KBA Continues to Hold Global Large Format Position

Customized Configurations and high-grade inline coating
Inline coating is another application where large format can hold its own against medium format, and one or more coaters feature in roughly half the installed base of LF Rapidas. The traditional five colors plus coater plus extended delivery no longer dominate; configurations now include two coaters, a perfector and coater, and additional printing units after the coater. The longest large-format press line currently in existence is probably a Rapida 142 at Anzpac. More than 131 feet in length, the 13-unit press is configured as two colors, a coater and convertible perfector followed by six more colors, a second coater, two interdeck dryers, a third coater and extended delivery. This press illustrates KBA’s unique level of know-how in engineering complex press lines for specific applications.