Case Study Beverage Industry Simple, reliable, economical. SUMMARY Paulaner Brewery is one of the largest German and internationally renowned breweries. 45,000 cans are coded per hour. Paulaner were faced with the challenges of interruptions to production and low adhesion of ink. MFG Technik & Service developed a clever solution for can labeling. Paulaner Brewery Munich With the new brewery site in Munich-Lochhausen, the most modern brewery in Europe was built in 2016. Here Paulaner produces 2.4 million hectolitres of beer annually on four returnable-glass lines and one canning line for the national and international market. MFG Technik & Service GmbH MFG Technik & Service GmbH has been a supplier to the Paulaner brewery in Munich since 2001 and has since supplied various printing and laser systems and assumed responsibility for servicing these. „Above all, we value the extremely fast and competent service MFG Technik & Service can offer,“ says Rainer Kansy, Head of Operations Technology. CHALLENGE Up to 45,000 cans per hour are filled and coded on the canning line. The empty cans reach the coding position via a conveyor line, where a vacuum belt sucks them in at the upper edge of the can and conveys them freely hanging over a certain distance. This means that the printer must be able to code from below onto the bottom of the can. CUSTOMER Paulaner Brewery Munich INDUSTRY Beverage Industry DISTRIBUTOR MFG Technik & Service Gmb

Case Study Beverage Industry PRODUCT Inkjet Printer SOLUTION A special type of the successful UX-D Continuous Inkjet Series is used on the canning line: the twin nozzle model UX-D860W. This model features two nozzles installed in the print head. This printer type can print up to eight lines or, as with Paulaner, two lines at a very high speed while also providing high coding quality. Particular attention was paid to ink selection. The selected deep black ink that adheres very well to the can material. The ink and the appropriate solvent are filled into practical UX cartridge bottles. This allows...