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Fundamentals of Improved Flexo Printing & Rotary Die Cutting
J. Richard Troll Corrugated Laboratory
Fox Valley Technical College
5 Systems Drive
Appleton, Wisconsin
No Course Currently Scheduled
Offered in partnership with the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF), The Glynn Wilson Family, and the Fox Valley Technical College, this course provides an intensive four days of hands-on, skill-building training on the WORKHORSE Industries three-color Flexo Rotary Die Cutter. Specifically designed to enhance employees' knowledge, expertise and performance back at the plant, the course combines hands-on press work in printing and die cutting two- and three-color jobs with interactive classroom analysis and discussion.
Benefit - Gain a thorough, working knowledge of improved flexo printing and rotary die cutting by
- working as a "press crew" in learning "best practices" through hands-on press work
- accelerating the learning curve through interactive analysis by trained faculty
- acquiring new skills to correct "bad habits" to improve operations back at the plant
Who Should Attend
New or seasoned flexo operators who want to sharpen their skills; press supervisors; production coordinators; sales people; technicians; designers; and sales service personnel - all will benefit from this intensive, hands-on learning experience.
Agenda
Course begins at 8 a.m. on Monday and ends at 4 p.m. on Thursday. Complimentary transportation and a complimentary lunch are provided each day.
Monday Basics of Flexography
Basics of Flexo Reproduction
Anilox Rolls
Printing Plates
Corrugated Mounting and Proofing
Tuesday Flexo Inks Lecture
Press Safety/Press Set-Up
Press Run of a Two-Color Job
Press Clean-Up Procedures
Wednesday Die Cutting Process - problems and solutions with time in the
classroom and time on press covering a multitude of die cutting/printing
issues students face in their everyday work
Thursday 3-Color Press Runs
Problem-Solving
Instructors:
Mark Keller, Corrugated Flexo Instructor, Fox Valley Technical College and Dan Muthig, Fox Valley Technical College
Logistics:
Appleton's Outagamie County Airport is minutes from downtown hotels and Fox Valley and is served by United, Delta, Northwest and Midwest Airlines. Complimentary transportation is provided from the Airport by the hotels. For hotel information, contact the Holiday Inn Select Appleton, 150 Nicolet Road, Appleton, WI, (920-735-9955).
Recent Course Attendees
Hunter Packaging; Wilmington Box; Creative Carton; Schiffenhaus Packaging; Northern Packaging; Landahl Packaging; Omaha Box; Stand Fast Packaging; Bates Container; Batavia Inc.; Koch Container; American Container; Kell Container; Mall City Containers; Hycorr Machinery; Harper Corp. of America; Bay Cities Container; Brian Thomas Display; Jamestown Container; Buckeye Corrugated; Progress Container & Display; Nelson Container; Illinois Valley Container; Smurfit Stone Container Corp.; Weyerhaeuser Co.; Inland Paperboard & Packaging; Menasha Corp.; Carton Sales & Manufacturing; Triangle Container; Welch Packaging; Sun Chemical; Stafford Cutting Dies.
From the Evaluation Forms . . . "Perfect."
"Thorough, interesting and very helpful."
"Excellent, very good instructors!"
"Very useful, got more out of it than I expected."
"Outstanding."
Further Information | Name : |
John Morgan , Director of Education & Training |
| Phone : | 1-877-836-2422 |
| Fax : | 703-836-2795 |
| Email : | education@aiccbox.org |
Registration
ICPF Donor Registration Fee
(payments received at least 3 weeks before the course): $ |
$1,465 |
ICPF Donor Registration Fee
(payments received with in 3 weeks of the course): |
$1,565 |
| Non-donor Registration Fee: |
$1,565 |
On the registration form, please select your first, second and third choice. (For Online Registrations, just select your first choice, and place your second and third choice in the comment/notes are on page 2) AICC will accommodate the requests based on first-come, first-served. Maximum attendance per class: 7.
Register Online or download the
AICC Course Registration Form in PDF
Note: The registration form is in Adobe's portable document format (PDF). To obtain a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files, please visit Adobe's web site.
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