Thanks to its established experience, Helios Slitting designs, installsaand integrates cutting modules with automatic or semi-automatic knife positioning. These systems not only optimize production efficiency but also guarantee significant time and resource savings.
Throughout 2024, the company further strengthened its reputation by providing tailored solutions to clients worldwide, aimed at improving productivity and operational efficiency. Among the most noteworthy projects was a retrofit carried out on a rewinding machine for a tissue producer in South Korea.
The success of these projects resulted from close collaboration between HELIOS SLITTING and its clients. This synergistic approach made it possible to thoroughly analyze existing issues and develop customized solutions capable of achieving the desired improvements.
For the South Korean client, the rewinder presented several critical issues. The counter-blades, mounted on a single shaft, limited production speed, and prolonged format change times, and made counter-blade replacement a complex and time-consuming operation lasting several hours.
Thanks to Helios Slitting’s intervention, these challenges were overcome, optimizing the entire production process. These issues had created a true bottleneck in production, negatively affecting efficiency and timing.
To solve these problems, Helios Slitting implemented a comprehensive intervention, replacing the entire cutting area with a state-of-the-art system equipped with motorized counter-blades, each operated by an independent motor. The solution, named FAST MAN, marked a turning point for the client. Thanks to this innovative system, both the blade and counter-blade can move synchronously.
Additionally, through an intuitive touch screen panel, the operator can precisely set cutting measurements, achieving greater simplicity and accuracy in blade positioning.
The benefits of this retrofit were immediate and measurable. The rewinder experienced a significant efficiency boost due to:
- Reduced cutting format change times, allowing quicker transitions between configurations.
- Fewer positioning errors, made possible by direct measurement visualization on the touch screen panel.
- Increased blade life, ensured by easier and more precise knife adjustments, is now limited to just a few simple steps.
Furthermore, this solution significantly streamlined and accelerated maintenance activities, improved production speeds, and minimized machine downtime caused by errors or malfunctions.
FAST MAN not only removed productivity obstacles but also prepared the system to successfully face the challenges of the modern industry. All of this was carried out on-site at the client’s premises by Helios Slitting technicians and software managers, who oversaw every aspect from assembly to commissioning.
This project not only provided the client with an opportunity to increase production capacity but also represented a valuable chance for Helios Slitting to enhance its expertise and ability to meet increasingly demanding requirements.
The client has since recorded a significant increase in productivity, achieving a short payback period. This success has already inspired the client to replicate the solution on other systems.
Helios Slitting continues to prove itself as a reliable partner over time, both in the implementation of new projects and in providing after-sales service to ensure that systems remain highly efficient.
The company remains ready and eager to take on new challenges. In today’s world, the necessity to improve without increasing costs is ever more pressing – and this is where Helios Slitting stands out as the ideal partner.
