Tissue with a Delightful Softness and Fragrance An Economic Study about Lotionizing by Robert Mascherpa, WEKO Germany
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One Enjoys Tissue with. Fragrances Lotions Balms Softness Encapsulated perfumes Aloe Vera
Supermarket in Switzerland: 70% of the displayed hankies and facials are lotionized These are mostly branded articles. Non lotionized products are mostly of a private lable. Here the price war escalates. Foto from a Supermarket in Switzerland
Shop price comparison (Supermarket Switzerland 2.3.2013) 1 hanky pocket is priced: with lotion 0.30 eq. 100% no lotion 0.13 eq. 43% private lable (no lotion) 0.07 eq. 23% 20 pockets = 9 hankies, with eucalyptus lotion, shop price CHF 6.90 ~US$
Cost estimation lotionizing 1 hanky line produces per year 100 Mio pockets Lotionizing cost per hanky pocket lotion, fragrance, softener chemical cost 0.04 1 year amortization lotionizer equipment 100 000 divide by 1Mio 0.001 plus electricity, maintenance,? Compare with shop price hanky pocket (Switzerland) achieve +0.17 (towards branded hanky with no lotion) achieve +0.23 (towards private lable with no lotion) Yes, Switzerland is high price! But it may be relatively true also for low price countries.
World renowned lotion makers support WEKO Wacker Henkel Nopco Ashland Kapp Buckman Petrofer Schill & Seilacher Croda Dow Corning.and many more WEKO display at Tissue World Barcelona exhibition They all know WEKO very well and are happy to compose the right recipe for you.
WEKO enjoys the confidence of renowned brands and many more. WEKO has installed 58 systems in 33 companies world wide in 2 ½ years
Surface Application of Lotions Apply lotions where needed on the tissue surface Keep web strength Lotion to the surface, not in pulp Save chemical cost Flexible production by lotionizing in converting section
by Spin Disk Technology High speed spin disk 3750rpm High speed camera shot
Rotor Applicator Lotion supply line Spray Spin disk Tissue
Even application pattern tissue web vertical run top view 2x overlapping spray fans every 15cm 1 rotor backbone supply pipe Typical lotion quantity from 0.5 to 2 ml/m2.
Klick center screen for video Video
Inside a Lotion Applicator Rotor Applicator Siemens PLC Line Speed Sensor substrate lotion up line flow meter (closed loop) collector tray or opt. second applicator down lines fresh liquid line level control valve in tank filters optionally auto-switched & hot swappable pump, frequency controlled Liquid Supply Unit
Siemens PLC - programmable application quantity in ml/m2 - closed loop control - full process surveillance - production quality management flow meter Siemens PLC touch panel tank unit
Installation sample WEKO is applied in converting lines such as: Re-winders Facial box inter-folders Hanky folders Tissue rolls (toilet paper) Foto shows 1-sided application optionally 2-sided available
Installation sample in a facial interfolder line
Installation sample in a toilet paper line
Installation sample in a hanky line
Summary WEKO rotor based lotionizing Fully automated and closed-loop feedbacked application quantity. Highest evenness of application. Programmable quantities ml/m2 by touch-panel Quantity synchronized with web speed Easy change of lotion type after short menu guided cleaning program Contact-less application protecting tissue surface
Company Profile WEKO, Weitmann & Konrad GmbH Co. KG Headquarters Echterdingen/ Stuttgart Production Site Heiligenzimmern, Svabia Production Site Blumenau, Brazil
Company Profile WEKO, Weitmann & Konrad GmbH Co. KG Family owned, medium-sized company founded in 1953 130 employees Managing Directors: Mr. Carlheinz Weitmann and Mr. Marcel Konrad Sales-, Service Subsidiaries and Support Bases Germany, UK, Italy, France, Scandinavia, USA, Brazil, China, India, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia. Our Competence Non Contact Liquor Application Systems
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