Training and Education - The Key Elements of Success
A simple scenario - Two companies provide die cut products to their customers or internal converting operations. Both utilize similar equipment in their manufacturing process. From a manufacturing point of view they are both on a level playing field, yet one company has higher productivity, lower operating costs and a better profit margin.
Why? The key to success is often based on how a company has trained its personnel on how to maximize the operations of their equipment, understand the diecutting process and appreciate the finer elements of improving productivity. Many companies look at training and education as an investment while other companies tend to view training as just another expense. Where does your company fit into this scenario?
When purchasing diecutting equipment or die cutting tooling, many companies think it’s prudent to save money by purchasing the least expensive equipment and the lowest cost die cutting tooling. Often such purchasing decisions save on initial investments but cost more in the long run through lost productivity. This is often a misguided and expensive strategy. Often employees do not receive initial or continuing education. Often their suppliers do not provide adequate training. What is the solution?
Now that we have set the stage, we would like to introduce you to the Global Consulting Group, a training consultancy organization that can provide your company with that possible missing link in your training and educational operations environment.
Introducing . . . .DIECUTTING GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY
Robert Larson of Larson WorldWide, Inc. in the U.S.A. and Primoz Kosmac of Noviko Consulting in Slovenia have combined their expertise in the die cutting and diemaking process to offer companies in Central and Eastern Europe a new level of cost effective educational and training programs to maximize productivity within their diecutting operations. We can provide programs in English, German, Croatian, Serbian and Slovene.
Diecutting Global Technology will offer training programs focused on key elements of the of the diecutting process for companies involved in the packaging industry:
- Introduction of diecutting in packaging operations
- Improving productivity on your diecutting press system
- Discovering the processes within the diecutting process of solid or corrugated board during cutting and creasing:
- The meaning of patch-up or make-ready for kiss-cutting
- Creasing parameters determination
- Cutting and creasing pressure
- Creasing, draw, flaking and cracking
- Increasing productivity with improved ejection materials on cutting dies
- Overview of different types of ejection materials (open cell, closed cell, solid)
- Proper placement of ejection materials
- Benefits of water cut ejection materials
- Rubbering of rotary dies
- Problems encountered in ejection materials in diecutting
- Proper nicking of solid board and corrugated board
- Placement of nicks, size of nicks, how to nick blades
- Humidity considerations of solid board
- The meaning of conditioning
- Influence on creasing
- Discovering the differences in cutting die tooling to best diecut your materials or component parts.
- Types of tooling available
- Types of cutting rule to best cut different materials
- Flatbed stripping and blanking
- Stripping Technologies
- Vossen Strip Clip System: small waste particle stripping, side trim and back trim stripping
- Box design and its influence on productivity.
Now that we have introduced you to Diecutting Global Technology . . . How can we assist your company in improving productivity and profits in your diecutting operations?
For more information on our programs, please contact:
Primoz Kosmac, BSc, MBA, MSc
DIECUTTING GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY/NOVIKO CONSULTING
4274 Žirovnica
Breg 47, Slovenia
Mobile: +386 41 621 728
Email: primoz.kosmac@telmach.net
Robert Larson
DIECUTTING GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY/LARSON WORLDWIDE INC.
95 Mount Blue Street
Norwell, MA 02061 U.S.A.
Tel: +1 781 659-2115
Mobile: +1 781 864-0000
Fax: +1 781 659-2411
Email: Larson@dieco.com
Website:www.dieco.com
10/23/07 |
