Varius LX-TX From KBA Prints Labels and Laminates at a Low Price
WUERZBURG, GERMANY—February 24, 2015—KBA-MePrint has earned a reputation in the industry for innovative printing solutions on demanding, non-absorbent substrates. The KBA subsidiary has now joined the premium class of label and laminate printing with the modular Varius LX-TX narrow web press. According to the company, the Varius LX-TX provides an outstanding print quality, versatility and individual equipment options for printing and finishing for small to medium runs and is well-suited for quality wine, cosmetics and spirits and other luxury items as well as for tube laminates.
Flexible and modular
A fully modular design, the Varius LX-TX is not a purely offset press but a flexible and configurable, user-oriented technology platform for the printing, finishing and postpress required for premium labels. As a flexible narrow web press, the Varius LX-TX uses short inking units based on UV offset technology. The absence of ink keys and dampening solution simplifies operation, saves time and leads to a drastic reduction of waste during job changes – a crucial economic advantage for shorter runs. In addition, for label and laminate printing, the semi-rotary Varius LX-TX achieves format flexibility by using cost-effective, quickly imaged and automatically interchangeable offset plates.
For screen images, the superior detail and color brilliance of the waterless offset process provides an advantage for high-quality wine, spirits, cosmetics and other premium labels, films or challenging laminates with thicknesses between 50 and 500 microns.
Compared to conventional solutions, this lowers production costs and unproductive machine downtime. The semi-rotary drive concept allows for continuous variation of the printing length without time-consuming changes for the plate and blanket cylinder. The high degree of automation with fully automatic plate change, auto register, optional quick-change doctor blade chambers and other features greatly minimizes set-up times. Depending on customer requirements, a wide range of drying systems from different manufacturers are used. In addition to drying with ultraviolet and infrared radiation, a hot-air dryer system can also be installed.