Genius 52UV B3 press makes Australian debut

KBA-Metronic and its Australian partner, Jet Technologies, have jointly displayed KBA's waterless Genius 52UV B3 press at the Pac Print exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.

The Genius 52UV can print formats up to 36 x 52cm at speeds up to 8,000 sheets per hour.

KBA also claimed that there is no ghosting with the Genius 52UV and it prints register-true in one gripper closure.

The Genius 52 solves the problem of poor ink drying, as the UV inks harden instantly and the sheet can be turned over immediately and printed on the reverse.

That makes the immediate processing and dispatch of printed materials possible.

It is claimed the press can also print on many plastic substrates, such as PVC, PET, PC, PP, PS ABS as well as lenticular and 3-D films.

Ginter Meyer, sales director of printing at KBA-Metronic, commented: 'Without water, printing is much easier and the individual processes are more secure.

'There are no key-operated switches as on a conventional offset printing machine.

'An anilox screen roller ensures that the ink feed to the waterless printing plates is kept constant.

'The plates, exposed digitally, or in an analogue manner with a conventional plate setter, always take up 100 per cent of the ink on the printing areas of the job after each rotation of the cylinder.

'So, simultaneously, we are achieving a standard that can be repeated at any time.

The Genius 52 rules out over-inking and under-inking and there is no water to dilute the ink and to cause variations in colour.

For situations in which water is not needed, isopropyl alcohol is also unnecessary.

The Genius 52UV can print lenticular or 3D images that are printed on special lenticular films.

Advertisements may, for instance, also be printed on adhesive or magnetic films, which can then be transferred to a variety of substrates without using additional materials.

The Genius 52UV allows mouse pads, displays, envelopes, stickers, sales wobblers and signs, as well as hangtags, to be printed on a variety of plastics.

KBA said that the Genius 52UV can also be equipped with an optional coating unit, so the four-colour or five-colour printed sheet can be directly fed into the integrated varnishing unit after intermediate drying.

Layout segments of different lengths increase the gloss levels of high-gloss varnishes.

In certain applications, varnish can be used as a substitute for lamination, reducing production costs.

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