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News Release from: KAS Paper Systems | Subject: Mailwrap polywrapper
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial Team on 12 March 2008

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The Mailwrap polywrapper will make its international debut at Drupa 2008.

It is said to fill a gap in the market for printers and direct mail companies upgrading from lower speed equipment without investing in high speed polywrappers at greater cost It is claimed by KAS Paper Systems to handle sizes from CD width to over A4 with a maximum speed of 5,000 packs per hour

The Mailwrap has similar feeders to the company's Mailmaster 465HS range, giving further flexibility.

It is is now also possible to buy systems where feeders are interchangeable between the polywrapper and envelope inserter.

At Drupa the Crease Matic Auto50 is a new high speed SRA2 suction-fed, fully-programmable card creaser, which is claimed to operate at up to 7000 sheets per hour.

According to KAS Paper System the crease can be programmed anywhere along the length of the sheet, whilst up to 28 creases per sheet can be programmed with 99 memories for regular jobs.

Stock can be creased in sizes from CD to SRA2, with a maximum sheet of 500mm x 700mm.

It is supplied with four creasing width tools to cover the stock range of 80gsm - 350gsm.

Three steel matrix creasing tools are supplied and the system provides different widths of channel to be used according to the thickness of the document.

It has a rotary perforating system as standard.

During Drupa 2008, KAS Paper Systems will also highlight its Mailmaster 465HS and Mailmaster 565HS envelope inserters.

The Mailmaster 465HS inserts in to envelope sizes between DL and over-sized C4 at speeds of up to 6,000 completed envelopes an hour, claimed by the company, whilst the Mailmaster 565HS inserts in to envelope sizes up to C5 at speeds of over 7,000 per hour.

Additional features include sheet feeders with accumulation and folding in-line, OMR, BCR or 2D reading facilities, touch-screen control, management information and in-line stapling.

One of the systems on display will have camera reading technology on the input and output control integrity.

Also on show will be the Mailmaster Compact C4 enveloper, an entry level DL to C4 system, which is said to not only provide a lower priced system, whilst its size helps to overcome space issues.

It is supplied in a fixed configuration, comprising a sheet feeder folder, two insert feeders and a hand feed position, with the possibility of one additional feeder.

It is claimed to operate at up to 5,000 envelopes an hour, inserting up to 12mm in to a C4 envelope, with a duty cycle of over 500,000 per month.

The Mailmaster Compact C4 has similar features of the existing Mailmaster 465HS, including claimed quick change-over between jobs, touch-screen control, folding facility, feeders that will handle from a single sheet to a 7mm book and optional OMR, or barcode reading.

KASfold Bookletmakers and ancillary equipment such as a trimmer and a collator conveyor-jogger interface will also be on display at Drupa, including the KASfold 2000, 3000 and 5000HCS.

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