Ever since businesses started welcoming employees back to the office after COVID-19 shutdowns, there have been concerns over finding qualified personnel to fill positions. However, the printing industry is actually in the enviable position of requiring fewer employees to run its operations. This headcount reduction is made possible by adopting disposable ink pan liners and drip tray inserts into daily press runs. Pan liners and trays eliminate the need to wash ink fountains, so fewer staffing resources and employee hours are required to perform this task. As a result, print companies who use these products can better manage their employee budget.
How Drip Trays and Liners Save Labor
DIPCO ink pan liners and drip trays are the perfect substitutes or companions to OEM pans. When utilized as a stand-alone product, disposable fountain and tray designs follow general manufacturer pan specifications to ensure proper fit and function. As inserts inside existing OEM pans on printing and laminating equipment, liners and trays are die-cut to precise tolerances allowing users to perform press tasks without sacrificing speed or quality during the run.
DIPCO’s line of disposable ink fountains and pan liners function just like OEM ink pans. Their job is to provide a vessel to hold inks, coatings, and adhesives. Similarly, disposable drip trays perform the function of catching accidental ink drips or spills, just like OEM catch trays. However, while the purpose of OEM and DIP pans are identical, DIP products provide the added benefit of being disposable. This key feature allows print companies to take advantage of faster clean-up and change-over times.
With the reduced need for human resources to clean ink pans and catch trays either manually or through mechanical washers, the demand for labor dramatically diminishes. As a result, companies effectively streamline ink station cleaning processes down to mere minutes. Cleaning can be accomplished by utilizing a single employee while never leaving the press area. Less work cleaning equipment and less time spent moving from the press to cleaning areas save on labor costs and increases the number of printing jobs you can complete each day.
Bonus: Save Water and Other Resources Too!
With climate change being of great concern these days, it’s important to consider green initiatives in your operations. Not only are you helping save valuable resources, but you are also showcasing your commitment to the environment, to your customers, and the surrounding community. For your part, switching to disposable products from DIPCO eliminates the number of natural resources needed to wash pans and trays. Take water, for instance. Did you know every ink pan washed by hand requires an average of 5-gallons of water? That equates to around 20 gallons of fresh water for every 4-color process job completed. Running parts washers are even worse. Chemicals used in the cleaning process are often required to be captured and disposed of properly, causing the need for additional resources, not to mention added time and money.
DIPCO is proud to be the world leader in “Quick Change” ink pan liner systems for the printing industry. While our products simplify the print station clean-up process with innovative designs and manufacturing techniques, they also embody environmental stewardship. DIPCO has championed recycling efforts for over 35-years by using recycled and repurposed materials to manufacture its products. All paper products are die-cut and assembled using reclaimed USDA-certified paperboard. In addition, all scrap material is sent to paper recycling centers to be processed and reused. DIPCO products produced using plastics are created with regrind, scrap plastic material captured from the manufacturing process.
Increase productivity by limiting labor and utilizing fewer natural resources. Contact us today about our full line of eco-friendly press products for your printing, coating, and laminating operations.
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