It's something that we should have done years ago but we finally have our first UK Ga-Vehren installation with an inline stacker.
When I first started
selling Ga-Vehren equipment, I worked for a company which specialised in materials handling systems for the web printers. We frequently discussed the benefits of putting a stacker on the end of a Ga-Vehren but we never actually did it.
Our newest UK customer is a direct mail and magazine printer with seven web presses. They already had compensating counter stackers on most pieces of equipment and were frustrated by the idea of having to dedicate one person per shift to gather the output from their GV300.
We worked together with Press & Bindery Systems to integrate a RIMA bindery stacker on the end of a GV300. This customer already had a
RIMA stacker on a stitcher next to their Ga-Vehren and so it was the ideal place to try it. The trial was successful and after the installation of their new stacker, this customer has "gone from 60,000 per shift with 2 people to 80,000 per shift with one person". Whilst they are not running a complicated format, it's easy to see how substantial labour savings can be made. They calculate that the stacker will pay for itself in less than one year.
The RS1012S is a compensating stacker which can produce loose stacks up to 235mm in height. The compensating feature allows bundles of uneven product to be stacked, making it suitable for most Ga-Vehren applications.
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