PrintPromotion Newsletter No. 97

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No 97 • December 2014
Newsletter
Training Information & News in Printing and Paper Converting Technology
Good training is key to good quality – Specialist
teacher course in Portugal
The offers of PrintPromotion for specialist
teachers for printing hit the mark because
the latter pass on their knowledge and
know-how and thus act as valuable multipliers. From 9 to 11 September 2014, a
specialist teacher seminar was carried out
for the first time in Portugal. At Tomar,
trainers from Germany shared their expert knowledge with 28 Portuguese specialist teachers from 11 technical schools
in hands-on sessions.
On three days, the specialist teachers
learnt how to winkle out maximum quality from the available machines – from
prepress to print production.
Once a year, PrintPromotion organizes a
four-week intensive course that is given in
English at the partner institute of PrintPromotion, the AZP – training centre for
print and media in Chemnitz in Germany.
Specialist teachers receiving specialist training.
A big group with big tasks. The 28 Portuguese specialist teachers will pass on what they have learnt
during the seminar to their students.
Trainers from the AZP training centre for print
and media in Chemnitz / Germany gave the
specialist teachers valuable hints how print
quality can be improved.
The seminar in Tomar was a good venue for the
trainers and the participants to exchange
knowledge and experience.
Contents
Good training is key to good quality – Specialist
teacher course in Portugal............................................. 1
Spot on: Graphic Arts –
PrintPromotion Calendar 2015..................................... 2
Joint stands at exhibitions............................................ 2
Calendar of events......................................................... 2
New “Packaging Forum” within VDMA....................... 2
VDMA supports “Shanghai World of Packaging”....... 3
Fairs & exhibitions in 2015............................................ 3
Drupa Global Insights report – The Impact of the
Internet on Print............................................................. 3
Company news
Baumann-Wohlenberg: Cutting quality and
performance................................................................... 4
Spanish printing house invests in Baumann
technology...................................................................... 4
New bag forming, filling and sealing solution
establishes itself............................................................. 5
bielomatik: Open House with demonstrations
of the new PageMaster.................................................. 5
Heidelberg: New Heidelberg Linoprint C models
launched at HEI Flexibility Days.................................... 6
Heidelberg unveils new die cutter and folding
carton gluing machines on Packaging Days................. 6
New Performance Plus consulting concept and
Remote Monitoring analysis functions........................ 7
IST METZ: LED Tech Talk – A question of the
application...................................................................... 8
KAMA: World premiere for folding cartons
“on demand”.................................................................. 8
KBA: 1814 – 2014: 200th birthday of mechanical
newspaper printing........................................................ 9
Waterless newspaper printing opens up new
avenues – 10th Cortina user workshop........................ 9
KBA expands digital printing portfolio...................... 10
KBA and MBO at Indoprint in Jakarta......................... 10
Spanish KBA agency for sheetfed and web
presses........................................................................... 11
Mosca: Strapping machines from entry-level to
high-end........................................................................ 11
Polar: Launch of new POLAR high-speed cutter
N HD............................................................................... 12
Cutting system for a package printer in Georgia...... 12
Chinese print shop very satisfied with POLAR
High-Speed Cutter 176................................................. 12
Planatol: Innovative tape solutions........................... 13
Will-Pemco: Alpha RF exercise book machine –
a success story for more than 15 years....................... 13
Joint presentation of Will-Pemco and
MarquipWard United................................................... 13
New T.I.P. modules....................................................... 13
Windmöller & Hölscher: 300th Miraflex press sold... 14
PrintPromotion Partners�� 14
Imprint�� 14
Printers’ Guide�� 15
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Spot on: Graphic Arts – PrintPromotion Calendar 2015
This year, the PrintPromotion calendar is published under the heading Spot on: Graphic
Arts and draws the attention to the very heart of the graphic arts industry – the machines
which print, strap, cut, stamp, finish … – elevated by photographer Jürgen Mai to a work of
art and put down on paper as a “highlight”. This makes the printed contents shine in a
most sophisticated way combined with visual and haptic effects. For the year before
drupa 2016, the PrintPromotion Calendar 2014 also comprises a countdown to the start of
drupa in Düsseldorf on 31 May 2016.
Spot on: Graphic Arts
Calendar of events 2015
The PrintPromotion team
wishes you a peaceful festive
season and a very happy,
prosperous year 2015
3 June – 2 July 2015
International Specialist Teacher course in
Chemnitz/Germany
from mid-2015
PrintPromotion Conferences in conjunction with the
drupa roadshow in the run-up to drupa 2016 in cities
all around the world.
News from the VDMA Printing and Paper Technology Association
Joint stands at exhibitions
They have been a success story: The joint
stands organized by VMDA and PrintPromotion at exhibitions all over the world.
Eight companies of the paper and tissue
industry used the chance to stage a joint
representation at the 13th PapFor at the
new exhibition center EXPOFORUM in St.
Petersburg from 28 to 31 October 2014.
The German pavilion spread over 124sqm.
Participating companies besides PrintPromotion were: Airinotec, GE Power Conversion, GOEBEL Schneid- und Wickelsysteme,
MINDA Industrieanlagen, Paul-Wegner,
Will-Pemco, serv-o-tec and TKM.
More than 700 international exhibitors,
more than 100,000 visitors as well as business delegations from all over Asia flocked
together at the fifth All in Print at the
Shanghai New International Expo Center
(SNIEC) from 14 to 17 November 2014.
Among the exhibitors at the VDMA/PrintThe “made in germany” joint stand attracted
many visitors at the All in Print in Shanghai. The
visitors were eager to see what the German
specialists for printing technology and suppliers
have on offer.
Promotion joint stand were more than a
dozen German manufacturers of printing
machines and paper technology as well as
suppliers.
Under the motto “made in germany“, besides Koenig & Bauer, the bookbinding
machinery specialist Kolbus and LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung from the hot stamping technology segment were represented
in Shanghai. In addition, TKM, Baumüller,
Windmöller & Hölscher, Garant Maschi
nenhandel, Winkler+Dünnebier and SPStechnoscreen used this opportunity for a
joint presentation. To make the stand
complete, Max Schlatterer, Felix Schoeller
Group, Gustav Göckel Maschinenfabrik
and CRUSE Spezialmaschinen were there.
Of course, the VDMA Printing and Paper
Technology Association was represented
as well, i.e., via PrintPromotion that had
organized this 581sqm stand.
New “Packaging Forum” within VDMA
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Sharing experience, tracking technologies
and markets, pooling know-how: These
are the key objectives of the “Packaging
Forum” launched on 9 October 2014 within the German Engineering Federation
VDMA by three of its associations, i.e. the
Associations of Printing and Paper Technology, Plastics and Rubber Machinery as
well as Food Processing and Packaging
Machinery. It shall serve as a joint platform for member companies that are
already active in the packaging market or
are seeking access to this growth market.
In future, the Packaging Forum will bring
together suppliers of technologies for packaging
production, printing and finishing, for packing,
filling as well as wrapping and palletizing.
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The members of these associations offer
technologies for packaging production,
printing and finishing, for packing, filling
as well as wrapping and palletizing.
According to forecasts, the global packaging market will grow by 130 billion € to
715 billion € in the period from 2014 to
2018. Major drivers are the worldwide in-
crease of awareness for hygiene, the urgent demand for long-lasting food and the
increasing willingness to consume among
the growing middle classes in emerging
and developing countries. In the mature
markets, the brand manufacturers of a
wide variety of sectors use sophisticated
and, for instance, especially eco-friendly
types of packaging to make their products
stand out from the competitors. The key
to that is innovative equipment that
shapes, prints and finishes the packaging
products fast, at favourable cost and in
high quality – no matter whether they are
made of paper, board, plastic, glass, metal,
or hybrid materials.
VDMA supports “Shanghai World of Packaging”
In line with the objective of the “Packaging
Forum” to approach the international
packaging market with pooled strength,
the VDMA supports the Messe Düsseldorf
show activity “Shanghai World of Packaging” (SWOP). This trade fair for the production, finishing and processing of packaging
products and packaging materials, which
will be carried out for the first time from
17 to 20 November in autumn next year, is
aiming at attracting visitors and purchasers from the total Asian-Pacific region.
Within SWOP they will find “PacPro Asia”
which encompasses the total process
chain for packaging and combines the seg-
ments of the Düsseldorf-based trade
shows drupa, interpack, and K. Further
three other special trade fairs cover the
following segments: “China Pharm” for
production, processing and packaging
technology for the pharmaceutical and
cosmetic industry, “FoodPex” presenting
packaging solutions and processing technology for the food industry as well as
“BulkPex“ for bulk packaging technology.
Fairs & exhibitions in 2015
7 – 12 April 2015
PrintChina (3rd International Printing Technology
Exhibition of China) in Guandong / China
17 – 20 November 2015
SWOP – Shanghai World of Packaging in
Shanghai / China
News from drupa
Drupa Global Insights report – The Impact of the Internet on Print
In early spring 2014, the printing company
members of the drupa expert panel were
asked to participate in a survey on the
impact of the Internet on print. A total of
1063 senior decision makers answered the
extensive questionnaire with a good cross
section across all markets and regions. Of
particular interest were the 240 participants who took the trouble to offer personal examples of the trends experienced
in their own companies. The objective of
the report was to compare and contrast
the data and opinions provided by the
drupa expert panel as representatives of
the global print industry with data and
commentary from the wider world.
Before the mid-1990s, virtually all publishing as well as personal and business comNewsletter • No 97 • December 2014
munications were
analogue in nature,
in the main split between print, broadcasting and tele
phony. Print was the
oldest medium and
global demand for
paper was strong
and stable. The last
15 years has seen
the arrival of digital
technologies and an ever-increasing proportion of communications is now digital
not analogue. The aim of the survey was to
examine how print companies across the
globe have adapted and how their experience has contrasted with the wider impact on the world of this fundamental
transition.
Amongst the total drupa global expert
panel, 46% reported a decline in demand
for conventional (non-digital) print over
the last five years, compared with 21%
who reported an increase, an overall net
balance reporting decline of 25%. When
the answers were analysed between sectors, packaging came off by far the best,
with a far smaller net balance reporting
a decline of 14% compared with 33%
for commercial and 42% for publishing
printers.
In terms of substrates, a net balance of
9% reported a decline in demand for paper
over the last 5 years, compared with those
that reported an increase. This contrasts
with net balances reporting growing demand for carton board, flexibles, metal,
glass and fabrics. Advertising pays for the
majority of print so the steady drift away
from print to other forms of digital communications has had a compound effect
over time.
The relative decline of print is not across all
markets but for some sectors it has been
severe. Take newspapers, where in the US
demand for newsprint has dropped 62%
between 1999 and 2012. Over the same
period, print advertising fell by 60% as
marketers swapped to digital channels.
In contrast, packaging is forecast to grow
at about 4% per annum to 2018 as the
Internet has not removed the need to protect the goods and promote them on the
shelf. Equally, industrial/functional print is
growing at an annual rate of about 13%
albeit from a much smaller base.
A summary of the report with an infographic can be found on the internet at
drupa.com.
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Company News
Baumann-Wohlenberg
Cutting quality and performance
At the end of the day, a cutter is just a big knife and during the last 20
years hardly any improvement has been made regarding the accuracy
and speed of the cutter. The most time consuming element of the cutting process is the work done by the operator for moving and positioning the reams, loading and unloading the cutter as well as starting and
supervising the cutting process. Therefore, it is important to have a
close look at the peripheral equipment of the cutter. One important
machine within the cutting line is the unloader that restacks the cuts
onto a pallet. The choice of an unloader which matches the cutting system is crucial for an ergonomic and efficient unloading process. Baumann-Wohlenberg offers a broad variety of unloaders.
A basic solution: A BSH pile host
equipped with an angular board
to help the operator getting a
well-aligned stack. Thanks to a
light-barrier, the pile hoist keeps
the top of the pile always at an
ergonomic working height.
The next step is a semi-automatic unloader. The
operator manually transfers the cut pieces via the
cutter`s side table onto a table of the unloader,
aligning them manually. He then moves the table
manually over the pile (or the pallet). The
unloader moves downwards automatically and
stops very close to the top of the pile. The operator
then transfers the unloader table back into the
initial position. There is no need for the operator
to lift up the paper.
A further step are unloaders which carry out most of the tasks
automatically. The operator merely has to transfer the cut pieces
onto the table of the unloader. He then starts the restacking
process by the push of a button. During the automatic restacking
process, the operator is free to cut the next ream.
The highest level of automation is reached with a multiple
unloader which is able to restack up to 4 piles onto up to 4
different pallets automatically, both large-format single cuts
and divided or multiple cuts, and can also be used for strips or
labels in label production. It can take up the products at
different places and restack them at one or several pallet places.
Spanish printing house invests in Baumann technology
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The BSW-AUP pile turner represents the latest generation of the
Baumann-Wohlenberg pile turners.
Graphic Packaging International
Spain at Ódena near Barcelona
recently purchased a Baumann
Wohlenberg pile turner from OMC,
the official Baumann representative in Spain. Graphic Packaging
processes approximately 25,000
tons of carton per year (70 percent
for the production of multipacks
and 30 percent for the production
of boxes).
These very high volumes as well as
their production capacities have
led to the decision to invest in an
automatic Baumann-Wohlenberg
pile turner of the latest generation.
The manual handling of paper and
cardboard stacks is a back-break-
ing and expensive process. Baumann Pile Turners give the opportunity to save time, reduce the
costs and eliminate the physical
effort.
The BSW-AUP pile turner installed
at Graphic Packaging was especially developed for the requirements
of non-stop devices in the feeder of
sheet-fed and punching machines.
It is available in the formats 3B,
6 and 7. Its main field of application
is industrial packaging printing.
All operations run fully automatically and programme-controlled. In
addition, the BSW-AUP can be upgraded to an inline solution for
integration into material logistics.
Baumann-Wohlenberg
New bag forming, filling and sealing solution establishes itself
The market for bagging machines is continuously growing – reason enough for
Baumann Maschinenbau Solms to enter
this new market with specific know-how.
The first PH 25 vertical form fill seal machines that were jointly presented at the
Interpack this year by Baumann Maschi
nenbau Solms and Hahn Automation (see
PrintPromotion Newsletter No 96 of September 2014) have already been delivered
to several customers. The machine packs,
for example, baby food or stock tubes.
According to Baumann Maschinenbau
Solms, one important advantage of the
new cooperation is that the machines
have been developed consistently according to the current requirements of the customers. All components were designed to
comply with systematic hygienic standards, such as abstaining from hollow profiles, easy accessibility and a maximum
reduction of screws and holes. Moreover,
the machines offer high performance
combined with low energy consumption.
Depending on the customer requirements,
the machines can be equipped with components from different manufacturers –
in order to satisfy, e.g., the requirements of
multinational corporations for identical
systems.
Baumann and Hahn not only offer the
mere form fill seal machine, but also complete feeding systems as well as extensive
options for product removal. As a duplex
version, the machine can process up to
300 bags per minute.
bielomatik
Open House with demonstrations of the new PageMaster
bielomatti, the joint venture of bielomatik
and Matti Technology launched in 2013,
invited interested professionals to a first
live presentation of their innovative machine technology. During their Open
House event at the bielomatik headquarters in Neuffen from 18 to 26 November
2014, visitors could see a live demonstration of the new fully integrated PageMaster system which combines high-quality
roll-fed digital printing with industrial inline finishing. Amongst others, brochures,
manuals and personalised notebooks
were printed digitally.
The PageMaster was demonstrated –
printing and converting – individual, wirestitched products in a variety of formats
and page numbers, with highest productivity and machine availability. The PageMaster features a maximum capacity of
110 products per minute in double pocket
operation and with production speeds of
up to 300 m/min. During the demonstration, job changes with the same product
size were done “on the fly” during machine
operation. Job changes with changes in
product size can be done within shortest
time at a press of a button. At Neuffen,
first of all a job change from an A4 exercise
book to an A4 text book was shown; the
second job change was to an A4 operating
manual with a different number of pages.
Finally, visitors could see a job change-over
within minutes including roll change for
the production of an A5 exercise book, a
brochure and a magazine.
Razor-sharp images are guaranteed by the
Prosper 24.5” Linebars for B/W printers as
well as the 4” Prosper S10 printing units
for the imprinting of spot colour where
also Pantone colours can be used. Both
systems are based on Kodak’s Stream
Inkjet Technology. It is a continuous inkjet
system which enables large runs to be pro-
At the Open House, the fully integrated
bielomatti PageMaster printed and
converted individual, wire-stitched products
in a variety of formats and page numbers.
Alexander Wassermann (CEO of bielomatik),
Dr. Dieter Woschitz (owner of Matti Technology AG)
with representatives of partner KODAK,
Donald R. Allred (Director Business Development
Inkjet Printing Solutions), Ronen Cohen (General
Manager Inkjet Technology Partnerships)
as well as Erwin Busselot (Director Digital Printing)
PageMaster
duced economically with production costs
that are considerably below the costs of
comparable digital printing systems. The
Stream Technology is designed for highspeed production with superior printing
quality. With a resolution of 175 lpi, a variety of coated and uncoated papers can be
printed on both sides over the whole machine width.
From the bielomatik portfolio, the highperformance cross cutter CutMaster CFS
105 was used to cut carton, paper as
well as, in future, film as well. For the printing of personalised data, an inkjet digital
printing head can be integrated without
any problem. In addition, inline connection
to digital webfed printing or roll finishing
machines with non-stop pile change system is possible.
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Heidelberg
New Heidelberg Linoprint C models launched at HEI Flexibility Days
Demand for creative applications, flexible
print production, and cost-effective shortrun production is continuing to grow. At
the same time, print shops are looking for
solutions to expand their existing business
models with the help of the internet and
unlock additional potential. These key issues served as the backdrop for the comprehensive digital printing and workflow
portfolio showcased at the HEI Flexibility
Days run by Heidelberg. The major focus
was on the great diversity of digital printing options. More than 250 visitors attended the event over the two days it was held.
Using a dedicated application center and
live demonstrations, Heidelberg presented
new and creative digital printing applications that enable print shops to offer added value to their customers. In addition to
personalized print applications, the range
presented extended from conventional
commercial jobs with coatings to whiteprinted labels and double-sided, coated
banners of up to 700 millimetres.
This gave visitors the chance to experience
the excellent performance and flexibility
of the new Linoprint CV and Linoprint CP
digital printing systems at first hand.
With a print speed of 90 pages per minute, the Linoprint CV now supports white
and coating functions and an increased
range of materials. The new Linoprint CP
has a print speed of 130 pages per minute
and offers several inline finishing solutions, thereby making it ideal for users
who require high productivity when printing high-quality advertising and presenta-
Over 250 visitors at
the Heidelberg HEI
Flexibility Days
watched the presen
tation of the new
generation of
Linoprint C digital
printing systems.
Sophisticated new
digital printing
applications give print
shops an extra
advantage on the
market.
tion material, personalized print products,
and professionally bound books and brochures.
Something that was particularly popular
with visitors during the Linoprint C model
demonstrations was the new Prinect digital front end, which has set new standards
in digital print quality thanks to the use of
Heidelberg colour management and Hei-
delberg Renderer (RIP) technology that has
been tried and tested in offset printing. At
the same time, it enables seamless integration of the two new digital printing
systems into the overall workflow of a
print shop. This means that all print jobs
can be centrally managed in one workflow
system, irrespective of the production
process that has been selected.
Heidelberg unveils new die cutter and folding carton gluing machines
on Packaging Days
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Heidelberg presented several new solutions for folding carton production at the
Packaging Days on 26 and 27 November
2014 at the company’s Wiesloch-Walldorf
site. The event was aimed at folding carton producers that require optimum quality and reliability for short to medium
runs.
The new Promatrix 106 CS was operated
in conjunction with the new Speedmaster
CD 102 and performed die cutting and
embossing at a speed of 8,000 sheets per
hour. It is intended for manufacturers of
folding cartons in short to medium runs as
well as for commercial print shops that occasionally produce packaging. Thanks to
the die cutter’s short makeready times, users benefit from high productivity and excellent cost-efficiency. It can handle a wide
range of materials – from 90 all the way up
to 2,000 grams per square meter – and
processes corrugated board up to four milforming part of the product name refer to
limetres (0.16 inches) thick. The 760 ×
the maximum carton width in centime1,060 millimetre (29.92 × 41.73 inch) fortres. On show at the Packaging Days was
mat of the Promatrix 106 CS makes it the
the Diana Smart 80, which is primarily of
ideal postpress counterpart for
the Speedmaster XL 106. The machine offers a wide range of
standard features, extremely
user-friendly operation, and an

excellent price-performance ratio.
Other items in the sales portfolio
include the Varimatrix 82 CS and
Varimatrix 105 C/CS.
Over 5,000 folding carton gluing
machines from the Diana family
have already been installed across
the globe. Two new additions –
the Diana Smart 55 and Diana
Smart 80 – are now joining the
Diana X 80 and Diana X 115 in the Figure 1: The new Promatrix 106 CS performs die cutting and
product portfolio. The figures embossing at a speed of 8,000 sheets per hour.
Heidelberg
interest to folding carton manufacturers
that produce cartons in short and medium
runs. It is used for straightline and lockbottom cartons. Equipped with the Diana Inspection Control and Diana Braille modules, it produced pharmaceutical cartons.
The new Diana Smart 55 folding carton
gluing machine replaces the Diana 45 and
is suitable for folding carton manufacturers that produce small cartons for the
pharmaceuticals or cosmetics sector in
short and medium runs. The Diana Smart
55 now also optionally offers the latest
technologies for this small working width
in the shape of the Diana Braille and Diana
Inspection Control modules.
Tried-and-tested components from the
successful Diana X series have been adapted for the Diana Smart 55 and Diana Smart
80 to make them more compact. The
Diana Smart is designed for a maximum
speed of 450 meters (1,476 feet) per
minute, which means it produces around
140,000 cartons per hour. By way of
comparison, the Diana X produces over
200,000 cartons per hour. The Diana Smart
has a modular structure and can be tailored to each customer’s specific circumstances. For example, it can be equipped
with the Diana Pile Turner, the Diana Feeder, the Diana Packer or the FAS 480 packing
aid. The machine scores highly with its
very short make-ready times, excellent
accessibility, and high production quality.
What’s more, all relevant settings can be
stored for repeat jobs.
New Performance Plus consulting concept and Remote Monitoring analysis functions
Through the close working relationship it
enjoys with its customers, Heidelberg has
identified considerable potential in many
industrial print shops for significantly improving profitability. There are usually a
number of weak points where improvement processes need to be applied, but it
is sometimes difficult to pinpoint these.
When endeavoring to improve the overall
performance of a company, the interplay
between personnel, processes, equipment, and consumables is crucial. This is
precisely where Heidelberg intends to help
with its new partnership-based consulting
concept Performance Plus. The concept is
based on Heidelberg specialists’ comprehensive consulting expertise and, if required, can be combined with existing
analysis modules from the Heidelberg
product portfolio for even more successful
results.
Performance Plus involves Heidelberg consulting experts working with the customer to analyse the print shop’s current productivity level based on its key operating
and financial indicators. The next step is to
analyse the weak points with staff from
the customer’s various departments, formulate targets, and determine the potential for improvement. This results in a project plan incorporating measures and
milestones. Using lean management processes, Heidelberg then helps the customer implement its continuous improvement
process to ensure targets are achieved on
a lasting basis. Partnership-based implementation of the project plan by Heidelberg and the customer focuses on boosting the company’s overall productivity –
that is to say in terms of personnel, processes, equipment, and consumables.
During the optimization process, customers benefit from the expertise of Heidelberg Systemservice specialists, who assist
print shops with technical support, consulting, training, and knowledge transfer.
Performance Plus optimization measures
take different forms depending on individual requirements. At pilot customer
Contemporary Graphic Solutions in the
United States, for instance, they involved
optimized shift models, standardized production processes, staff training, and the
use of Remote Monitoring for increased
machine availability. Performance Plus
boosted performance at Contemporary
faults before they happen. If the system
detects potential fault patterns, it automatically generates a list of remedial tasks
that are worked through during a scheduled service callout before any unscheduled machine stoppage occurs. Intelligently combining all the tasks in this way
Performance Plus is a new and unique partnership-based consulting concept from Heidelberg for
improving the profitability of print shops on a lasting basis.
Graphic Solutions by 40 percent and saved
the company over 1,000 hours in production time. At an hourly machine rate of
around USD 250, this delivered total savings of some USD 250,000 over the twelve
months of the project.
Once the targets established in the Performance Plus project plan have been
reached, the improvements have to be
permanently anchored in the company by
means of a change process – through staff
training, for instance. The fact that Heidelberg puts its customers’ success center
stage is demonstrated by the model it
uses for calculating Performance Plus fees
– the costs of the program are proportionate to the scale of the savings achieved.
Remote Monitoring is the latest proactive
development in the Remote Service
technology offered by Heidelberg. This

preemptive function identifies machine
means the necessary measures can be carried out during one single scheduled visit.
This gives customers the greatest possible
certainty in their production planning.
Some 20 pilot customers are currently using this function. In all cases, it has been
possible to increase the technical machine
availability by between three and five percentage points.
Combining Remote Monitoring with the
Performance Plus consulting concept enables print shops to take performance improvements to a whole new level. Remote
Monitoring ensures the technical availability of the production platform, while Performance Plus optimizes the entire valueadded chain. Heidelberg supervises the
implementation process by coaching staff
on an ongoing basis. This normally enables
print shops to boost their performance by
up to 40 percent.
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IST METZ
LED Tech Talk – A question of the application
LEDs are small and compact, produce comparatively little heat and no ozone. In lighting technology they have already started
their triumph, and for several years their
use in the printing industry has been discussed. Will they replace conventional UV
technology? For which applications are
they suitable? When is a retrofitting
worthwhile? How does the curing of inks
and coatings with LED technology actually
work? What are the differences between
this technology and systems that use conventional UV technology? When is it worth
switching?
On 12 and 13 November 2014, IST METZ
opened its doors to the first LED Tech Talk
taking account of the increasing significance of LED technology. A brief welcome
from Dirk Jägers, Managing Director of IST
METZ, was followed by an explanation by
Stefan Feil, Technical Marketing Manager,
of the technical principles of LED UV technology who also described the development of the market since the advent of the
technology in 2008. According to the Yole
market research institute, LED technology
is expected to achieve a market share of
around 30 per cent in 2016. The technology currently makes up the greatest proportion of adhesive curing and inkjet printing.
Feil also addressed the possibility of saving
energy.
After that, Dr. Erich Frank, member of the
Printing inks Technical Committee of the
Industrial Association of German Coatings
and Printing Inks Industry dealt with LED
ink technology describing the differences
to conventional UV inks.
In brief presentations, the sales staff of IST
Metz and its partner company Integration
Technology Ltd. explained the opportunity
to introduce applications and the advan-
tages of LED UV technology for sheet-fed
offset, rotary offset, flexographic and
inkjet printing processes. The use of LED
technology was later demonstrated on a
flexographic printing press and a sheet-fed
offset printing press.
A subsequent podium discussion, chaired
by Klemens Ehrlitzer, Managing Director
of VSkE (the German Association of Ma
nufacturers of Self-Adhesive Labels and
Narrow Web Converters) met with great
interest. The speakers answered numerous questions most of which related to
comparisons with conventional technology. As a supplier of both kinds of systems,
IST METZ made it clear that whilst LEDs
may still have potential for development,
both technologies have individual advantages depending on the application in
question, which needs to be taken into
account when selecting the UV system.
In his welcome speech,
Dirk Jägers, Managing
director of IST METZ,
could promise answers
to a long series of
questions around LED
technology.
As part of the LED Tech Talk, LED UV technology
was used in a printing demonstration.
Kama
World premiere for folding cartons “on demand”
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On 28 November 2014, KAMA and HP Indigo presented a new and highly efficient
end-2-end workflow for digitally printed
folding cartons at the KAMA Finishing
Days in Dresden. For folding and gluing,
KAMA unveiled the prototype of the innovative Folder Gluer FlexFold 52 with automated set-up as a world first. Around 450
visitors from 34 countries, including the
USA, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Russia as well as numerous European countries attended this event with live demonstrations of the complete production
process from digital file to a finished carton. The folding cartons were produced in
different formats including personalisation and finishing. “This complete networked solution for short-run folding carton production hits the pulse of the times”,
said KAMA CEO Marcus Tralau. The featured workflow was optimised for short
runs and showed highest quality products
in both digital printing and finishing like
the products required by the cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals, health care products as
well as food industry.
The Folder Gluer FlexFold 52 has been designed to deal with frequent and very fast
job changes. It can be set up quickly for different products and formats. A distinctive
feature is the newly developed “APA system” (automated plough length adjustment), which makes it possible to adjust
the folding belts automatically not only in
transverse but also in longitudinal direction. Changeover, which often takes hours
on conventional machinery, is now done in
only minutes. KAMA has global patents
pending for this automated set-up.
The folding cartons were printed and varnished inline on the HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press for B2 format fully equipped with
inline primer and the inline varnishing unit
TRESU iCoat 30000. Both UV varnish and
water-based varnish can be applied as a
selective coating. The folding cartons
printed on off-the-shelf substrate with
seven colours including white combined
with the use of variable data and designs.
At the end of the workflow, every visitor
got a box personalised with his or her
photo.
The digital prints were die-cut on the
KAMA DC 76 Die Cutter (760 x 600 mm), a
machine especially designed to handle
short runs, both with and without hot foil
stamping – but always with the new AutoRegister. Using a camera, printed register marks and correcting sheet alignment,
AutoRegister ensures highest register accuracy for every single sheet. The KAMA
SBU module carries out all stripping and
blanking in-line with the die-cutter – there
Kama
is no need for costly tools. In the last step,
the new Folder Gluer FlexFold 52, folds
and glues the blanks into deliverable
straight-line boxes or crash-lock boxes.
New for most of the companies in packaging: all machines participating in the workflow are connected via a network. This is
vitally important when it comes to coordinating the many short runs in the course
of a day and controlling their status (Track
and Trace). The entire production control,
the presets for the machines as well as the
analysis of performance data, is carried
out via JDF (electronic job ticket) and JMF.
The central control station for the KAMA
machines is the so-called Cockpit. It is not
just the network client, but also serves as a
prep table with storage space for chases
and tools.
At the Finishing Days, the innovative Dresden-based company also celebrated its
120th anniversary. With the invention of
the creasing line (allowing bending with-
Visitors from all over the world watched the
unveiling of the FlexFold 52 folder gluer at the
Kama Finishing Days in Dresden.
They pressed the “buzzer” to start the innovative
end-2-end workflow for digitally printed folding
cartons (from left): Alon Bar-Shany, General Manager HP Indigo, Steffen Pieper, General Manager
KAMA, Bernd Herfurth, Constructing Engineer
KAMA.
out breaking), Teodor Remus, who founded KAMA’s forerunner SCAMAG in 1894,
revolutionised the cardboard industry.
With the workflow for short-run folding
carton production and the new FolderGluer FlexFold 52, packaging is getting
new impulses from Dresden again. To set
the course for long-term growth in the
packaging market, the KAMA management beside their own investments
brought new partner, ARCUS Capital AG,
on board in September 2014.
KBA
1814 – 2014: 200th birthday of mechanical newspaper printing
On 29 November 1814, 360 years after
Gutenberg invented the hand press, a new
steam-powered double-cylinder printing
press from Friedrich Koenig and Andreas
Bauer was used for the first time to print
The Times in London. The premiere in London in 1814 initially only concerned news-
paper printing, however, books, magazines,
catalogues and much more were printed
mechanically shortly afterwards.
Over the last 80 years the printed newspaper as a channel for information and advertising has faced growing competition from
the radio, television and more recently on-
line and mobile media. However, it has retained its high level of acceptance and credibility with readers, as well as its superior
lasting advertising impact. There are still
opportunities for those with the courage
and creativity shown by Friedrich Koenig
and Andreas Bauer two centuries ago.
The era of mechanical
printing began in the
night of 28 to 29
November 1814 with the
production of “The
Times” newspaper on the
double-cylinder press
from Friedrich Koenig
and Andreas Bauer. (The
photo shows a 1:2 scaled
replica found in the KBA
museum.)
Now, newspapers are printed on cutting-edge offset presses like
this one from KBA.
Waterless newspaper printing opens up new avenues – 10th Cortina user workshop
KBA Cortina users from Germany and
abroad met for the tenth user workshop at
this waterless newspaper press’ birthplace, Koenig & Bauer, in Würzburg on 12
and 13 November. KBA Cortina project
manager Peter Benz put together an extremely varied agenda for this user group
which has proved it is open to new ideas
and new paths regarding the application
and marketing of high-quality waterless
web offset printing. He also hosted the
event that focused on providing the latest
information on hot topics and the a pooling of news and views between the
Cortina users whose numbers have in the
meantime increased to 19.
KBA CEO and president Claus BolzaSchünemann welcomed 75 participants
from the newspaper and supply industry.
KBA marketing director Klaus Schmidt
gave an overview of current developments
in the print market and the resulting realignment of the KBA Group. His conclusion:
“Printed newspapers will still be around in
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Some 75 representatives from German and
European Cortina
printing plants as well
as from supply firms
met for the tenth
Cortina user workshop
at KBA in Würzburg.
KBA
2030.” Head of web press after-sales service Thomas Potzkai then informed the
visitors about KBA’s expanded service
portfolio for web press printers.
The results of a survey carried out mainly
at mid-sized advertising agencies on the
image and potential of print in the competitive media arena with a focus on the
future of waterless newspaper printing
were presented by Matthias Tietz, managing director of Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei (RBD) in Düsseldorf. Most of the people interviewed were positively surprised
by the quality and special haptic qualities
of the magazines and supplements printed in waterless coldset as well as newspapers partially coated inline. They also see
opportunities to use these more in advertising. Nevertheless, it also became clear
that the potential of waterless web offset
printing in the agency scene is still considerably less well known than the classic
sheetfed and web offset printing processes, or even digital printing.
The materials for waterless web printing,
in particular printing plates, inks and blankets, have come a long way since the first
KBA Cortina was delivered at the beginning of 2005. For the first users this process which was viewed as exotic ten years
ago has become routine. New users such
as Trierischer Volksfreund in Germany or
Polaris Trykk in Trondheim Norway also
profit from the exchange of experiences
and from discussions with suppliers at the
annual user workshop. Dr Wolfgang Rauh
from the Graphic Technology Research
Association (Fogra Forschungsgesells
chaft Druck e.V.) presented a research
project by the German Federation of In-
dustrial R
esearch Associations (AiF) titled
“Specification Cortina inks” which aims
to contribute to the further standardisation of waterless offset printing. Patrick
Zürcher, managing director at Freiburger
Druck, a former Cortina pioneer, outlined
the results of a focus group which discussed quality management. Valentin
Kneile from Rheinpfalz Verlag und Druckerei in Ludwigshafen, Germany, provided
representatives of the consumable industry present with an analysis of the current
situation from the user’s point of view.
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The digitalisation of the printing industry
is progressing. At the same time in the
high-volume inkjet printing segment requirements regarding the configuration,
features, maximum web width and productivity of digital printing systems are
extremely varied in the book, direct mail,
magazine, newspaper and industrial printing market segments addressed by the
KBA RotaJET. This is in addition to the
change in market demands over time due
to the increasing expansion of digital
printing. KBA takes these circumstances
into account with the new retrofittable
RotaJET L product series available in
various web widths, maximum printing

widths and colour content. The KBA RotaJET 89 – 130 printing systems based on
this new series supplement the RotaJET 76
which is still available.
Future users of the new RotaJET L platform have a huge advantage, which allows
them to react quickly and economically to
changing market conditions and customer
demands without the need to invest in
entire new kit straight away. The high-
performance RotaJET can be optimally
configured to suit the respective market
and industry environment. The new KBA
digital press series includes five RotaJET
printing systems which can handle web
widths ranging from 895 to 1300mm
(35.2 – 51.1in). As all these new systems
have been developed based on an identi-
All KBA RotaJET 89–130 presses share the same hardware platform and provide full upgrade path from
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RotaJET 89 (web width 895mm/35.2in)
easily and quickly to a RotaJET 100, RotaJET 112, RotaJET 123 or even a premium
RotaJET 130 (web width 1,300mm/51.1in).
Furthermore, it is also possible to modify a
1C monochrome system into a 4C colour
system.
Founded on KBA’s long-term development
strategy and the press’ consistent modu-
lar design the KBA RotaJET has been
designed to be retrofitted with future

print head generations. What is more, the
RotaJET 89-130 systems do not require
any adjustment of the usual web widths
or print substrate logistics as they might
in web offset printing. Thus, the KBA
RotaJET can even be integrated into existing offset landscapes without any compromises
KBA and MBO at Indoprint in Jakarta
Indoprint opened its doors on 3 September in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. At
the same time, Indopack and Indoplas also
took place in the Jakarta International
Expo exhibition centre. Over 350 exhibitors from 19 nations presented the latest
innovations in the printing and plastic seg-
ment. It was the first time that KBA took
part in this trade show. The market potential of this threshold country with more
than 250m inhabitants for modern press
technology for all kinds of commercial
printwork, publications and packaging is
large. Over 20,000 print pundits from all
KBA
parts of the country visited the trade
show to find out more about current technological trends in print.
KBA shared a stand with finishing partner
MBO. For the first time Italian subsidiary
KBA-Flexotecnica was also present. Given
that KBA is already well-positioned in the
region with its medium and large-format
sheetfed offset presses, and especially in
the folding carton printing segment here,
those visitors who specialise only or additionally in the production of packaging
made of film and other flexible materials
showed great interest in the modern flexo
presses from Tavazzano in Italy. Offering a
significant increase in print quality and in
light of the trend towards smaller print
runs in the packaging segment, this technology is becoming increasingly more interesting as an alternative to gravure
package printing which is widespread in
Asia. The option of processing waterbased inks makes flexo printing very interesting for food packaging.
Many of the visiting print experts were
also interested in high quality packaging
solutions. Medium and large-format Rapidas delivered by KBA are proving increasingly more popular here with inline
finishing with coater and online or inline
KBA and MBO had a joint stand at
Indoprint 2014 in Jakarta. The trade show
in Indonesia’s capital was popular
attracting some 25,000 print experts.
Pleased with the results of the trade show:
(l-r) Sascha Fischer from KBA Radebeul;
Stefan Segger from KBA Asia-Pacific;
Andreas Chaiyadi, managing director of
KBA customer PT Dwi Aneka; Evie
Somardi and Ori Santoso Hartono from
the KBA agency Eva Srikandi Prima;
Dieter Adam from MBO and Alberto
Vaglio Laurin from KBA-Flexotecnica
systems for continuous quality control.
The representative in Indonesia carrying
out sales tasks with the support of KBA
Asia Pacific in Singapore is KBA’s Indonesian agency Eva Srikandi Prima that is also
responsible for after-sales service.
Spanish KBA agency for sheetfed and web presses
Koenig & Bauer’s (KBA) longstanding
web press agency KBA-Lauvic España
has taken over the sales and service of
Rapida sheetfed offset presses from the
previous agency Ilasa Graphic with
effect from 1 October 2014. Thus, Lauvic’s
managing director José Antonio Díaz
and his dedicated team are now solely
responsible for supporting the
numerous Spanish KBA sheetfed and
web press users in this key market. L-r:
finance and personnel director Juan
Díaz, managing director José Antonio
Díaz and technical director responsible
for after-sales services Pablo Roca
Mosca
Strapping machines from entry-level to high-end
Mosca offers its fully automated SoniXs
TAI-6 tandem machine for cross strapping,
which is especially suited for applications in
the printing industry, as “Base” and “Pro”
models. Both of the SoniXs TAI-6 models
consist of a compact combination of the
machines SoniXs TR-6 and SoniXs TRI-6.
They combine transverse strapping and inline strapping in one workflow without
turning the product. The resulting cross
strapping secures various products accurately and reliably.
The SoniXs TAI-6 offers highest process
safety, which is a huge advantage for industries with a high throughput and high
machine availability. Welding is achieved
through the unique ultrasonic technology
SoniXs, which Mosca has patented. The
SoniXs sealing units work particularly efficient and are instantly available as they do
not require any pre-heating. Energy consumption is minimal as mechanical vibrations are only produced during the time of
welding. The seam achieves a strength of
up to 85 per cent of the tensile strength of
the strap and is therefore absolutely stable.
The SoniXs TAI-6 Base and Pro are both
built on the same high-performance mechanics. They differ in their control systems, their handling and the type of actuaNewsletter • No 97 • December 2014
tors used. The hold-down device and the
back stop have been specially designed to
pose no danger and do not need any additional protection.
The newly unitised Standard-6 strap path
is the basis for the easily accessible construction of both machines. With all of the
core components easily accessible, maintenance or cleaning are quickly accomplished. The strap path is dismantled easily
and tool free, and can be put back together
within a few steps.
The saving the company achieves through
its shared component concept during production is passed on to its customers. As
a result, the SoniXs TAI-6 Pro is considerably more cost-efficient compared to the
previous model, while being more flexible
and offering higher performance at the
same time. The SoniXs TAI-6 Pro is located
at the high-end and meets highest requirements. It operates with electro mechanical actuators, and has a specialized
B&R machine control. The HMI via touch
panel functions language independent
and enables intuitive operating, making
the machine extremely versatile in any
conditions worldwide. Depending on the
prior knowledge of the operator, different
levels can be activated to optimally pro-
The tandem machine for cross strapping
SoniXs TAI-6 from Mosca is available in two
models “Base” and “Pro”. Through ultrasonic
technology both models offer reliable, quick
and secure cross strapping with highest
process safety.
tect the machine and its individual process steps from operating errors. Detailed
error messages combined with support
in trouble shooting further facilitates
working with the SoniXs TAI-6 Pro. If required, errors can be diagnosed remotely
from Waldbrunn. This is possible due to
the full network capability of the machine. Compared with the Base model, the
Pro version offers numerous options to
pre-program the strapping processes and
adjust it fully automatically to different
requirements. With a strap frame size of
600x600 mm, the Pro model of the S
oniXs
TAI-6 straps up to 37 packs per minute,
the Base variation achieves up to 30 packs.
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Polar
Launch of new POLAR high-speed cutter N HD
POLAR recently launched a new-style
high-speed cutter for the first time under
the product name N HD. One outstanding
feature is the innovative touchscreen, to
which the “HD” extension to the machine
designation refers. This stands for high
definition and clearly indicates what users
can expect. The industry is now catching
up on what is already standard for smartphones and tablets. The new touch display
generation is hallmarked in particular by
its brilliance. With its touch-responsive activation, the new display permits even
more accurate and intuitive operation.
Customized operator calibration of the
display is also no longer necessary. In addition, the new “HD display” is much more
resistant to scratches and mechanical
wear. The new operating panel will be
used for the high-speed cutter models
N PLUS, N PRO HD and N AT HD. However,
not only the display is new. All high-speed
cutter models from 78 to 176 now also
have a new look. The revamp was focused
on the front view of the machine. With its
uniform colour on the front plate, the light
barriers and the front of the machine table, operators are given a cockpit-style en-
The new high-speed cutter N HD with its
cockpit-style front.
vironment. An ergonomic hand rest is also
provided for the operator below the new
HD touchscreen. Last but not least, the
machine has a newly designed foot pedal.
Cutting system for a package printer in Georgia
Recently a POLAR CuttingSystem was installed at Sharavandi, a package printer in
the Georgian Republic. Centerpiece is a
POLAR high-speed cutter N 137 PLUS. The
guillotine is complemented with a stack
lift, jogger and counting scale. It`s the first
cutting system of this kind in Georgia.
The existing cutting equipment (three
POLAR 92 guillotines) was not able to handle the steadily growing production volume any more, so Tamaz Sharikadze, Managing Director of Sharavandi, took the
chance and opted for new POLAR equipment. The package printer has been able
to increase his productivity by 50%. Thanks
to the jogger and counting scale, the company can now offer more services to its
customers and has been able to win new
customers as well. POLAR stack lift LW
1000-4 provides ergonomic working at a
user-friendly working height by automatic
lifting and lowering of palletized cutting
material. Efficiency of guillotine is increased by up to 10%, because the working
height remains constant throughout the
loading and unloading procedures. Operator‘s productivity curve remains constant.
The automatic jogger POLAR RA-4 prepares new material outside the cutting
machine. The precise alignment of the material to be cut and the resulting improved
cutting accuracy lays the foundations of a
uniform and high quality of the final product. The air removal feature improves the
formation of blocks from the reams to be
cut and reduces the production risks once
more.
The POLAR counting scale is used to precisely measure the amount of printed
sheets, which makes it ideal for processing
labels, packaging material, postcards and
business cards. Since the counting is done
directly in the jogger, there is no additional
operation necessary.
The POLAR CuttingSystem at Sharavandi
High-speed cutter N 137 PLUS is the programmable all-round model with 18.5‘‘
Touch-Screen operation for all standard
cutting work with graphical programming.
The machine is equipped with OptiKnife
for an extended operating life of the knife
as well as faster knife change. It offers
greatest cutting accuracy with a mechanical positioning accuracy of 1/100 mm.
Chinese print shop very satisfied with POLAR High-Speed Cutter 176
Bo Shi Heng based in Changchung is the
largest production site for commercial and
package printing in the north east of China.
The company bought a POLAR High-Speed
Cutter 176 to enhance working efficiency
as well as shorten production time.
Bo Shi Heng serves not only the north east
of China but has customers in the U.S and
Canada, too. Its qualified operators and
state-of-the-art equipment make them
one of the top commercial and package
printers in that region. The new cutting
system enables the company to expand
the range of products and services and to
win many new customers. The investment
was made based on the market demands
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Mr. Zhang Baolin (right), CEO of Bo Shi Heng in
front of the POLAR 176
as well as the company`s target of sustainable development. The CuttingSystem at
Bo Shi Heng is not a typical system. It combines the possibility to handle unprinted
as well as printed material. Unprinted material is loaded via the Transomat loader
directly on the rear table of the High-Speed
Cutter 176. Printed material can be prepared in the jogger and is loaded manually
via the front table. The cut material is automatically stacked on pallets with the
Transomat unloader. The High-Speed Cutter is integrated into the digital workflow
with P-Net service Compucut®. The improved workflow results in less makeready time and thus higher efficiency.
Planatol
Innovative tape solutions
Biolink Tape Solutions, a subsidiary of the
Planatol Group and a leading supplier of
pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, films
and foils, offers solutions for a wide variety of applications, Biolink’s proprietary,
unique solvent-free adhesive technology
is utilised to produce high performance
adhesive tape solutions for many industries and critical applications, among
them for aircraft flooring. Its latest pro
duct developments are: Relink 2318, a
high-performance carpet tape, providing
the benefits of quick installation, secure
lift free fixation across all carpet backing
types and rapid residue and damage free
removal, in one piece; the new Prolink
130r, a transfer adhesive, for safety labels, fascia panel and ntf construction;
Relink 2319, a black, flame retardant carpet tape; Relink 2316, a non-textile flooring tape that is designed to meet the individual challenges of non-textile flooring.
The special, high adhesion floor side adhesive supplies residue and damage free
removal from both floor panel and moisture barrier films and the permanent,
laminating adhesive has high plasticizer
resistance.
Tapes for all kinds of applications – inter alia, for
aircraft flooring.
Will-Pemco
Alpha RF exercise book machine - a success story for more than 15 years
More than 70 fully
automatic exercise book
machines Alpha RF are in
operation worldwide.
As a worthy successor of the well-known E.C.H. Will 280 series, the fully automatic exercise book machine Alpha RF has been well established in the market for over 15 years now. Launched in 1998, with more than 70 machines in
production worldwide, the Alpha RF clearly is a reference in the exercise book
business.
Its modular concept allows for many different configurations to fit customers` needs. The Alpha series is renowned for high quality exercise books,
strong design, user-friendly operation and low maintenance costs. Available
in a width of 970 mm for 3-up A4 or 4-up A5 production at 300 m/minute or
60 strokes/minute, this machine offers an excellent performance.
Many options are available for even higher flexibility like deep-pile delivery,
in-line perforation, corner rounding or book stacking with turning station for
inline connection to a shrink wrapper.
Joint presentation of Will-Pemco and MarquipWard United
From 28 to 31 October, Will-Pemco and
MarquipWard United took part in this
year’s PapFor show in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the first time together. The two sister companies showcased their solutions
and the overall brand BW Papersystems
(see PrintPromotion Newsletter No 96,
September 2014). Visitors to the booth of
Will-Pemco and MarquipWard United
could inform themselves on highly efficient and flexible cut-size sheeting and
packaging machine solutions or on the
semi-automatic folio ream wrapper
WRAPMATIC GRL, which is ideal for small-
er paper or board converters. Furthermore,
the focus was on the eCon sheeter, a new
standardized dual rotary sheeter with a remarkable cost to output ratio, the proven,
cost-effective sheeter SheetWizard as well
as on the fully automatic exercise book
machine Alpha RF (see above).
New T.I.P. modules
With its Technical Improvement Program
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cut-size sheeters is ideal to optimize production and reduce cost.
The new module T.I.P. C 1703 is available
for all E.C.H. Will cut-size sheeters type SLK
460, 470, 480 and 490. It replaces the
existing brake rollers in the overlapping
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improved product quality reduces reject
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Printers‘ Guide
Training Information & News in Printing and Paper Converting Technology
Digital printing
by Birgit Cholewa (azp Chemnitz)
1. Overview and distinctive features in comparison with conventional printing methods
2. Electrophotography
3. Inkjet printing
4. Marketing in digital printing, applications, future prospects of digital printing
For industrial print production, above all
electrophotography (colloquially called laser printing) and inkjet printing are of key
of importance.
In the early years of digital printing, electrophotography was assumed to have better development and market chances, but
by now inkjet printing has caught up
thanks to dedicated development work,
especially as far as inks, the jets and higher
speeds are concerned.
Figure 1: Thermal inkjet
Figure 1: Thermal ink jet
Figure 2: Piezo inkjet
Figure 2: Piezo ink jet
Inkjet printing is based on a jet system
from which mostly liquid ink is sprayed
onto the substrate in single drops. The difference between the continuous tones is
achieved by the drop being different in
size or by printing several small droplets
on top of each other.
The drops can be produced in the jet in
two different ways:
1. Bubble jet / Thermal inkjet
A heating element in the jet is strongly
heated for a short time, thus produces a
gas bubble that is ejected from the jet due
to its increased volume. When the bubble
bursts, a vacuum is created which sucks a
further amount of ink from a storage container in the jet.
2. Piezo inkjet
A characteristic of Piezo crystals is that
they deform under electrical voltage. Due
to this deformation of the piezo ceramics
in the jet, the ink channel is contracted
and ink is ejected. Due to the capillary effect in the jet, the ink channel will subsequently fill again.
(See Figures 1 and 2)
A comparison of these two types shows
the following:
Bubble jet: The production costs of the
jets are lower which makes this printer
more favourable as far as purchasing is
concerned, it is, however, slower in the
production of drops due to the thermal
principle (5000-8000 Hertz), and, in addition, more prone to malfunction. As a preventive measure of the malfunction of the
heating element, the complete printing
head is replaced with every ink replacement. As a result, these systems are ex-
pensive to maintain. The inks must be
heat-resistant.
This method is used, e.g., in devices from
Canon or Lexmark.
Piezo jet: Due to the piezo-electrical principle, these printers are quicker with regard
to drop production (12,000-25,000 Hertz)
and have a substantially longer service life
of the jets; normally only the ink cartridges
need to be replaced. On the other hand,
these printers are expensive.
In addition, a distinction is made between
drop-on-demand and the continuous
ejection principle.
Drop-on-demand: Drops are only ejected
from the jet if dots need to be produced.
The drops may be produced by means of
the thermal or piezo methods.
Continuous ejection principle: As can be
seen from this term, drops are ejected
from the jet continuously, i.e., permanently. The drops that are not required are
mostly transferred back into the ink circuit. The deflection can be made in different ways, e.g. by means of deflecting electrodes, magnetic fields, directed air flow,
drop collision or oscillating jets.
For binary deflection, there are only two
states of charging. Drops that are not
needed are electrically charged and deflected; the others reach the substrate.
For multiple deflection, the drops reach
the paper at different places by means of
different charge conditions so that it is
possible to print lines at a height of up to
10mm via a jet.
(See Figures 3 and 4 on page 16)
With respect to the inks, see Figure 5 on
page 16.
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Figure 3: Continuous inkjet, binary deflection
Figure 3: Continuous ink jet, binary deflection
Figure 4: Continuous inkjet, multiple deflection
Figure 4: Continuous ink jet, multiple deflection
(evaporation, penetration)
Inks always consist of colorants, which
cerned, UV curing inks do not release hazactually produce the colour, and a carrier
ardous VOCs during the printing process in
liquid (binding agent) for the transport of
contrast to, e.g., solvent containing inks.
the colorant.
On the other hand, during the curing proColouring substances may be dyes or pigcess with the normally used UV mercury
ments, the binding agents may be water,
arc lamps ozone is produced which is hazoil or solvent.
ardous to human health as well as due to
Water-based colour inks are used for inits oxidising effect. They can be substitutdoor purposes. They have a larger colour
ed by LED lamps.
space, but fade more quickly under the imHot-melt inks consist of a mixture of resin,
pact of UV.
oils and wax into which the pigments are
Water-based pigment inks are more stafused. The wax melts due to the heat, and
ble as far as UV is concerned. Pigments,
the ink becomes liquid. One disadvantage
however, have a smaller colour space; they
is that the electricity costs are high.
appear to be somewhat duller, matter and
In addition, the inks must contain differhave a less brilliant effect.
ent additives. They are needed for aspects
Oil-based inks are pigment inks with an
like adhesion of the ink on the substrate,
oil-based binding agent. On the one hand,
dot gain, dot generation, corrosion of the
their UV stability is higher; the jets do not
printing head, resistance to fading or coldry so fast during longer idle times. The
our brilliance.
disadvantage is that they require special
With regard to technology and field of apsubstrates that do not absorb the oily
plication, the following groups can be debinding agent so quickly. Therefore, the
fined:
dominating method for outdoor applica1.Office and desktop devices
tions is the solvent-based ink.
Simple, inexpensive printers, often
EcoSolvent inks are inks with a low solbubble-jet technology, water-based
vent content that can also be used withinks
out an extraction system being required.
2.Proof printers, photo printers
Their UV stability is good, the abrasion reFor contract proofs, printing in photo
sistance, however, is restricted and the
quality, high-quality promotional mainks dry slowly.
terial with personalisation, mostly size
Normal solvent-based inks are the inks
A3+, very high resolution, colour stabilwith the highest UV stability for outdoor
ity, prepared for colour management
applications (3 years and longer) and a
software
short drying time. They can be used to
3.Large-format printers (LFP) are used to
print on nearly all substrates without any
print posters, banners, stand-up disspecial coating. However, an extraction or
plays, textiles; special format flatbed
air filtering system are necessary due to
printers that can print plates up to a
the solvent content.
Like UV printing inks, UV
inkjet inks dry by means of
radiation curing with UV
Colorants
light. As a result, the printed
dyes
materials can be processed
pigments
pigment
dye
immediately. The number
in a liquid carrier medium
of possible applications is
water
huge – UV curing inks can,
oil
e.g., be used to print disaggressive (hard, true)
solvent
plays, signs, banners, lamimild (soft, eco -solvent)
nate floorings, packages,
UV inks
(cross linking by radiation)
stage graphics, lettering on
vehicles as well as photos in
hot-melt inks
(solidifying during cooling)
good quality. As far as enviFigure 5: Inks for inkjet
ronment-friendliness is con-
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height of 6-8cm (construction signs,
exhibition walls, furniture plates, etc.),
with solvent-based or UV inks
4.
Illustration printers, mostly web-fed
machines (trans-promotional printers)
for medium and long runs of personalised advertising, direct mail, book printing (book-on-demand), book on a variety of papers is possible, at a quality
level near to web fed printing, for industrial inkjet printing; example: KBA
RotaJET, see Figure 6.
Figure 6: KBA RotaJET 76
Figure 6: KBA RotaJET 76
5.Addressing units/Inkjet units in hybrid
machines
Smaller inkjet units with a low width,
high performance, medium to high resolution, for personalizing, address imprinting, printing of best before dates,
prices, imprinting of highly topical
news and other variable data.
This variety of fields of applications across
the total printing industry shows the great
potential of inkjet printing. A big advantage is that it is a non-contact printing
method, i.e., the jet and the substrate are
not in direct contact with each other. As a
result, it is possible to print on a large
number of surfaces and materials, even
shaped objects, directly.
Trends in inkjet printing are:
•6-/8- or more colours (+light cyan,
+light magenta, spot colours, photo
black, white base, metallic inks,
hexachrome …)
•Drop modulation (variable drop size)
•Printing heads along the total width of
the page
•A multitude of colours for a wide variety
of materials, food-safe inks, …
•Cost-favourable production of printing
heads
•Nanographic inks.