In the run-up to drupa, Highcon has announced a new portfolio. The company is targeting the fast-growing cardboard packaging business segment and aims to meet the demand for solutions for small batch sizes, shorter delivery times and sustainability.
For folding carton production, Highcon will be exhibiting the Highcon Beam 3 with the optional new Beam Writer for offline labelling of DART films, which enables customers to produce around Produce 50 per cent more packaging per shift than with the Beam 2 and achieve a higher and more consistent quality. There are two solutions for corrugated packaging and displays. The Vulcan1, a system with a sheet size of 140cm x 170cm (55″ x 66″), which is still in development and allows customers to realise the Advantages of digital die-cutting in the production of corrugated cardboard packaging can be fully utilised. The upgrade of the Highcon Beam 2C will also be shown, which, in conjunction with the optional Beam Writer, can be used to create a Productivity increase of up to 50 per cent and enables the expansion of Highcon's presence in the corrugated cardboard market for small and medium series, especially for POS and web-to-pack.
The new Highcon Beam 3 is full of innovations and improvements that will help customers to work more productively and cover a wider range of applications. A packaging manufacturer can 10 orders per shift with an average output of 1000 sheets process. This typically gives customers in two-shift operation an ROI of less than two years. The new Highcon Beam Writer, which is compatible with all Highcon Beam systems already installed, enables customers to create creasing rules offline using the patented DART system from Highcon and 5th generation consumables. For 100 jobs per month, customers can free up more than 16 hours of beam capacity with the Beam Writer and save two whole shifts, significantly increasing productivity and capacity.
The new Highcon Vulcan will be used in the mainstream production of corrugated board packaging and will offer a significant Closing the gap in the current range of solutions. It has a maximum sheet size of 1.4 x 1.7 metres (55″ x 66″) and can process sheets with a thickness of up to 5 mm, including microwave, B, C and EB flute. Like all Highcon systems the Vulcan combines physical creasing with laser cutting and has a maximum throughput of 3000 full-size sheets per hour (up to 7000 m²/h). The job changeover time is 5-10 minutes.
During the difficult economic climate in 2023, Highcon curtailed the development of the Vulcan with the intention of resuming the programme in full before the end of 2024. In 2026, the first Vulcan machine is scheduled to be delivered to a customer site for alpha testing. The company is offering leading customers the opportunity to secure a limited number of early delivery dates. These time slots will only be converted into binding orders after a successful production demo.
With a speed increase of around 15 per cent, the improved Highcon Beam 2C offers customers in the corrugated board industry a Higher productivity and faster sheet throughput. In conjunction with the new optional Beam Writer, it helps corrugated board customers to increase productivity by around 50 per cent per shift with a typical order mix. The solution also includes the „Digital Die Cutting Workflow Package“ (DWP), which ensures smooth, more effective and automated integration into the production workflow at the customer's site.
In addition to the new Highcon solution portfolio and samples of the ground-breaking Vulcan prototype, the Highcon stand at drupa this year will feature the Focusing on the company's customers and their work. „In the current challenging environment, Highcon's customers are successfully using the right tool for the right job to optimise the productivity of their plants, overcome capacity constraints, increase agility, cost-effectiveness and efficiency, and better serve their customers while maximising the return on their investment,“ says Shlomo Nimrodi, CEO of Highcon.
Source: Highcon
Highcon at drupa: Hall 9, Stand B24
