The Many Reasons to Purchase a SPEC
BENEFITS OF A SPEC DISPENSER
Hardware Benefits
- Heavy duty construction throughout for long life and maximum reliability
- Use highest quality, industry standard, industrial components such as Mettler Toledo scales and ARO pumps for reliability and ease of service
- Simple dispense valve design provides high reliability, long life and low maintenance
- Multiple valve sizes to suit delivery requirements
- Complete recirculation of products through dispense valve to avoid potential clogging of less frequently used products
- Dual flow design provides high flow for quick delivery and low flow for high accuracy
- Valves point toward center of dispense container to reduce splashing
- Dispense valve mount is made from UHMW material to resist ink from sticking to it
- Automatic dispense head washer
- Choice of supply container exchange or refill when empty
- Systems are custom designed to meet each customer’s specific needs
- All solvent ink systems use Factory Mutual approved electronics in the ink room Class 1, Division 1 environment
- All stainless steel piping used on solvent ink systems to insure long life and no contamination over time associated with use of cheaper piping materials
- PC driven system uses the latest PCs (with Intel processors)

Software Benefits
- We use industry Standard Programming Language and Operating System to Insure Open System Architecture
- Software written in Microsoft Access with option of SQL database running under Microsoft Windows (open database architecture and latest software platforms)
- Simple point-and-click operation
- Microsoft relational database programming language allows quicker, easier customization if unique features, such as customized local area VOC reporting, are desired by customers
- Reformulation program provides easy method to reduce press return inventory
- Standard software includes production reporting of ink usage, job cost, VOC consumption
- Open architecture allows easy connection to existing business systems for data interchange
- Software has built-in safety checks to insure operator does not request more ink than can fit into container currently on the scale and that a container has indeed been placed on the scale
- Password provisions control user access to sensitive programs such as formula database
- Includes complete inventory control of raw materials and press returned inks including valuation. Physical inventory worksheets and variance reporting is included.
- Storage container level monitoring with operator alert
- Historical ink usage reporting as well as ink usage projection capability based on current job schedule
- Raw material batch traceability for ISO requirements, FDA, etc

