Box Plant 2025 – think beyond the corrugator

Your code for a growing market

Corrugated board is developing in leaps and bounds into a data carrier – for promoting brand content as well as for documenting the value chain via dynamic QR code.

With the Jetliner® Monochrome (MCP) single-pass print system, you can tap into this growing market and at the same time already comply with the EU Packaging Waste Directive. In both new and existing corrugators, an almost unlimited variety of monochrome printing applications are open to you. Thanks to its modular design, the Jetliner® can also cope with tight spaces. Print at corrugator speeds and utilization of the full 2.800 mm working width ensure powerful productivity.

Generally speaking, you benefit from the technology and development of the Jetliner® Xceed (XC). With its holistic concept, it enables extremely precise, low-waste, and largely autonomous printing processes. Plus, minimized printhead costs throughout the entire lifecycle.

Intelligent movements – autonomous transportation

Solutions from BHS Intralogistics help you redefine the material flow from the loading ramp to the corrugator or Jetliner®. This applies in terms of safety, flexibility and productivity as well as life cycle costs.

Dynamic control of all orders and material movements is handled by the "brain" of the system – the control and management system, in short iCMS. The next innovation step is already in the works with the autonomous iPrep peeling station. Automation provides gentle roll handling while limiting peeling and paper waste to truly damaged layers. This minimizes resource consumption, costs, and the CO2 footprint. ​

The transfer station as the "hinge" on the way to the corrugator is characterized by impressive load-bearing capacity. Thanks to the flexible design of the transfer positions, it’s able to connect with a wide variety of conveyor systems. Transport to the reel stand is handled by the iShuttle® automated guided vehicles (AGVs) – fast, safe, autonomous and highly available thanks to in-process charging. At the same time, the compact shuttles with a load capacity of 4.4 tons can carry several times the load of any other solution. Minimized process times go hand in hand with 100% correct roll assignment and maximum safety.

Printing in a different league ​

One of the key questions of single-pass inkjet printing for corrugated is: How can you print a variety of different orders in different volumes on one web?

The Printer Control Center (PCC) facilitates batch printing with maximum operational performance. Order by order, it automatically manages manifold parameters – from the color profile to the shrink factor to the dryer settings, to name just three of many aspects that impact the efficiency of your printing process and the quality of the product. Always with the knowledge of each paper supplier, each paper grade, and each grammage in mind. That’s intelligent process control applied in practice. ​

At the same time, single-pass inkjet printing is also about optimizing orders – with the aim of utilizing every square meter of paper as far as possible. With its standardized interfaces, the PCC enables an error-free marriage between the digital print sheet and your scheduling system. Moreover, it integrates systems such as the camera inspection or the Raster Image Processor (RIP): Just everything that makes a holistic solution.