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View What is batch coding and why is it so important?

What is batch coding and why is it so important?

| 5 minutes |Kirsty Burrage

Simply speaking, batch coding is the process in which an identifiable code, usually made up of both letters and numbers, is applied to a product and/or it’s packaging. It’s a code that will be given to a group of identical products that were all produced at the same time, on the same date, at the same location, using the same ingedients etc.

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View Introducing the Integra Vivid – HMI display for Rotech Printers

Introducing the Integra Vivid – HMI display for Rotech Printers

|Kirsty Burrage

Adjusting print settings, monitoring ink levels and editing print jobs is now easier than ever, with the addition of the Integra Vivid

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View Trim Your Waste & Maximise Your Productivity – Go Lean With Your Coding and Marking

Trim Your Waste & Maximise Your Productivity – Go Lean With Your Coding and Marking

|Kirsty Burrage

By going lean with their coding and marking, many manufacturers have boosted their productivity, welcomed cost-savings and even improved their sustainability credentials – a key factor for many consumers when making a purchase decision.

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View Experiencing Long-Term Health Issues With Your CIJ Printer?

Experiencing Long-Term Health Issues With Your CIJ Printer?

| 2 mins |Kirsty Burrage

CIJ legacy printers are prone to long-term health issues and need regular maintenance check-ups. By taking out a Continuous inkjet (CIJ) printer and replacing it with a Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) printer, you eliminate chronic conditions, improving your overall line health immediately and indefinitely.

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View The Cost of Maintenance – TIJ vs CIJ

The Cost of Maintenance – TIJ vs CIJ

| 2 MINS |Kirsty Burrage

One of the top complaints that we get from manufacturers reaching to us for guidance on their coding and marking operations, is that the maintenance involved in the day-to-day running of their coding system is too costly. They usually all have something in common – that they’re printing on their products or packaging using continuous inkjet (CIJ) technology.

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View UKCA mark deadline fast approaching – are you ready?

UKCA mark deadline fast approaching – are you ready?

| 2 mins

The UKCA is a new product mark that must be used in place of the CE mark in England, Scotland, and Wales.

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View Downsizing Label Printing

Downsizing Label Printing

| 5 mins |Kirsty Burrage

Thermal inkjet printers have become so advanced in recent years that businesses can replace large coding and marking systems with these hand-sized printers and still achieve more for less.

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View Coding and Marking Extrusions

Coding and Marking Extrusions

| 2 mins

Manufacturers of extruded plastic, rubber and aluminium construction parts require reliable, easy-to-use coders that can meet the legibility, adhesion and colour requirements of their customers.

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

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.

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