Abstract
The paper analyses 4 printing technological flow cases, considering the author’s experience (over 15 years) in the printing industry to improve the production efficiency. The productivity, the quality and the delivery time are the main areas of interest for people working in the printing & finishing industry, where the print demand structure evolved and the costs of replacing machines are very high. The implementation of the organisational and reconfiguration of machines changes contribute to the development of new efficient working structures within the printing process, therefore increasing the efficiency of it, as one can notice from the diagrams presented in the paper. The time and the costs presented have been obtained through a couple of trials of modifying the work parameters, the colour and the materials according to the colour management guidelines in use. Ultimately the optimal technological structure has been chosen for quality improvement, cost and delivery time reduction.
Highlights
IntroductionThe polygraphic industry has gone through a fierce competition to adapt to the challenges of easy internet access and aggressive expansion of television, which has significantly reduced the demand for newspapers and glossy magazines, textbooks and books or advertising on printed media (posters, flyers, brochures, catalogues) [1]
In recent years, the polygraphic industry has gone through a fierce competition to adapt to the challenges of easy internet access and aggressive expansion of television, which has significantly reduced the demand for newspapers and glossy magazines, textbooks and books or advertising on printed media [1].On the other hand, the fast evolution of digital printing technologies compels classical technology users to rethink their production flows, the use of human resources and the design of prints, to be able to withstand the competitive market.The current trend to diversify the demand for printing products implicitly implies, on the part of manufacturers, a different approach to production processes [2]
The rapid development of digital printing solutions and their integration into the manufacturing streams of offset, flexographic, screen printing, rotogravure or finishing machines has led to the emergence of hybrid manufacturing technologies
Summary
The polygraphic industry has gone through a fierce competition to adapt to the challenges of easy internet access and aggressive expansion of television, which has significantly reduced the demand for newspapers and glossy magazines, textbooks and books or advertising on printed media (posters, flyers, brochures, catalogues) [1]. The rapid development of digital printing solutions and their integration into the manufacturing streams of offset, flexographic, screen printing, rotogravure or finishing machines has led to the emergence of hybrid manufacturing technologies They offer the possibility of obtaining complex, high quality products with a short manufacturing time and a highly-improved resource consumption [4]. One of the novelty elements of the work is the analysis of the impact on the efficiency in the polygraphic production of the implementation of hybrid printing technologies adapted to the modular construction equipment To this end, the analysis made to assess the effects of measures to streamline manufacturing flows in the printing industry can provide relevant information without affecting the company's current production or generating costs by modifying production lines. Based on the analysis of this information, company management will be able to intervene with appropriate measures in areas where material or human resources are used inefficiently to maintain competitiveness and profitability without recourse to new investment costs
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