Pro Tapes® latest investment is a fully automatic G&A FA300 wide web slitter with an integrated LS60 packaging line which rounds out our capabilities in our arsenal of state-of-the-art converting equipment. This new FA300 & LS60 provides Pro Tapes® the versatility and dexterity to convert and package the widest possible range of materials of any single machine available on the market today.
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3 Reasons Operations Managers Should Partner With Pro Tapes®
An essential part of an Operations Managers job is to ensure that your production process flows in an efficient and effective manner. Understanding that providing timely delivery and high quality products, while balancing the need to maintain cost is no easy task. That’s why it’s critical to identify and partner with vendors who not only share your values when it comes to service & quality, but understand the problems that are unique and specific to each individual business. Uncovering issues, either in your production process, material flow or quality is the key to continued success, and working with a reliable vendor who can help furnish solutions to the problems that get uncovered is essential. Pro Tapes® has long established itself as a leader in providing our customers with practical solutions to their unique problems that help promote their success. Whether we furnish your pressure sensitive tape needs, handle complex contract converting or packaging/finishing projects, we can assist with improving your business.
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Pro Tapes is Taking Speed and Flexibility to a Whole New Level with its Recent Investments
Pro Tapes® most recent investments add a new level of versatility to our already formidable arsenal of state of the art converting equipment.
With our recent additions to our production line-up, our new G&A RT800 and ALS dual mandrel automated lathe slitter, Pro Tapes® is taking it to a whole new level of speed and flexibility when it comes to service and quality. Read More “Pro Tapes is Taking Speed and Flexibility to a Whole New Level with its Recent Investments”
5 Situations Where Lathe Slitting Is Your Best Option
ProTapes has equipment to do many types of slitting. When possible wide web slitting is preferred by most customers because of the cost benefits associated with its high volume output. But when is it better to chose a lathe slitter to convert your materials? Below are 5 scenarios where lathe slitting is your best option.
- 1. Small runs
When converting from jumbo rolls, the efficiency gained for larger jobs on a wide web slitter is great. However, often times, order minimums required for wide web slitting can far exceed the customer’s requirements, and that’s one situation lathe slitting is a great option.- 2. Narrow widths
- Although a rotary die tool slitting can also be used for widths below 12mm, it requires an upfront investment Read More “5 Situations Where Lathe Slitting Is Your Best Option”
3 Reasons Why Slitting Wide Web is Better Than Slitting Narrow Web
With the variety of converting machine types available today it is difficult to determine which is best. For many small converters large automated wide web machines are just financially out of reach. Not enough volume of any one item to justify a large cap expenditure puts most companies in a position where they would be working in the most inefficient way. As a result, the actual volume by item ends up being the deciding factor for most converters when deciding how to allocate funds for new equipment. ProTapes, unlike most converters, has every type and size machine to produce any size order which is rarely seen at the manufactures level.
- 1. Cost
The yield per spin cycle when cutting from a wide web more than QUADRUPLES any narrow web slitter’s production Read More “3 Reasons Why Slitting Wide Web is Better Than Slitting Narrow Web”
