutions. We have more than 10,000 dedicated employees in more than 25 countries on six continents that are committed to delivering the highest quality products and services.

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Matthews�?initiative in the academia field comes from its mission to support the community in providing the next generation of printing and packaging professionals with the know-how and importance of coding and traceability on consumer products. Previously, Matthews donated a thermal inkjet (TIJ) printing system to the University of Holy Cross�?Food Sciences program to support the students with a hands-on experience with real applications.

The Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics is a unique education, research, and industry collaboration to discover, develop and deliver advanced solutions and resources for tomorrow’s printing and packaging value chain.

Scott Duddy, Managing Director at Matthews, kicked off the session by introducing the company to the students, including the long history and unique, diverse business profile of the corporation. David Klodowski, Director of Engineered Solutions at Matthews, then guided the class through the different profiles of marking and coding systems, including thermal inkjet and laser.

“The students in the program are in their Junior and Senior years and have had lots of learning experience in the branding part of packaging and the buyers�?(or consumers) journey, but this was a good opportunity to touch on the other part of packaging that gets overlooked: marking and coding, �?says Andrew Hurley, PhD, Associate Professor at Sonoco Institute.

Duddy commented, “We have enjoyed the opportunity to present the different marking and coding technologies available for packaging; these students were very engaged and asked great questions. We look forward to future presentations with Professor Hurley’s program.�?/p>

The event was live streamed on the Matthews Marking Systems YouTube channel, and can be found here.
For more information, contact Jennifer Adams at jeadams@matw.com  or visit matthewsmarking.com.

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ABOUT MATTHEWS MARKING SYSTEMS
Matthews Marking Systems is a global supplier of printing solutions for product identification, branding, and traceability, designed to help our customers increase productivity, reduce waste and improve overall efficiency. We offer robust and reliable systems of unmatched quality for marking needs across packaging and industrial applications, including a full line of high-resolution inkjet, laser, and drop-on-demand valve jet technologies, high-performance inks, and integrated solutions for marking and coding automation. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and with subsidiaries in Sweden, Germany and China, we serve customers worldwide through an extensive sales, service and distribution network. With over 160 years of marking and coding experience, Matthews Marking Systems has established a global reputation as a premier innovator and manufacturer in the marking and coding industry.

ABOUT MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Matthews International Corporation is a global provider of brand solutions, memorialization products and industrial automation solutions. The SGK Brand Solutions segment is a leader in the delivery of brand development, activation and deployment services that help build our clients�?brands and consumers�?desire for them.  The Memorialization segment is a leading provider of memorialization products (memorials, caskets and cremation equipment) to cemetery and funeral home customers that help families move from grief to remembrance. The Industrial segment designs, manufactures and distributes marking, coding and industrial automation technologies and solutions. We have more than 10,000 dedicated employees in more than 25 countries on six continents that are committed to delivering the highest quality products and services.

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The enclosed drop-on-demand (DOD) valve jet technology driver, the V-Link OEM, controls Matthews�?8000+ valve jet printheads. The 8000+ series delivers low ink consumption with high print quality, producing an unparalleled low cost-per-mark. The V-Link OEM is small and compact, making it easily configured into tight spaces on the production line.
The enclosed thermal inkjet (TIJ) technology driver, the L-Link, is a driver module for up to 4 of Matthews�?L-Series L1 printheads. The L-1 printhead is a unique 600 DPI high-resolution cartridge-based thermal inkjet system, that has the ability to print a very high quality 12.5mm (½ inch) mark at extreme speeds of 480 m/min (1600 ft/min). These features make it the perfect match for fast, high-volume serialization applications. This small cartridge-based system provides a compact and clean solution with minimal maintenance.
For more information, contact Matthews Marking Systems at info@matw.com or visit matthewsmarking.com.

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ABOUT MATTHEWS MARKING SYSTEMS
Matthews Marking Systems is a global supplier of printing solutions for product identification, branding, and traceability, designed to help our customers increase productivity, reduce waste and improve overall efficiency. We offer robust and reliable systems of unmatched quality for marking needs across packaging and industrial applications, including a full line of high-resolution inkjet, laser, and drop-on-demand valve jet technologies, high-performance inks, and integrated solutions for marking and coding automation. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and with subsidiaries in Sweden, Germany and China, we serve customers worldwide through an extensive sales, service and distribution network. With over 160 years of marking and coding experience, Matthews Marking Systems has established a global reputation as a premier innovator and manufacturer in the marking and coding industry.

ABOUT MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Matthews International Corporation is a global provider of brand solutions, memorialization products and industrial automation solutions. The SGK Brand Solutions segment is a leader in the delivery of brand development, activation and deployment services that help build our clients�?brands and consumers�?desire for them. The Memorialization segment is a leading provider of memorialization products (memorials, caskets and cremation equipment) to cemetery and funeral home customers that help families move from grief to remembrance. The Industrial segment designs, manufactures and distributes marking, coding and industrial automation technologies and solutions. We have more than 10,000 dedicated employees in more than 25 countries on six continents that are committed to delivering the highest quality products and services.

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