Increase Dairy Production Line Efficiency with Technologies Such As Labelling and Direct Printing to Dairy Packaging and Eggs
Getting it right first time every time!
Because every pound counts in the dairy industry, rejects due to errors or poor quality need to be avoided to ensure your business can remain profitable.
Poorly labelled and coded marks on dairy products can, and do, in many instances result in substantial penalties from the retailers to its suppliers. Whether it’s labels, or coding directly onto dairy packets with i-mark’s systems, you can print quickly, precisely and in accordance with the latest legal requirements.
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Inkjet (Continuous) Systems for utilising in high speed, high volume, fast drying environments and particularly suitable for porous substrates such as plastic, cardboard and eggs.
Our inkjet (continuous) systems, by Hitachi, excel with various dairy item packaging and eggs. They feature high quality, fast drying inks that resist smudging and provide high contrast visibility, ensuring legible and enduring coding on a variety of materials.
For large quantities of dairy packaging that has to be coded, fully automatic inkjet systems are a first choice. Because of this all of our systems integrate into production lines or can be utilised in conjunction with one of our stand-alone systems.
There is a significant benefit to fully automatic inkjet coding systems when it comes to dairy product as it allows for a high number of cycles and a moderate operating cost given its low cost per code.
Inkjet (Thermal) Systems for utilising in high speed, medium volume environments where ease of use is a must. Suitable for porous and non-porous substrates and ideal where black and other coloured printed codes at food grade level may be required.
Our inkjet (thermal) systems by Edding revolutionises dairy marking. The simple, easy-to-use design means that any user can set up and operate the printers quickly, without needing a technician. The printer excels in increasing production efficiency and eliminating miscoding.
Operating at high speeds and with fast drying capabilities, this combined with low capital investment and multiple coloured ink options (including food grade) makes the inkjet (thermal) the ideal solution for low to medium volume use. With the option of both in-line and portable thermal inkjet printers. Their smart, compact design houses advanced, intuitive functionality and unparalleled connectivity. Print information can be changed quickly and easily via the integrated touchscreen or stand-alone screen managing multiple printheads.
Using the highest quality components, they deliver outstanding reliability without the need for expensive capital investment.
Thermal transfer printers: The only solution where printing codes and /or a multitude of product information on labels with high definition is required.
Specialised ribbons are used to transfer complex information such as is required in nutritional information panels when using i-mark’s thermal transfer printers. The process is invaluable in the dairy industry when you have large batches and are in need of a precise and consistent print image. Thermal transfer printing is used by the food industry to print  labels.
Many manufacturers move to this digital/ software led technology when the old and outdated analogue Hot Stamping Technology limits flexibility.
Extremely flexible in the area size it can print i-mark’s comprehensive range of Thermal Transfer Printers enable prints to be made from 24mm to 213mm and in extreme cases it’s big Daddy can do up to 1M in length. But our most commonly utilised printer goes up to 153mm.
As serialisation moves into the world of dairy production lines this functionality is available as standard with the highest clock performance that can be experienced in the TTO world.
With premium and robust components this range is ideal for heavy use environments and extended equipment life.
The perfect cloud based message management solution.
The comprehensive message creation solution providing centralised marking and coding formats integrated into manufacturing system programs eradicating production line operator intervention thus preventing costly errors
The Nice Label Loftware software integration into manufacturing system software is crucial when looking to devolve coding information across multiple printers which in turn are across multiple stages of the manufacturing process i.e. primary to secondary to tertiary, and remove the costly errors experienced through operator errors at the production line.
The ideal message creation solution for dairy businesses Loftware NiceLabel Cloud can be up and running in minutes whilst having everything you need to manage your entire message creation process, from message design and template management to printing.
Capable of starting small and/or local it can be easily expanded to multiple locations. You also benefit from one of the most secure Cloud platforms available on the market in Microsoft Azure.
And when it’s all ready to be shipped out the door
Inkjet (Large Character) Printer for label replacement enhancing the sustainability of your operation on your outer boxes. Reduces direct cost of print and expensive storage of label rolls
The perfect high resolution, up to 1200dpi, large character inkjet printer for dairy packaging, product marking.
i-mark’s inkjet (large character high resolution) boasts many unique features such as the ability to print in up to 8 different colours simultaneously. Can print onto non-porous surfaces as well as porous and meets the Retail Grade A for barcodes and QR codes.
The i-mark high resolution groundbreaking printer provides significant gains in sustainability by removing labels enabling product and shipping details to be printed direct onto the dairy outer boxes and/or cartons.Â
With the option to print in colour this opens up endless possibilities for bespoke marketing type messages for your customers to see.
All these features at a significantly lower cost than traditional labelling and pre-printed boxes.
Fully Automatic Label Printing which requires no compressed air to operate realising 25% savings on energy consumption and enables consistency in label printing and locating.
Our scalable label printing systems can apply print on demand as well as preprinted labels in one operation to your dairy packaging.
Thanks to a wide range of different applicators, it is possible to attach labels to one side or two sides. Or even across the corner of the box or dairy packaging that the label is being applied to. The labellers are controlled entirely with electric servo motors, which enables reliable and extremely precise dairy labelling.
Settings can be made via the integrated touch control panel or centrally from your manufacturing software through Nice Label Loftware.