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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Compacta 217 Web Press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2004
KBA's Compacta To Debut at Drupa 2004
KBA has released details of yet another new product it will roll out at Drupa 2004 - a 70,000copies per hour (cph) high-automation commercial web press, the Compacta 217.
KBA has released details of yet another new product it will roll out at Drupa 2004 - a 70,000copies per hour (cph) high-automation commercial web press, the Compacta 217 The new press will target the high end of the 16pp market and complement the 1997-vintage Compacta 215 - the world's first shaftless commercial press - which has carved out a sizeable share of the mid-range performance market
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 28 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Compacta 217 has been engineered to address a groundswell shift in market orientation as printer's gear up to face emerging challenges, said the company.
With run lengths rapidly diminishing, demand is growing for a higher level of automation to ease handling, cut waste, reduce make-ready and changeover times, afford easier access to subassemblies and enhance press capabilities, reliability and cost-efficiency.
A high output of 70,000 copies per hour and high-speed changeovers make the Compacta 217 an ideal tool both for long runs and rush jobs of short runs.
A cut-off variable from 546mm to 630mm (21 1/2"-24 3/4") supports all the most popular formats.
Many of the proven features incorporated in the Compacta 215 have been adopted for the Compacta 217.
These include shaftless drives, quick-change perfecting imprinting via a fifth standard printing unit, distributed intelligent controls at subassembly level and mini-gaps on the plate and blanket cylinders.
The Easytronic automatic press preset system and Logotronic production management system feature additional modules and options to streamline job handling and support JDF-based digital networking. Request a free brochure from KBA ...
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