I've used those same color meters for years and always had issues with them. Try getting a better printer. A digital printer works way more efficient than that old style print wheels. Way too messy and streaky plus no more wipes to worry about.
I use those exact color meters with zero issues. The new McGuire ones are overcomplicated, hot garbage. If you know your presets, the old ones always work. As far as the printer, the contact ones can be a real PITA to get set up properly, those wipes have to be cut juuuust right, but once done, usually minimal issues. Im lucky in that my line doesn't run inkjet because those can be a pain in their own right. Honestly, I prefer no-print lol The lazy operators best friend.
Yeah need robots to build robots and everyone gets fired and years later no one wknows what is going on and there is an underworld of robotics and manufacturing that has no human interaction.
Best of luck with that. I run a wire extrusion line, its significantly more modern than the old junk in the video, and there isn't a way to further modernize my line. AI is great and all, but it can't do squat when you have a wire break. Still gotta have a squishy biologic to do a lot of the non automatable tasks. The upside is that because its one operator per line, I get paid pretty good. What they saved on labor costs vs the old lines is mostly passed down to us in wages.
