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News Release from: KBA North America | Subject: Rapida 105 perfecting press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 June 2007
Pack Printer's Unique New 9-Over-2,
11-Unit Press
US packaging printer Lithographic Industries has installed what is claimed to be a unique KBA Rapida 105 11-unit straight or nine-over-two perfecting press at its Illinois headquarters.
The company, which also performs blister card printing in combination gang runs, opted for the new fully-automated press with a perfector after the second unit The Rapida is also equipped with KBA's closed-loop Densitronic S scanning spectrodensitometer system that is claimed to reduce waste by measuring the density and spectral values on the x and y axes
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 10 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Once the plates have been made the CIP3 data are automatically assigned to the job via the hot folder.
The CIP3 files are also converted in to preset data for the press.
When a job is rescheduled to another press the preset data are automatically recalculated for that press and that is said to ensure that the latest job data, including preset data, is always available at the control console.
KBA's Densitronic S is a combined density and colour measuring system for quality control during printing.
It is said to permit direct measurements within the image.
Deviations from defined target densities, colour values and other quality parameters (such as dot gain and trapping, for instance) are recognised and displayed not only reliably but also immediately in comparison to hand-held measuring devices, said the company.
With integration for online control, the density and spectral deviations are converted in to corrective adjustments for the individual ink keys.
The Densitronic S controls the density and spectral parameters of each sheet by measuring along control strips or directly on the image.
To remain a leader in the competitive market of printing blister cards and folding cartons, Lithographic Industries chose those systems for its Rapida 105 press to give it the ability to produce high-quality, multi-colour products in a timely, cost-effective manner.
Lou Ebert, president of Lithographic Industries, said: "We're in a very competitive market.
Our new KBA press gives us abilities that no other competitor has and allows us significant savings.
We're unique because we have the only straight 11-colour or nine-over-two perfecting press on the market." He added: "KBA's advanced inking system is far superior to any other out on the market.
The fountain design does not use blades but uses individual keys.
It allows us to split colours with more accuracy and we're able to put three colours on the back, 10 colours on the front and four-colour process." And Ebert explained: "I knew exactly what type of press configuration I needed.
But every other press manufacturer couldn't build it except KBA.
This new press is so far superior to those produced by any other press manufacturer.
KBA designs and builds a very sturdy, very strong, very well-engineered press with highly-automated components that will give me much more production, an increase in throughput and a very high level of colour quality and consistency that can't be matched." Ebert is predicting huge savings and productivity gains with his new press and he commented: "In today's competitive market, the only way an American printer can make money is to increase productivity and decrease costs like waste.
This new press will allow me to decrease waste by 85 per cent and I'll be able to double my productivity." Lithographic Industries was established in 1961 by brothers Louis and Roman A Ebert Junior.
Based in Broadview Illinois, in 1961, Lithographic developed the concept of producing many different blister cards on the same sheet - gang runs.
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