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GIDUE’S Xpannd offset unit can be
exchanged with flexo units on the M7 press
well as unsupported films and carton
board, in relatively small print runs.
Vision SP is available as an upgrade
package for existing Vision presses to
allow flexible packaging applications.
DG's renewed VSOP connection
followed the ending of an agreement in
September with Muller Martini. It acquired
the VSOP patents after Drent-Goebel's
demise to incorporate the plate and
blanket sleeves in its VSOP-badged
presses. They come in widths of 520mm
and 850mm and run at up to 365 m/
min and were developed from the Alpina
52V and 74V offset/flexo combination
presses for labels and packaging. (At
Labelexpo the company promoted the
use of electron-beam curing to produce
safe foodstuff packaging printed with
low-odor and low-migration EB inks.)
The Gallus RCS 330/430 modular
platform presses can support up to eight
offset units and a further four from a
choice of flexo, rotary screen, UV gravure
or hot foil processes. The servo-driven
units are freely interchangeable without
the need to separate the web. The
offset units use Heidelberg's Alcolor
dampening system, originally developed
for sheet-fed presses, coupled with an
automated start-up method with a low
idling speed to reduce material waste.
The company's Flying Imprint feature
allows the changing of flexo-printed text
and logos without stopping the press.
Gidue's Xpannd M7 platform press
comes in widths from 370mm to 630mm.
It allows quick changes between Gidue's
existing Xpannd offset towers and its
'Flower' flexo print units. The platform
supports rotary screen, gravure, hot
foiling, embossing and die cutting,
allowing different configurations for
day-to-day needs. New features include
the Offset Cube, a compact unit with
easy accessibility to remove and store
in front of the press on the Organizer.
The unit uses the Xpannd inking system,
integrated with the new camera-based
Digital Offset technology for automated
control over inking and register. Also
new is the Mini-Cassette, said to offer
comparable costs to offset print sleeves,
and also removable for storage on the
free-standing Organizer.
Omet has developed a quick-change
offset unit for integration within the X-Flex
X6. Variations can also integrate with
the gearless VaryFlex F1 340, 430 and
520 platforms, along with a choice of
gravure, screen, cold and hot-foil, as well
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