Heidelberg Customers Praise Ultra-Productive Dymatrix Die Cutters

Since their introduction in 2004, Heidelberg’s family of Dymatrix die cutters have consistently proven their mettle. From the Dymatrix 106 Pro to the 57” Dymatrix 145, Heidelberg’s Dymatrix die cutting and embossing systems answer the demand for speed, productivity and flexibility in the production of premium-quality packaging.

Meeting the Challenge of A Changing Market

Heidelberg continues to invest in new postpress technology to minimize makeready times. To meet market requirements and the trend towards shorter runs, Dymatrix die cutters minimize makeready times by saving job data—format, type and properties of materials—so that it can be accessed later for repeat jobs. The machine is then set up automatically for a new job, thus minimizing the amount of manual input required.

ABOX Packaging (Kaufman, Texas), credits a Dymatrix 106 CSB die cutter with helping the company achieve an increase in productivity of around 25 percent. With the Dymatrix 106, company president Keith Thompson said at the time, “We can die cut, strip, and blank, and go directly to the gluer. There’s no more manual scrapping or offline blanking. The Dymatrix 106 CSB is incredibly efficient.”

Likewise, when folding carton converter Proteus Packaging (Franklin, WI) installed a 57” Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 145 VLF press in 2009, its next move was to acquire a 57” Dymatrix 145 die cutter with Heidelberg Logistics.

“We installed the Dymatrix because of the sheet size and to add to our die cutting capacity,” said Tim Wayman, executive vice president and COO. “Our industry is always about matching size. We always knew we would add 57” die cutting once the VLF was up and running. The Speedmaster XL 145 gave us more sheets/hour while increasing our overall throughput. The combination of the XL145 and the 145 CSB will give us more blanks per sheet at a higher rate of speed.”

Early on, the company compared 21 die cutting jobs previously run on competitive equipment and determined that “[It was] between 15 percent and 25 percent more productive on exactly the same jobs with the Dymatrix.”

Dymatrix die cutters are designed from the ground up to help packaging printers and converters meet the growing demand for shorter runs, frequent job changes, and stringent demand for product quality. These testimonials underscore Heidelberg’s claim that investing in a Dymatrix can pay off handsomely in efficiency, increased production flexibility, reduced costs, and higher profitability.

Hepack Druck and Verpackung GmbH took delivery of a fourth Dymatrix 106 CS to accommodate continued growth and the trend toward shorter print runs. The new Dymatrix joined three other Heidelberg die cutters also on site, including a pair of Dymatrix 106 CSB and a Dymatrix 142 CSB. Hepack specializes in the mass production of packaging, primarily for the food industry and consumes around 20,000 tons of solid board up to 600 gsm each year. While print runs are generally in the region of 100,000 to 300,000 folding cartons per job, said Managing Director Peter Heim, “There is a clear trend toward shorter print runs. We ordered the new Dymatrix without blanking because manual separation is more economical when it comes to dealing with lots of short print runs. The main reason behind our decision to opt for a fourth machine from the same series was the fact that we have enjoyed many successful years with the Heidelberg Dymatrix and its quiet operation and high die cutting quality.”