A new generation of print machinery has provided us with the ability to execute print requirements as never before. Controlled processes are all managed under one roof, offering tailor made solutions to print any related issue.
The Roland 500
When the
time came to replace the six- colour SM 74 and five-colour CD74, we
had to consider how to reduce costs without damaging the
business.
It is now the press that is making the most impact. The
specification included on press colour controls, fast make-ready,
JDF compatibility and the ability to run without IPA, not just for
the ISO 14001 certificate, but also because this would save having
to store spent chemistry in IBCs. The research and negotiations led
to the switch from Heidelberg to buying a ROLAND 500 which was
installed 18 months ago.
Today it sits in the centre of a press room where an ethos of
cleanliness means that the floor is painted every six months. The
working environment is considered to be as important a tool as the
efforts towards gaining ISO14001. Our biggest selling point is that
when people come in and see that the place is not dirty or untidy.
If the place is clean you will produce clean work.
ROLAND 500 Quality Features
Flat and gentle sheet travel.
Flat because the center points of the double-diameter impression cylinders and transferters are arranged virtually in a line 1 to provide the world's flattest sheet travel from the feedboard 2 right through to the delivery pile 3. Gentle because, in addition to automatic substrate thickness adjustment, there are three* different height settings for the transferter gripper 4 bars. As a result, sheets from 0.04 to 1 millimeter* are always transported through the press gently and contact-free over the air tracks 5.
Highly stable register.
The massive integrally-cast base frame guarantees precise
register. This combined with the stable mountings ensures smooth
running for the lifetime of the press, and the double-diameter
impression cylinders 6 and transferters 7 reduce the number of
sheet transfers and thus the risk of register problems.
Highly stable inking.
The fast-reacting 16-roller inking unit* 8 with large storage
capacity provides an outstanding printing quality - with consistent
inking over the entire run. And the Deltamatic damping unit 9
eliminates the need for mechanical hickey pickers which avoids any
loss of quality and reduces the number of waste sheets.
Best coating results*.
The unique positioning of the chambered doctor blade system at
the delivery side of the coating module prevents splashes and
foaming 10 from impairing printing quality. The long distance
between where the coating is applied to the coating form and where
it is applied to the substrate means there is sufficient time for
it to spread and form an even, uniform and high-quality
surface.
Chambered doctor blade
technology: precise coating dosage even with difficult subjects and, as opposed to a two-roller system, it provides the highest level of reproducibility.
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