CLEARMARK (ICE), STAND D26, BIRMINGHAM NEC, 1 – 3 OCTOBER 2019

Clearmark exhibited a growing range of ICE coding equipment and innovative solutions suitable for a wide range of end markets such as food and beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, industrial and electronics.

There was also a focus on the benefits its solutions have delivered to customers for almost two decades, helping them to boost uptime, improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in the factory and to reduce the risk, cost and waste associated with poor quality coding and labelling.

Clearmark exhibited industry-leading ICE products including the Zodiac Hawk, the unique thermal transfer overprinter (TTO) with a built-in print checking system capable of checking the print of each code it produces, largely removing the need to invest in costly add-on vision systems in order to meet increasing demand from retailers for code quality checks. Equally important, the coder’s ability to provide early warning of any potential loss of code quality helps to minimise production disruption and downtime, as well as reduce the risk of customer complaints or the possibility of a product recall, with its cost implications and potential damage to brand reputation.

The ICE Zodiac Eagle was also at the show, an evolution of the popular ICE Zodiac HS 107mm printer which features an airless all electronic design, allowing for more precise control of the printhead and can help boost line throughput by up to 25%.

Another highlight was the Vulcan print and apply labeller, the first of its type to print and directly apply the label to a pack, matching the speed of the packaging line, without ever missing a pack. The Vulcan’s innovative Intelligent Motion™ drive system delivers faster and more accurate labelling with no creasing or label dropping and no chance for labels to become trapped in the system. There are also fewer moving parts, which makes the system more reliable.

From the inkjet range, Clearmark had the ICE Viper Plus on display. Capable of printing up to four lines of text at 600dpi resolution as well as barcodes, 2D data matrix codes and logos, it offers easy setup and maintenance-free operation thanks to its simple-to-replace inkjet cartridge system.

All ICE machines offer the familiar user-friendly colour touchscreen CLARiTY interface and easy-to-use CLARiSOFT label design software, making it an easy solution for the operator.