QuadTech® Autotron™ 2600 with ClearLogic™ Register Guidance

QuadTech® Autotron™ 2600 with ClearLogic™ Register Guidance System
Packaging
The Autotron™ 2600 with
ClearLogic™ Register Guidance
System is an integrated, flexible and
cost-efficient tool for minimizing
waste and improving print quality
across packaging and decorative
printing applications. A new
generation of scanning heads
lets you achieve complete control
regardless of substrate, ink, or
printing technique.
Commercial
Newspaper
Publication Gravure
Only the highest quality
To help you produce packaging that
reflects the quality of your customers’
brands, the Autotron 2600 with Clear
Logic provides remarkably accurate
control over every phase of production on
virtually any gravure press, conventionally
driven or shaftless. The system is equally
suited to the printing of decorative
materials, where precise register is
essential to maintain pattern, repeat
length and color consistency.
•The new user interface, ClearLogic,
features user friendly screens that
require fewer touch strokes, making
set-up easy and quick for the operator.
•Specialized solid-state scanning
heads can detect a wide range of pale
and low-contrast marks, including
detectable varnishes, lacquers, UV
inks, and cold seals.
•Unique control algorithms
automatically adapt the system to
changing press conditions, ensuring
optimum control during all phases
of press operation.
•Mark-recognition system locks
on to even low-contrast marks at
makeready and provides secure mark
localization and control throughout
production.
•A library of more than 40 different
register-mark types combines with
flexible mark positions to help ensure
excellent results regardless of the
materials and processes involved.
•Packaging-specific software is
effective for a variety of materials
including foil, film and paper, as
well as for nonprint processes such
as die-cutting.
•Additional scanning heads allow for
high-precision relative monitoring of
the print length process, providing
assurance of repeat accuracy.
•A front-to-back option ensures
precise register between surface and
reverse side processes, such as gluing
and cold seal, to ensure a high-quality
end product.
The Autotron 2600 with ClearLogic is the
ideal solution for packaging printers whose
goals include optimizing color quality and
minimizing costs.
The QuadTech® MiniCam is available
with a variety of illumination sources and
sensors, allowing fast detection of lowcontrast signals even from varnishes, cold
seals, and UV inks. Each new MiniCam
is based on the latest technology, using
a low-cost, long-life LED light source for
safety, economy, and durability.
Easy-to-use touchscreen monitor features
Autotron 2600’s new ClearLogic user
interface, streamlining operation and
reducing set-up times.
Minimized waste
Just-in-time manufacturing and shorter
runs have become standard in packaging.
And they’re making fast, downtimeand waste-minimizing changeovers
and startups absolutely mandatory.
Fortunately, that’s precisely what the
Autotron 2600 with ClearLogic delivers.
• Register control is streamlined
over the full range of inline and
nonprinting processes, from diecutting, sheeting and embossing
to gluing, varnishing, lacquering,
and cold-sealing.
• The next production can be set up
while the current job is running,
to speed makeready and optimize
utilization of your costly equipment.
• This preset capability combines
with stored job parameters and
compensator prealignment – all
driven by an easy-to-use graphic
interface – to further streamline
makeready.
• Scanning-head set-up is fast, easy,
and calibration free, to minimize
the downtime associated with
job changeovers.
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• Register corrections can be made at
variable control speeds – regardless
of substrate, change of press speed
or other tension issues – for on-target
register control and reduced waste.
• When switching between paper
and film/foil modes, programmable
scanning-head selection allows ultrafast makeready and a quick transition
to the new production substrate –
without the need to stop the press.
• Driven by a simple-to-use touchscreen, the intuitive Autotron 2600
with ClearLogic interface takes the
guesswork out of system operation.
• The touchscreen can also display
performance analyses on the last
500 revolutions of the print cylinder.
Our remote unit panel serves as an
extension of your main display for more
convenient and efficient operation.
Operator
Control
Module
Data Logging PC
Measurement
and Control
Module
Motor Drive
Module
(Motrol)
Length Motors
Side Motors
Die Cutting
Station
The user friendly Autotron 2600 with
ClearLogic allows you to track and
optimize every key stage in the printing
process, minimizing waste and ensuring
your customers the best possible quality.
Print Units
Remote Unit Panels
A solid return on investment
The Autotron 2600 with ClearLogic offers
you an array of features that contribute
to prompt payback and a solid return
on investment.
• Its comprehensive mark library
also allows you to start controlling
register without the need for
re-engraving cylinders.
• A wide range of low-cost MiniCam
heads covers all packaging and
decorative print applications.
With only one or two types needed
by most printers, this provides
dramatic cost savings and ROI over
competitive systems.
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• Head changes are swift and easy,
speeding job throughput. New
heads can be added at any time
to expand capabilities.
• Advanced corrective algorithms
maximize press output and utilization.
• Working with drives manufacturers,
this system also allows you to control
the full range of inline processes,
either to a rewinder or to the finished
product – including die-cutting,
sheeting and embossing.
• With the ability to correct register
at variable speed, our compensator
drive option is a cost-effective
way to gain efficiencies on a
lineshaft-driven press.
• The system’s modular design and
clearly defined upgrade path will
allow you to keep your Autotron
2600 with ClearLogic operating at
the leading edge of performance
for many years to come.
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At QuadTech, we’re leveraging the
knowledge we’ve gained from our printing
heritage and our unmatched resources
to develop innovative solutions for the
challenges you face every day.
For details, give us a call today.
QuadTech® Autotron™ 2600 with ClearLogic™ Register Guidance System
Specifications
Performance:
Measurement resolution
Maximum operating speed
Cylinder speed range
Cylinder size range
Maximum number of controlled units
Maximum number of motors
0.01 mm
20 m/sec (3937 ft/min)
12-1440 revolutions per minute
200 - 2200 mm circumference
40
80
System Requirements:
Voltage
Power consumption
Frequency
Phase
110V/220V +/- 10%
2 kVA
50 or 60 Hz
Single Phase
Process Technologies:
Scanner sensor type
Registration mark type
Proprietary Design
Wedge Marks Ahead/Across – selected from an extensive library
Environment:
Temperature range
Maximum humidity
5° C - 50° C (41° F - 122° F)
90% Relative Humidity
Drive Capability:
AC Synchronous
Servo Drives for Shaftless Applications
User Interface:
Type
Maximum number of operator control stations
Operating System
Communication means
Universal Touch Screen
1 or 2 Independent Deliveries
Microsoft Windows®
Ethernet
Certifications:
Meets CE Standards
ATEX Approved
Factory Mutual Certified
Options:
Software
Hardware
Compensator length and cylinder side prealignment
Motorized Bars
Multiple Encoders
Alarm Output Signals
Register Error Analogue Outputs
Specifications subject to change without notice.
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