Due to an increase in demand from customers for bespoke cylinder
markings / instructions on our fire extinguishers e.g. foreign
language text, custom layouts, etc. we need to develop an
alternative solution / process for applying them in smaller volume
quantities e.g. batches of 50 pieces instead of the normal 1000 to
1500 pieces.
2 Current Volume Production Process
Volume product markings are applied by a silk screen printing
process, using an Ultra Violet (UV) cured white ink: -
1. Painted, empty cylinders are loaded horizontally onto the
printing machine (photo 1); they sit on a wheeled carriage (photo
2) that allows them to rotate freely,
2. On operating the machine, the carriage is raised up to
meet the silk screen and the screen is wiped horizontally across
the cylinder, rotating the cylinder as it does so (photo 3),
3. Printed cylinders are then placed into a UV drying machine
which activates / cures the ink, fixing the image.
Note the following information: -
The average cost for a single silk screen is £75.00
(screens last for 5000 prints)·
The average cost of ink· & consumables is circa.
£0.05 / print
Current cycle time to print a cylinder is 60 seconds
(labour cost £30.00 / hr)·
All filled extinguishers’ are fitted with a coloured
header label during packing·
following criteria in any analysis: -
Capital cost for equipment,·
Material costs,·
Process time,·
Quality / durability of image,·
Anything else that you think applies· Complexity of
processing and
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