Afflatus establishes first Think Lab robotic cylinder-making plant in India

Afflatus Gravures is the largest gravure cylinder maker in India, a country in which gravure overwhelmingly dominates flexible packaging. The company currently has three cylinder making plants in Noida, Chennai and Vapi with the fourth in Kolkata to be commissioned on 1 June 2016. The innovative company is an early adopter – the first in the country to set up and run an entirely automated robotic cylinder preparation, laser engraving and finishing plant which has been running since October 2015. Afflatus has installed the Think Laboratory FX2 laser system in its main plant in Sector 68 in Noida in the Delhi NCR. The modern building is well maintained and immaculately clean and the special area where the robotic FX system is installed is a clean room similar to what could perhaps be found in a space meant for electronic assembly or microelectronic components. The FX2 has two main areas or zones A and B, each with its own atmospheric and dust free conditions and each with its own robot in the centre that dominates the…

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