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LABELS&LABELING |63<br />
THE TEAMS from Kocher + Beck and<br />
Smyth celebrate the deal at Drupa<br />
AB GRAPHIC has supplied a third flytec label<br />
inspection rewinding system to Baehren Druck<br />
KOCHER + BECK UR PRECISION<br />
SMYTH COMPANIES (USA)<br />
Smyth Companies, a label converter based in Minneapolis,<br />
Minnesota, has ordered the first set of UR Precision automatic<br />
transfer machines from Kocher + Beck for shipment to the<br />
USA. The deal was signed at Drupa.<br />
‘K+B has done a great job. We are very excited to take<br />
delivery of these machines,’ said Scott Farkas, director of new<br />
product development at Smyth. ‘The technology that K+B has<br />
built into their equipment is very impressive and will fit well with<br />
our new Gallus RCS installation.’<br />
‘This shipment to Smyth is a very significant milestone for<br />
Kocher + Beck,’ commented Karin Enderle, sales manager of<br />
new business segments for Kocher + Beck. ‘This will be our<br />
first installation outside of Europe. We are very humbled that<br />
a company with the reputation of Smyth has chosen the UR<br />
Precision machines for their plant in the US.’<br />
Jim Ward, vice president of engineering for Kocher + Beck<br />
USA, added: ‘The market’s response to the UR Precision<br />
automatic splicers and rewinds has been overwhelming. This<br />
particular order is very significant because it proves that the<br />
value of these systems stretches well beyond Europe.’<br />
GOSS SUNDAY VPAK PRESS<br />
PRECISION PRESS (USA)<br />
Precision Press, a US-based packaging and label converter<br />
serving the food, beverage and consumer markets, will be<br />
the first in the world to install the new Goss Sunday Vpak web<br />
offset printing system.<br />
The new press will be configured for flexible packaging<br />
applications, with Sunday Vpak 500 web offset printing units<br />
as well as a Goss inline flexo and coating unit. The press will<br />
also be equipped for UV and EB curing. The system will go<br />
into operation at the company’s 213,000-square-foot (19,800<br />
sqm) facility in North Mankato, Minnesota, in late 2012.<br />
According to Lee Timmerman, president of Precision Press,<br />
high offset print quality, quick-change sleeve technology and<br />
the prospect of lower production costs were key factors in the<br />
investment decision, along with Goss International support<br />
resources in the United States. ‘We have made a deliberate<br />
decision to do something different,’ he said. ‘There is a lot<br />
of untapped potential for web offset in the packaging arena,<br />
and we’re excited about the new print quality, productivity and<br />
efficiency benefits the Goss press technology will bring to<br />
our customers.’<br />
Sunday Vpak 500 presses print at up to 1,200 feet per<br />
minute (6.1 m/second). Goss International will equip the<br />
system at Precision Press with a closed-loop color, registration<br />
and inspection system. Goss Sunday Vpak 500 and Sunday<br />
Vpak 3000 press models for folding carton, flexible packaging,<br />
pre-print and label applications are available in web widths of<br />
up to 75 inches (190.5 cm). Key features include quick-change<br />
sleeve adapter technology for efficient, cost-effective size<br />
changes, and advanced offset inking, tension management<br />
and control systems.<br />
Precision Press worked closely with Goss International<br />
over the past year in development of the press configuration.<br />
Timmerman explained: ‘We had the chance to actually work<br />
with the high-caliber Goss engineering team as the press<br />
was being developed and tested at its US headquarters. As<br />
a result, our experience in and the challenges of printing on<br />
films, as well as our vision of the capabilities our customers<br />
will need going forward, are built into the new press<br />
technology.’<br />
THIRD AB GRAPHIC FLYTEC INSPECTION REWINDER<br />
BAEHREN DRUCK (GERMANY)<br />
AB Graphic has supplied a third flytec label inspection<br />
rewinding system to Moenchengladbach, Germany-based<br />
converter Baehren Druck. The flytec 150 model features<br />
bi-directional rewinding to ensure all labels are inspected and<br />
error free and allow continuous printing. The flytec 150 will be<br />
used for 100 percent print face inspection of pharmaceutical<br />
labels at speeds up to 150 m/min.<br />
Designed for 200mm maximum web widths, the specification<br />
supplied includes inside/outside forward and backward winding<br />
modes, constant web tension, web break control and web<br />
length, roll diameter and label counting. Equipped with PC<br />
controlled fleyeVision print face inspection camera the system<br />
offers gray scale line scanning at 2048 pixel resolution and<br />
minimum defect detection across the web of 0.15 square mm<br />
(black dot on white background).<br />
JULY 2012 | L&L
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