do not have the email from Stephano but wanted to share my appreciation for his efforts and commitment during the adjustment works that took place on Friday last week. Even though we had a limited time, we are I believe close from where we would like to be shortly.
As follow-up action, we discussed about replacing the current gaskets by
1/ either some harder ones (same material) or
2/ some teflon ones
Indeed, the relatively soft rubber gasket that we have had until now are believed to contribute to the damages caused to the aluminum thermoforms seen during the sealing operation (the film sticks to the bottom mould which bends it when retracting). This is greatly reduced when covering the gaskets by some Teflon tape – we have seen it on Friday on small scale trials. We now need to move this solution to something more suitable for regular production scale.
Could you please give me an estimation of cost and lead times for the 2 above ?
Many thanks in advance