Ink Transit (Gravure)

Nik Kuppalli, marketing director at Inta-Roto, reports his company's gravure presses now employ an automatic pH and viscosity control system to constantly update ink and keep it at a consistent level.

Spring's CMM International witnessed significant supplier strides in gravure technology. Chesnut Engineering introduced its COMPACT Series narrow-web flexo/gravure press, developed for short-run production. Windmoeller & Hoelscher demonstrated its HELIOSTAR® printing station, featuring the ECO-PLUS® automatic wash-up and cylinder changeover system. Finally, Valmet Rotomec displayed its Electronic Shaft (ES) system, which precisely controls cylinder position on new models of the 3000-5 to 4000-3 presses.