Product category:
Inkjet, Laser, Digital, Thermal, Graphics, Wide Format Printing Systems
News Release from: Inca Digital Printers | Subject: Columbia and Columbia Turbo
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 June 2005
Loading And Unloading System Speeds
Flatbeds
Inca Digital Printers has launched a semi automated loading and unloading system for its Columbia and Columbia Turbo flatbed printers.
Inca Digital Printers has launched a semi automated loading and unloading system for its Columbia and Columbia Turbo flatbed printers The system is said to be able to increase productivity by up to 35 square metres an hour, to augment the Columbia Turbo's performance, with it claimed to be the fastest inkjet flatbed printer in the world, with a top print speed of 160 square metres per hour, said Inca
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Inca Launches New Spyder Inkjet Printer
With an addition to its line up of flatbed inkjet printers Inca Digital Printers has launched its Spyder 150 60"x40" printer.
Inca Plan Four Colour Ink Jet First For Drupa.
A major technology launch will be seen in Printcity at Drupa 2004, where Inca Digital Printers will demonstrate the prototype of an inkjet system that allows full-colour, high quality printing in a s
Because of those speeds, Inca said that the obvious way to increase productivity further was by improving the materials handling part of the process.
Previously that required manual intervention and Inca believes its latest system, which provides assisted loading and automatic unloading of substrates, is a major addition to its product range.
The assisted loading system consists of a pre-load stack, on a manually operated scissor lift, plus a pre-load table, which gives the operator the opportunity to prepare material - removing film, brushing and wiping - during the previous print cycle.
Further reading
Flatbed Inkjet Printer Generates New Business
The latest UK installation of an Inca Eagle H has gone to screen printer Polyprint Plastics, which says that the inkjet flatbed printer has transformed the company's workload.
Inca Eagle Has Landed - Digital Flat Bed In Texas
The most recently installed Inca printer in the USA was in production only two days after it was delivered to Dallas digital print house The Colour Place.
Flatbed Digital Printer Enables Growth
The first flatbed printer from Inca Digital Printers to be installed in Austria has been purchased by flexographic printer TEWA, which has formed a new subsidiary - TEWA Digital Print.
The automatic offload facility picks up printed stock and moves it from the Columbia's vacuum table to the offload pallet, allowing the operator to simultaneously position a new sheet on the vacuum table.
There is also the option of an electrically powered tug for easy removal and stacking of printed matter.
Inca's managing director Bill Baxter said: "We believe the new assisted loading system will appeal to a number of our Columbia and Columbia Turbo customers.
The equipment is designed for use with a wide range of rigid and flexible materials and the modular concept means it suits different production layouts.
The system offers a significant reduction in manual handling, to the extent that customers with two Columbia Turbos could feasibly run both with only one operator.
Customers can specify which elements of the system they want to suit their particular requirements.
At every stage we have made the new assisted unload system flexible and there is the option to quickly switch back to manual handling should that be necessary.
The complete system will cost around GBP 85,000 and we estimate that it would reduce change-over time from approximately 45 seconds to about 10 - 15 seconds.
In today's highly competitive market, where time and deadlines are paramount, the ability to improve turn-around of printed material is a major selling point and can make the difference between winning a job or not." The assisted unload system iss aid to handle stock from one metre square up to 1.6 metres x 3.2 metres and can be used with material from 250gsm up to a thickness of 10mm.
The maximum sheet weight is 10kg.
Inca ran demonstrations of the new assisted unload system at its Cambridge (UK) factory throughout last month and plans beta testing at customer sites from this month.
Visitors to FESPA will be able to hear more about Inca's new system by visiting the Sericol stand - B1530 - where there will also be demonstrations of the new Inca Spyder 320 and Columbia Turbo.
• Inca Digital Printers: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Printingtalk email newsletter
• Printingtalk Home Page
