Lasselsberger invests in System technology

The Lasselsberger Group, one of Europe’s leading ceramic tile manufacturers, has signed a major agreement with System for the technological upgrading of two of its production plants located in the Czech Republic (Chlumčany and Rakovnik) and in Hungary (Romhany).

The order includes state-of-the-art automation for decoration and the end-of-line stage.

In the factory in Chlumčany, two new digital printers have been installed on the new line for production of Rako brand large-format porcelain tiles. These consist of a Creadigit E for printing high-resolution graphic designs on products up to 60 cm in width, and a Creadigit XLE for the decoration of surfaces with widths of up to 90 cm. In addition to the Dimatix1024 model M printheads, both printers have been equipped with High Flow (HF) printheads for application of digital material effects. The Rotocolor units complete the graphic design project.

Robofloor storage units from Nuova Era have been installed in the same factory at the entrance and exit of the rectification and polishing lines and at the infeed to the end-of-line system. The order also includes two complete sorting lines equipped with Qualitron quality control system, a Liner2000 for dimensional checks and rectangularity analysis, a Planar unit for acquisition of data on the curvature of the surfaces, a Multigecko sorter, a Multipack packaging machine which reduces the use of cardboard even for large sizes, and a Griffon palletiser.

The factory in Rakovnik also underwent the first step in a major plant modernisation programme. for which System supplied two new sorting lines consisting of a Multigecko, an FV08 packaging machine and a Falcon palletiser.

The Lasselsberger Group replicated the technology upgrade of the end-of-line department at the Zalakeramia factory in Hungary.

Moreover, the Connector package for the Prime software platform developed entirely by System has been introduced at the Rako factory in Chlumčany. The system allows for complete interfacing with System automations, acquisition of all production and machine status data, and data logging and integration into the ERP management software.