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Title
Make ready a flat bed die cutter in the corrugated packaging industry
Level
3
Credits
25
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up a
hopper for a flat bed die cutter; operate a hopper feeder for a
flat bed die cutter; take proactive measures at the times of
board changes to minimise the occurrence of delays and
misfeeds; set up for accumulation at a flat bed die cutter;
change dies and carry out all checks in accordance with
workplace practices; establish cutting, creasing, and die to print
registration meet production order requirements prior to
production running; follow safety requirements for the machine
being used.
Classification
Fibreboard Packaging > Corrugated Case Converting
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 340, Demonstrate knowledge of safe working practices in
the printing and graphic pre-press industries, or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 10112, Demonstrate knowledge of a hopper feeder in the
corrugated packaging industry; Unit 10132, Demonstrate
knowledge of flat bed die cutting faults in the corrugated
packaging industry; Unit 10160, Identify common faults in
corrugated board in the corrugated packaging industry; Unit
10116, Demonstrate knowledge of stacking machinery for a die
cutter in the corrugated packaging industry; Unit 10117, Stack
converted product on a pallet or slip sheet in the corrugated
packaging industry; Unit 10129, Demonstrate knowledge of a
clamshell die cutter in the corrugated packaging industry; and
Unit 10130, Demonstrate knowledge of a platen flat bed die
cutter in the corrugated packaging industry; or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
All workplace practices must meet any applicable and recognised codes of practice,
and documented workplace health, safety, and environmental procedures for
personal, product, workplace health, safety, and environmental matters, and the
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obligations required under current law including the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Resource
Management Act 1991, Privacy Act 1993 and their subsequent amendments.
2
Workplace practices refer to the documented procedures for the machine and/or
workplace.
3
Competence in the unit standard may be demonstrated at any manually loaded
hopper feeder, or hopper feeder with pre-feeder, used at a flat bed die cutter or
cylinder die cutter, for a repeat production task.
4
This unit standard is not to be used to assess competence regarding hopper feeder
set up and operation at a flexo folder gluer, a rotary die cutter, or a specialty gluer.
5
Competence in this unit standard is to be demonstrated on repeat jobs only, at any
clamshell, cylinder, or flat bed (platen) die cutter.
6
Where competence in this unit standard is demonstrated at a clamshell or cylinder
die cutter, the prerequisite entry is unit standard 10129. Where competence in this
unit standard is demonstrated at a hopper fed flat bed platen die cutter, the
prerequisite entry is unit standard 10130.
7
Make ready for stripping is not included within this unit standard.
8
Board warped in excess of 2% is not to be used during assessment. The process for
defining and calculating warp percentage is as follows: when a warped board is laid
on a level surface so as to form a shallow arch, the maximum vertical deviation from
the horizontal is expressed as a percentage of the board dimension that forms the
arch.
9
Assessments must be conducted where board sheet size is 20% above the
machine’s specified minimum limit and 20% below the machine’s specified maximum
limit.
10
Assessments must be for a repeat production task only.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Set up a hopper feeder for a flat bed die cutter.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The board for the job is confirmed against production order documentation in
accordance with workplace practices.
Range
1.2
grammage, calliper, dimensions.
Side lays are set in accordance with machine configuration and specifications
and to meet job requirements.
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1.3
Callipers are set to feed single sheets only.
1.4
Backstops are set square, and accommodate board dimensions.
1.5
All feed mechanisms are set in accordance with workplace practices.
Range
mechanisms may include but are not limited to – feed roll, kicker
bar, lead edge feeder, side and back spankers, shingle section
feed gate.
1.6
Board is loaded in accordance with workplace practices ensuring that the upper
surface and flute direction meet production order instructions.
1.7
Board edges are parallel to the callipers.
1.8
Pre-printed board is loaded ensuring its orientation meets workplace practices.
Outcome 2
Operate a hopper feeder for a flat bed die cutter.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Production is maintained in accordance with workplace practices, ensuring that
the gap between the edge of board and side lay does not exceed 2mm.
2.2
Reasons why the gap should not exceed 2mm are explained in terms of the
faults that may result form exceeding this amount.
2.3
The edges of individual boards in the board column do not deviate by more than
2mm from the flush vertical faces of the column.
Range
2.4
applies only to machine directional faces of the column.
Faulty and substandard board is identified, and rejected as unsuitable for
feeding, in accordance with workplace practices.
Range
faults are – warped board, incorrect board specification,
delamination (extensive or localised), visible damage and/or
deformation of corrugations.
2.5
Requirements for identifying and using or rejecting faulty and substandard
board is explained in terms of workplace practices.
2.6
Board is continuously loaded ensuring that production is not delayed through
inadequate supply, misfeeding, or board damage.
Range
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production delays may include those resulting from – board
damage in loading, misfeeds, board upper faces and/or crease
orientation and/or flute direction not in accordance with production
order requirements and workplace practices, board damage during
production.
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Machine and board checks are undertaken in accordance with workplace
practices.
Outcome 3
Take proactive measures at the times of board changes to minimise the occurrence of
delays and misfeeds.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Awareness of forthcoming board changes is demonstrated.
Range
3.2
checking production documentation, communication with other
crew members, visually assessing warp conditions.
Problems that might occur as board warp changes, and the proactive measures
available in the workplace to overcome them are explained.
Outcome 4
Set up for accumulation at a flat bed die cutter.
Evidence requirements
4.1
All checks on production order documentation are carried out in accordance
with workplace practices.
4.2
Initial machine settings are made in accordance with workplace practices to
meet production order requirements.
Range
accumulator – backstops, side guides, shutters;
counter ejector – set to specified number.
4.3
Where grip edge stripping fingers are configured, the number and positioning of
the fingers are in accordance with workplace practices.
4.4
Where a grip edge stripping forme is configured, the forme is mounted in
accordance with workplace practices, and securely locked in position.
4.5
Stacking to required production order specifications is achieved within the first
three sheets run through the machine, prior to the production running.
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Outcome 5
Change dies, and carry out all checks in accordance with workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
5.1
All required checks are undertaken.
Range
checks may include but are not limited to – production order, print
position being within machine adjustment ranges, board size and
grade, condition of die being removed, condition of die to be used
in production, absence of foreign matter on the reverse side of the
die and on the chase or plate on which the die is to be mounted.
5.2
Die and (where required) a make ready sheet, are removed and disposed of.
5.3
Die and (where specified) a make ready sheet, are selected to meet the job
requirements.
5.4
Checks required by workplace practices for determining the condition of dies
being removed or selected are explained in terms of the faults that may be
present.
Range
rubber – missing elements, partially detached elements,
placement, type;
wood – freedom from cracks, splits, splintering, warp likely to
cause cutting problems;
cutting and creasing knives and rules – freedom from visible
damage, missing elements.
5.5
Areas of waste from the die are identified.
5.6
Die and (where required) the make ready sheet are mounted in accordance with
machine configuration and specifications.
5.7
The mounted die is secured, and is flush with the chase or plate.
5.8
Actions to be taken in the event that checks indicate potential for production
faults are followed.
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Outcome 6
Establish cutting, creasing, and die to print registration meet production order
requirements prior to production running.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Clean cutting is obtained within the first three sheets run.
6.2
Creasing meets production order specifications within the first three sheets run.
Range
board bends at crease lines, no splitting at crease lines.
6.3
Die to print registration on printed board meets production order specifications
within the first three sheets run.
6.4
Corrective measures required, where the first sheet run fails to display clean
cuts and/or creasing to production order specifications, are undertaken in
accordance with workplace practices.
Range
6.5
corrective measures may include – taping, pressure adjustments,
using additional rubber, using channel matrix, using less rubber.
Corrective measures required, where the first sheet run fails to achieve die to
print registration to meet production order specifications, are undertaken in
accordance with workplace practices.
Outcome 7
Follow safety requirements for the machine being used.
Range
operating manual, workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
7.1
Machine start up, shutdown and emergency procedures in the workplace are
explained.
7.2
Hazard control measures, as circulated by the company, are described and
followed.
7.3
Hazards or potential hazards in the workplace are identified and reported in
accordance with workplace practices.
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Replacement information
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This unit standard, unit standard 10134, and unit
standard 10135 have been replaced by unit standard
27793.
This unit standard replaced unit standard 10114, unit
standard 10120, and unit standard 10131.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 April 2005
31 December 2015
Rollover and
Revision
2
12 December 2008
Review
3
20 September 2012
31 December 2019
Rollover
4
10 December 2015
31 December 2019
31 December 2015
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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