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Ten TIJ Myths Debunked

7 mins |Kirsty Burrage

In the last decade, designers of TIJ (thermal inkjet) printers have been working tirelessly to address the technology’s limiting factors, and latest generation TIJ machines will outperform CIJ in terms of cost of ownership and print quality in most coding applications. But despite a discernible shift to TIJ on FMCG lines, outdated perceptions are still deterring many operations from moving to cartridge-based technology.

Sizing Up Ready Meal Coding Trends

3 mins

Manufacturers in the growing ready meals sector are facing increasing challenges regarding the labelling and coding of convenience food products.

Taking The Complexity Out Of Traceability

3 mins

Traceability isn’t just a buzzword. It is supply chain transparency that any company operating in the 21st century food industry has to guarantee in order to thrive in an age of exacting consumer and retailer expectations and rising food safety related threats.

Contact Vs Contact-Free Coding: A Guide

5 mins

The terms ‘contact’ and ‘contact-free’ are often used in relation to industrial coding, but what do they actually mean and why does it matter whether a coder is contact-free or not? Richard Pether, director at coding and marking specialist Rotech, discusses the suitability of each method in a number of commonly encountered coding scenarios.

Coding With The RF Auto: More Versatility Delivers More productivity

3 mins

Rotech has developed its new offline RF Auto sleeve and carton friction feeder in response to the coding and handling challenges of the latest ‘lift-the-flap’-style luxury pack sleeves.

Rewind, Play, Fast Foward: Coding Past, Present and Future

This year, Rotech Machines, the coding integration and feeding systems specialist, celebrates its 20th anniversary. To mark this milestone, company director Richard Pether looks back through the decades on coding technologies and what is instore for the future.

Coding and Labelling – New Requirements For e-liquid Packaging

1 min

New regulations, new packaging – what has changed?

Feeding For Coding: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

3 mins

When buying a new offline coding system, choosing the shiny new printer is usually where the attention is focused, while working out how the pack will be fed to that coder becomes an afterthought.

Ten Reasons For Coding Offline

2 mins

Richard Pether, director at Rotech, explains why sometimes it simply makes sense to code offline, even for highly automated manufacturing and packing operations.