COMPANY SCORES ANOTHER INNOVATION TRIUMPH
Pad Print Machinery of Vermont develops software that dramatically reduces parts handling and costs for automotive vendor.


    /Vermont News Articles/ - East Dorset, VT, June 18, 2005 - Julian Joffe, founder and president of Pad Print Machinery of Vermont, announced today his company has rolled out yet another decorating innovation breakthrough for their technologically sophisticated XE Series of pad printing machines. "A leading parts-supplier to the automotive industry collaborated with us on a decorating challenge," said Joffe. "They were looking to decorate the plastic enclosure that houses the various control modules incorporated into the engine and systems management programs of new vehicles," he continued. "Each module needed its own color-coded compartment and they sought a machine that could do the job accurately with automated efficiency and minimal parts handling," Joffe explained.

The challenge was finding a way to reduce or eliminate unnecessary handling. The old-school method of attacking this job was to run all the parts through the printer, unload them, pack them, unload them again and print them again. Depending on the number of color-codes and their location on the part, this process would take operators 2-3 (or more) passes through the machine.

"We combined innovative software with one of our extremely capable and highly adaptable industry-leading XE Series machines," Joffe said, "and came up with a solution that made our customer pretty happy." Happy, indeed; Joffe and his engineering team configured a machine that would decorate the parts in one seamless operation---load once, print once, unload and ship! "He said he was going to send me a case of Dom Perignon," laughed Joffe. "What I really like about this solution," he said, "is that the XE had the capability to do the job---we just needed the software to tell it how. It's brilliant."

Other Pad Print Machinery of Vermont innovations this year include printing life-like images on full size basketballs, simultaneous front and back bottle printing and exact centering for marking corrective lens for the eyewear industry.

"We love challenges. Our engineering team thrives on creating solutions to the most complicated problems. They're the best in the industry," enthused Joffe.

"In the ultra competitive world economy, high volume cost-efficient manufacturing with laser-like precision and accuracy isn't just the goal, it's mandatory," said Jon Hale, COO of the Vermont-based company. "All of our XE machines feature servo controls that enable prodigious production." Hale said another significant XE Series advantage is quick, simple modifications. "Operator training on the XE Series is easy, too," explained Hale. "Its PC-based software allows management production monitoring and troubleshooting. Plus, with a 20-gigabyte hard drive, this Series is a real time-saver. It stores and can instantly recall an unlimited number of jobs and parameters. You get extremely quick changeover from one job to the next," added Hale. He said the built-in network card gives you over-the-web monitoring, trouble shooting and program updates as well as the ability to communicate with the operator even during production. "It's a remarkable machine!"

For more in-depth details on the XE Series, please visit the newly enhanced and information-rich Pad Print Machinery of Vermont website at www.padprintmachinery.com.

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