DC-12 Rapid now installed at Heidelberg

Label Solutions

The DC-12 Rapid is a fully automatic complete solution for label production.

The DC-12 Rapid produces die cut label bundles and packs them in trays ready for dispatch. With synergies in the development between Polar and packaging specialist Dienst, a fully automatic, operator free process has been developed – from the sheet to the tray.

In July of this year, Polar Mohr presented the new device via video. The system has now been fully installed at Heidelberg in Germany and is available for demonstrations.

The highly efficient Polar LabelSystem DC-12 Plus, which at 1440 bundles per hour, was the basis for the new development. Further, sophisticated automation components help the proven system for processing die cut labels: a system for automatic loading of cutting layers, an automatic cutter for fully automatic cutting of strips and, at the end of the workflow, a sorting and packing station that picks up individual bundles by robot, turns and places them sorted in the tray. The high degree of automation of the system promises the best possible ergonomics, as manual interventions are not required at any point.

Operation is intuitive and uncomplicated via an HMI that meets the latest industry standards. Thanks to modern industrial control, remote services are possible. A format change takes only 15 minutes thanks to the menu guided job change, the format memory and OptiChange, the patented change frame system. It reduces make ready times by allowing large parts of the job change to be prepared outside the machine. Interfaces for the acquisition of data such as downtimes, die cutting strokes, etc.