Komori will use the Drupa 2008 exhibition to launch a sheetfed press for packaging and label printers with in-line cold foiling, in-line UV coating and in-line embossing.
The six-colour Lithrone SX629, the latest addition to the LS29 series introduced in 2006, will print at 16,000 sheets per hour (sph) on a maximum sheet size of 610x750mm and thicknesses ranging from 0.04 to 0.8mm.
Komori UK managing director Neil Sutton said: "We first showed the SX629 in the US in 2007, but the foiling, embossing and die-cutting capabilities are all brand new."
He said this version of the press had been designed using expertise from Komori Chambon in France, which also makes web presses for printing banknotes and packaging.
Packaging accounts for 10% to 15% of Komori's sheetfed sales in Europe.
Komori US technical director Doug Schardt said the press speed would slow to around 13,000sph during foiling and embossing.
The in-line die-cutting unit will not be demonstrated at Drupa.
Schardt said the in-line foiling unit was enclosed on both sides and the foil area imaged on a normal offset plate using a standard computer-to-plate system.
"Combined with UV drying and in-line varnishing, it allows high gloss finishes to be added and also enables a variety of plastic and metallic materials to be varnished and embossed in-line," he said.
The in-line embossing unit can be used on short runs and repeat runs, and a patented Komori magnetic die cylinder makes die mounting and removal quick.
Komori, which is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year, will exhibit in Hall 15 at Drupa at the Messe Düsseldorf, Germany, from 29 May to 11 June.
The six-colour Lithrone SX629, the latest addition to the LS29 series introduced in 2006, will print at 16,000 sheets per hour (sph) on a maximum sheet size of 610x750mm and thicknesses ranging from 0.04 to 0.8mm.
Komori UK managing director Neil Sutton said: "We first showed the SX629 in the US in 2007, but the foiling, embossing and die-cutting capabilities are all brand new."
He said this version of the press had been designed using expertise from Komori Chambon in France, which also makes web presses for printing banknotes and packaging.
Packaging accounts for 10% to 15% of Komori's sheetfed sales in Europe.
Komori US technical director Doug Schardt said the press speed would slow to around 13,000sph during foiling and embossing.
The in-line die-cutting unit will not be demonstrated at Drupa.
Schardt said the in-line foiling unit was enclosed on both sides and the foil area imaged on a normal offset plate using a standard computer-to-plate system.
"Combined with UV drying and in-line varnishing, it allows high gloss finishes to be added and also enables a variety of plastic and metallic materials to be varnished and embossed in-line," he said.
The in-line embossing unit can be used on short runs and repeat runs, and a patented Komori magnetic die cylinder makes die mounting and removal quick.
Komori, which is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year, will exhibit in Hall 15 at Drupa at the Messe Düsseldorf, Germany, from 29 May to 11 June.
Source: packagingnews
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