Coding and marking specialists, Rotech Machines Ltd, has installed four new Rotech coding systems at Ava May Aromas, enabling them to fully automate batch coding for the first time.
Located in Andover, Hampshire, Ava May Aromas make handmade vegan-friendly and cruelty-free wax candles and melts. They sell 27 different varieties of scents supplied in single pillow boxes or clear case multi-packs, and a range of outer packaging including small pocket pouches, small boxes, boxes with clear casing and shipping boxes.
Having recently rebranded, their online sales increased to around 20,000 per month so they needed to find an automated way to add labels and batch codes to products. The company had already installed a Norpak labeller which automatically applied product labels to their packaging – they just needed to find a way to add batch codes.
Ava May Aromas decided to look for a handheld printer so Norpak referred the team to Rotech Machines. Sales manager and printing specialist, Steve Ryan, visited their facilities to demonstrate the handheld printer, however, it was soon clear that they needed a more flexible, future-proof solution.
Following a demonstration of Rotech’s RF Lite, a compact entry-level sleeve and carton feeder that is specifically designed for businesses looking to automatically code their packaging for the first time, they saw that they could easily apply codes to packaging offline as well as online when integrated with their Norpak labelling system.
The RF Lite comprises an Integra One thermal inkjet printer which produces high-quality prints that can be easily set up using the accompanying iDesign format creation software – users can create and edit batch codes, control output speeds, view job status, view print quality and check ink levels. Costs are low too as the printers require no maintenance and ink cartridges can print up to 400,000 prints.
The team were so impressed that they ordered two RF Lites, and two further Integra One printers – one printer was fitted to a slider rig on their labeller, allowing the batch code to be printed directly to each label before it is applied to the product, while the second printer is used to apply batch codes directly to their larger outer boxes.
Daryl Chapman, company director at Ava May said “We now have four Rotech batch coding devices. We received our first one approximately two months ago and were very impressed with the performance.
Having just gone through a complete rebrand of our products and packaging, we found further need for the coding machines, some of which we needed to work in conjunction with our automated packing machines.
The Rotech salesman, Steve Ryan, was full of good advice and we consequently ended up purchasing three more batch coders. Rotech were actually recommended to us and I would have no hesitation in recommending them on to others who are looking to automate their operations”
To read the full installation story, or to find out more about the full range of Rotech coding and marking solutions, please visit www.rotechmachines.com.
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