Inspection Rewinders Product Roundup
Company: Mark Andy Canada Inc., www.rotoflex.com
Product: Rotoflex VLI eDrive series
What is it?: Inspection slitter/rewinders designed for consistency, low maintenance, lower tension, higher speeds, and easy job setup/operation. Features/Capabilities:
• AC Vector Motor Drive System to control unwind and rewind;
• Controlled acceleration/deceleration;
• Maximum machine speed of 850 fpm; and
• Rewind capacity on single rewind-24˝ (dual rewind-20˝) and unwind capacity of 30˝.
Company: Novation, www.novation-inc.com
Product: Novation AF-2 WebFlagger
What is it?: An add-on to inspection rewind machines that applies pressure-sensitive flags to defective areas of webs when running at speeds above 4,000 fpm (1200 m/min.).
Features/ Capabilities:
• Pressure-sensitive flags will stick to the web, but not to machinery;
• Pushbutton to apply flags;
• Inputs for additional “Apply Flag” pushbuttons along a line, each of whose positions can be tracked to the flagger;
• Inputs for activation from automatic inspection systems; and
• Remote control pushbutton option.
Company: Arpeco, a Precision Automation Co., www.arpeco.com
Product: Premier-SD 20/20 Inspection Slitter/Rewinder
What is it?: An inspection system that combines multi-motor servo drive web transport technology with a shuttle retrieval system to provide bi-directional inspection, fault editing, and re-inspection of high-value-added or security sensitive products, in a single pass.
Features/Capabilities:
• Patented shuttle retrieval system that provides isolated bi-directional web movement for fault correction and re-inspection;
• Unwind and rewind rolls move in the forward direction only;
• Stable web tension; and
• Finishing functions are performed in a unidirectional mode.
Company: A B Graphic International, www.abgintusa.com
Product: Omega tt 270
What is it?: A high-speed tabletop inspection slitter/rewinder.
Features/Capabilities:
• Scissor or razor blade slitting with cross web adjustment;
• Nip drive for constant tension;
• Label in/label out rewind capability;
• Easily programmable label/length counter with preset speed ramp-down control for smooth slow down and end-of-batch stop;
• Maximum web width of 10.6˝ and maximum unwind/rewind diameter of 18˝; and
• Includes an optional automatic web guiding system.
Company: RG Engineering, www.rgengineering.com
Product: RG Engineering Roll Doctor
What is it?: A line of roll inspection and doctoring systems, which are tailor made for each production challenge.
Features:
• Built to specification for paper, film, foil, and non-wovens;
• Web widths from 10˝ to 100˝;
• Bidirectional operation with integrated touch-screen control;
• An integrated edge guide with a splicing station;
• Automatic stops for diameter or footage on either roll;
• Camera inspection systems built or installed to specification; and
• Cantilevered models are available for most applications.
Company: Scantech Automation, www.scantechautomation.com
Product: Securitrack
What is it?: A flexible format, high-security rewinder, which includes a fault retrieval mechanism, as well as a vision system.
Features/Capabilities:
• Can perform normal inspection, slitting, and rewinding as well as high-security inspection and fault retrieval;
• The automatic tension management system, in combination with the Printrack controller and unwind motor drive controller, provide a smooth transition of tension;
• Because the idler system is front-supported, it can be designed to incorporate characteristics that lead to less web flutter, bounce, tension, and web elongation during operation;
• Reduced idler inertia through special tube and bearing design for high-security module, keeping the web moving through the festoon at a desired tension without elongating or shortening; and
• Securitrack’s control system smoothly stops the unwind roll at the highest possible rate without cinching the unwind roll.
The following is a roundup of inspection systems that can be used with rewinders.
Company: EyeC America, www.eyec-america.com
Product: EyeC ProofRunner™
What is it?: The EyeC ProofRunner™ is a 100-percent inline quality control system for narrow-web printing presses and rewinders.
Features/Capabilities:
• 100-percent inspection in full color, basic content verification, and mix-up prevention;
• With its high-resolution tri-linear color line scan camera, the ProofRunner™ provides a 0.01˝ pixel footprint, allowing for a 0.02˝ minimum defect size on a typical 16˝ web; and
• On a 16˝ press or rewinder, the operator can run the system up to 400 fpm at its full optical resolution.
Company: AVT, www.avt-inc.com
Product: WorkFlow Link
What is it?: An optional add-on module for AVT’s PrintVision 100-percent Automatic Inspection System (AIS) that transfers inspection data from the press to the rewinder through the PrintFlow editing workstation.
Features/Capabilities:
• Allows the operator to use the information gathered by the AIS on press to stop the rewinder automatically only for real defects;
• Automatically slows down, stops, and starts rewinder based on roll report;
• Includes a rolling defect location map with color coding; and
• On-line master and defect images.
Company: Eltromat, www.eltromat.de
Product: print check_7000
What is it?: A 100-percect defect detection system that can be used to inspect all kinds of substrates, including transparent and reflective materials.
Features/Capabilities:
• Its unique algorithm allows the user to catch only the defects he or she needs to see and to avoid false alarms;
• Automatically generates a report at the end of each roll for print out or for transmission via interface to a data network. The on-screen defect history including error images can be recalled at any time; and
• Includes an intelligent self-teaching mode for generating the golden image (master) and adapting inspection sensitivity to the requirements of individual jobs.
Company: ISRA Surface Vision, www.isravision.com
Product: ISRA SMASH Print Inspection System
What is it?: This system provides 100-percent inspection of every print repeat and offers high resolution at high speeds for defect detection and classification on any web width.
Features/Capabilities:
• Reduces waste by providing immediate notification of repeating defects;
• Reports only defects of interest, and segregates web defects from print defects; and
• Reduces startup time and waste with clear viewing and match to template or PDF verification.
Company: Label Vision Systems, Inc. (LVS), www.labelvisionsystems.com
Product: LVS 7000 Print Quality Inspection System
What is it?: A print quality inspection system using vision technology.
Features/Capabilities:
• Validates sequential numbers and bar codes and verifies linear and matrix bar codes to ISO standards;
• 100-percent inspection of the printed image is possible, as print defects and human readable can be inspected at the same time; and
• The LVS 7000 inspection system is e-Pedigree and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant.
Company: BST Pro Mark, www.bstpromark.com
Product: Shark
What is it?: 100-percent inspection system for rewinders and printing presses, webs up to 80˝ and speeds up to 3,000 feet per minute.
Features/Capabilities:
• Wizzard-style job setup walks the user through a setup, so it is simple for untrained operators to use;
• Faster image acquisition uses less web for capturing the golden master image;
• Offered with both black and white or color cameras to match the application and needs of the customer;
• Can be integrated with either upstream machines and processes (inspection of the master PDF file) and downstream machines and processes;
• Available for web widths of 11˝ to 72˝; and
• Available with defect flagging devices to facilitate waste removal. pP
