Label finishing: precision beyond all limits

Printing labels with great added value has never been so easy and fast thanks to DIGIFASTone, a digital finishing line designed by Prati to guarantee high precision and rapid set-up. Thanks to its extreme versatility, it is also ideal for short runs and for creating promotional labels for the food & beverage, wine & spirits, cosmetics, personal care and home care sectors.

Precision and modularity are the strong points of DIGIFASTone. Fast, versatile and ergonomic, the finishing line has been conceived with a high level of automation. In its basic configuration (which can also be enriched with various additional units) it allows to carry out varnishing, die-cutting, counting, cutting and rewinding.

Available in L-R or R-L configuration, it can process a wide variety of materials: self-adhesive labels, clear-on-clear (including AD-MDO and UPM PP30), wrap-around labels, shrink sleeves, plastic films, unsupported paper and plastic materials, in a range of thicknesses from 12 to 350 microns.

Built by Prati with the new FUTURA open-platform technology and in line with the needs of Industry 4.0, DIGIFASTone generates a very small amount of waste material, significantly reduces set-up times and guarantees a register accuracy of 0.15 mm, even reaching 100 m/min in the configuration with laser die cutting. Advantages that place the machine at the top of current standards, making it suitable even for short runs.

Digital embellishment.

The digital embellishment unit allows to push productivity to the maximum and can be built with a single printhead, for coating thicknesses up to 250 microns at speeds of 25 m/min, or with a dual printhead, for thicknesses up to 280 microns at speeds of 50 m/min.

The digital enobbling unit ensures multiple benefits:

• deposition speed higher than 320m/min
• tactile effects and textures without embossing plates or having to use thick substrates;
• decorations and textures up to 130 μm with Xaar 2002 GS12 HL;
• one-step Braille printing;
• Marburg Medium font for pharmaceutical products;
• line speed up to 50 m/min by 2 Xaar 2002 GS12 HL in series.

Laser die cutting.

Thanks to this module, DIGIFASTone ensures an unparalleled fully digital workflow from start to finish, from "PDF" to delivery, for a truly digital business model: web to labelling, web to stickers, web to packaging.

The advantages provided by the module are several:

• ultra fast delivery times;
• high productivity. The QR-Code/barcode reading system allows you to change jobs on the fly, without wasting time;
• ultra design thanks to the possibility of processing detailed die-cut shapes;
• no contact with substrates: the laser works on strong adhesives and does not damage the liner;
• no limit in label length.