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Thermoforming machine

When the pace of sales overwhelms the pace of production, the first action is to increase packaging line speed, usually by buying the latest machinery. But before investing in high-speed machine, consider how a faster machine may affect the other steps in the packaging line. Bottlenecks: It seems sensible to replace the slow machine causing a bottleneck but a new machine that runs much faster than the rest may cause new bottlenecks downstream as other machines cannot keep pace. It is vital...