After days of walking around drupa, Tom Ralph says there is nothing like the new NSK Zero packaging converting machine he is now distributing in Australia and New Zealand.

“NSK makes on-demand box making machines but at a completely different level,” Ralph told ProPack.pro.

“The companies I have been working with up until now do X-Y converting, but NSK does X-Y plus – so you can actually get round shapes as well. Traditionally for this type of packaging, companies would use a CNC router and it is a very slow process to cut out the shape. With the NSK Zero, the shape is cut out and then needs to be mounted so it can stand up vertically or horizontally.

“This provides converters with the ability to create one single box or 1000 boxes cut into various shapes from a CAD drawing ripped straight from a PDF. This will create bespoke packaging and promotional products for marketing purposes and point of sale which are very different from other machines in the market.

“The NSK Zero can do all of this in one pass, hole slitting, X/Y cutting, F (free) stage, and round shaping and the product pops out at the end – there is nothing else like it on the market today. I spent days walking around drupa looking for something new – and this is it.

“The question some may have is whether this machine is overkill or the next big thing – and I believe we are at the forefront of the latest packaging technology,” Ralph said.

According to NSK, which stands for Nihon Seizuki Kogyo, the Zero digital converting machine is a revolutionary concept in automated production level finishing for the packaging and display industry.

“Eighty per cent or more lines on most of today’s packaging and displays are on the X or Y axis. Cutting Tables cannot cut lines quickly enough to keep pace with modern printers. Zero focuses on this point by separating the X and Y line data into dedicated processing stages, which dramatically increases processing speed. Using decades of industry know-how and experience, NSK brings the first truly automatic, production-speed digital cutting solution to the market,” the company said.

“For packages with a lot of straight lines and very few free lines (curves, circles, etc.), the software will instruct the F stage to assist in the cutting/creasing of the straight lines as well. This reduces the idle time of the knife/crease wheel at each stage, resulting in a faster processing time for each sheet.”

Click on the video below to see more on the NSK Zero from Tom Ralph at drupa 2024.