Ruairí Connolly, who manages CNC programming for production engineering, says many boxes require Braille, particularly those containing pharmaceutical products.

Male brass forces and female blocks are included with the dies for cutting and creasing those boxes, to ensure Braille is embossed into the cardboard. This part of the production engineering operation has recently been brought it in-house with a Diciesse Alcor CNC machine, driven by Alphacam.

“We follow the Marburg medium specification, which is used throughout Europe, regulating the spaces between individual dots as well as the space between separate characters. Alphacam is absolutely vital for the precise programming requirements and accurate reproduction that is fundamental to achieve this in the swift turn-around times demanded by our customers,” says Connolly.