Travtec Presents Coding And Quality Control Solutions

Product handling, coding and marking specialists Travtec will showcase a variety of equipment at this year’s Interpack, suitable for diverse end markets such as food and drink, and pharmaceutical.  Equipment on show will include solutions for packing applications such as labelling and printing onto cartons and cases, coding onto jars, bottles or cans, and printing onto vials, tubes or cylindrical items.

In addition, for the pharmaceutical sector, Travtec will be demonstrating its FMD-ready solutions to help manufacturers prepare for the requirements of the forthcoming EC Falsified Medicines Directive.

Machine highlights include the Wolke m600 Advanced thermal inkjet printer, and the Lixis PVS state of the art vision system, while models from Travtec’s portfolio will also be demonstrated on the King stand (Hall 8A, E17) and Lixis stand (Hall 7A, C31-5).

The Lixis PVS is a high-end OCR/OCV imaging system that offers reliability, accuracy and speed for a wide variety of inspection requirements throughout the packaging process.  Its character recognition software reads both pre-printed and in-line printing and it automatically detects shift or rotation variations.  Colour verification can also be specified.  All types of barcodes can be monitored including standard formats (EAN, Code 128), pharmaceutical industry variants such as Pharmacode and Datamatrix, and 1D and 2D codes.    

In addition, the system can be programmed to check the accuracy of logos and artwork and for the presence and position of labels, caps and other items.

An easy-to-use colour touchscreen interface, including on-screen help and interactive tutorial, ensures fast set up and simple day-to-day operation.  An unlimited number of pre-set patterns and character details can be stored in the memory for fast changeovers, and detailed production reports and defective images can be outputted for process analysis.

The m600 Advanced uses HP technology and water-based inks to deliver clean and maintenance-free real time coding onto a wide range of substrates, producing characters and bar codes up to 600 dpi.  The printer can also be specified with an ink for non-porous surfaces such as blister foil packs, while Travtec’s special Traversing Unit enables it to be integrated into existing blister lines with multiple head configurations.

The m600’s ability to print variable Datamatrix codes to ECC 200 makes it ideal for track and traceability requirements, particularly products that are exported worldwide. Data for the bar codes is transferred to the printer via a built-in Ethernet port and the m600 Advanced also features a USB port as standard.

Pack handling solutions on show from Travtec include the TR-760-TT, which can handle cartons, boards, sheets, blister and credit cards and can also be used in conjunction with labellers and print & apply labellers for maximum flexibility; the company’s patented On-line Diverter for the base coding of bottles, jars and cans with continuous inkjet printers; and its Paratran II Parallel Transfer Unit for transferring bottles, jars and cans between conveyors as part of a base coding and labelling operation.