Coast to Coast November 2010
Printer Continues Transition to Digital
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Weber Marking Systems has purchased an HP Indigo WS6000 press. The press prints at up to 98 fpm in four-color mode and is compatible with a broad range of media—from thinner flexible packaging substrates, to label and shrink sleeve media, to folding carton material. The press is designed to be more cost-effective than analog printing on up to 80 percent of the jobs label converters typically produce, allowing Weber to transition more of its work to digital printing.
"The WS6000 is the perfect complement to our ws4500," says Thomas Michalsen, director, marketing. "The WS6000's wider and longer frame size makes digital more cost-efficient for 4˝ wide labels and/or labels longer than 9˝, so we are looking forward to the new business opportunities the WS6000 can bring to Weber."
Inspection Control Eliminates Defects, Cuts Waste, Improves Material Yield
WAUKEGAN, Ill.—Nosco, Inc., a Waukegan, Ill.-based pharmaceutical packaging printer that installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 press in 2008, recently served as a beta site for Heidelberg's Prinect Inspection Control.
Russell Haraf, president of Nosco, Inc., says, "Our Speedmaster XL 105 press is one of the best capital investments Nosco has ever made. It runs amazingly fast, changeovers are a breeze, and start-up waste is minimal. What's more, we're thoroughly impressed by the confidence our operators have gained since Prinect Inspection Control was installed. They can now identify defects more effectively, and they also have an opportunity to reduce waste. The net result is a significant improvement in our overall material yield."
Prinect Inspection Control is designed to locate printing and material defects—hickeys, marking, scumming, scratching, etc.—on every printed sheet as it passes through the coating unit of the press.
Defects are captured in real time by comparing every printed sheet with a digital reference. Upon detection, the system provides audible and visual alerts and inserts a tab in the delivery pile to indicate the first occurrence of the defect. If the defect clears itself, an additional tab is inserted into the delivery pile to mark the last defective sheet and accurately define the range of defective printed materials in the delivery pile.
CALIFORNIA
RANCHO CUCAMONGA—Interfilm Holdings Inc.'s facility here has added a high-speed 80˝ Kampf Conslit II slitter, the third Kampf slitter installed in Interfilm plants during the past three years.
ILLINOIS
ELGIN—PPC Technologies & Solutions LLC (PPCTS) recently installed an ECOpure™ SR180V Solvent recycler at US Converting, Inc. for recycling of dirty flexo press wash solvent used for the cleaning of the printing decks and inking systems of their solvent-based flexo presses. The ECOpure™ Solvent Recycler features one of the safest electronically controlled distillation processes that separates contaminants from the used solvent. The result is clean, distilled, refurbished solvent ready for reuse.
KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE—Publishers Printing Company, a company primarily dedicated to publication printing, recently purchased a 10-color 17˝ Mark Andy Performance Series P7 to add label production to its services. The printer is now fully equipped to produce high-quality pressure-sensitive labels for the first time, a value-added service to its set of solutions for printing needs.
NEW YORK
FULTON—Davis-Standard, LLC upgraded its R&D capabilities here with a Harris & Bruno 46˝ HiFlow enclosed chamber. The patent-pending H&B HiFlow enclosed chamber improves process efficiencies for liquid coating applications involving adhesive coated tapes and labels, release liners, as well as coatings with a medium to low viscosity.
OHIO
SOLON—Printer/Packaging manufacturer CardPak, Inc. has added a Bobst VISIONFOLD 110-A2 folder/gluer to give it greater capacity and versatility, while further streamlining and enhancing the efficiency of its manufacturing operation. CardPak's VISIONFOLD is configured to fold a wide a range of products including straight-line and crash-lock cartons, CD/DVD sleeves, and more.
PENNSYLVANIA
OAKS—A Camis IriSleeve polymer platemounting system from Camis has been installed at Global Packaging. The IriSleeve automates the two remaining manual steps in flexo work flow; stickyback is applied to the sleeve/cylinder automatically using the taper-slide and the automated plate table/application roller assembly applies the polymer plate to the stickyback with exacting precision.
WILKES-BARRE—The RB Dwyer Group has recently installed an IVCO (Infinitely Variable Cylinder Web Offset) press, manufactured by RDP Marathon, in its East coast location. This press is a first of its kind for Dwyer and reportedly the only one in North America doing shrink sleeve labels.
TEXAS
MANSFIELD—Southern Champion Tray, a packaging printer of paperboard, boxes, trays, and other paper food packaging, has installed a seven-color 41˝ KBA Rapida 106 sheetfed press at its facility here. Capable of 18,000 sph, it features the KBA Logotronic Professional management system, Densitronic combined density and color measuring system, and Drivetronic feeder.
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