Materials and machinery

With RobaVis™ the Swiss multinational Robatech, specialised in the development and production of tools for applying adhesives, offers users a tactile screen to simplify the functioning of its hotmelt applicators, increasing their productivity.

PARTNERSHIP Laem System and Eutro Log look ahead and join forces. Presented in a joint open house, the new high-performance slitter-rewinder and a fully automated system for the management of finished rolls.

Zund confirms its orientation towards modularity and flexibility and presents the new Tandem Vacuum System.

Ulmex, a specialist in the supply of high effectiveness products for flexo printing and represented in Italy by Printgraf Srl, offers Enpurex 95 Plus and Enpurex Power: two localized ultrasonic cleaners, rapid and effective, biodegradable with neutral pH for manual cleaning of anilox rolls.

At Grafitalia-Converflex QuadTech presented its Color Quality Solution for color measurement and inspection, based on the sharing of data in a common format, with companies top in the technology; in particular, it uses QuadTech SpectralCam™ spectral data generated in-line, ink formulation data supplied by X-Rite and ink application data provided by leading producers.

From 22nd to 24th of July, Laem System (Casale Monferrato, AL) will be holding an open house to present the new TR4 converter series, a heavy duty and high performing turret slitter rewinder.

The Kodak Flexcel Direct System adopts an original approach to the direct engraving of elastomers for flexo printing, with the objective of improving productivity and print quality, at the same time reducing costs, for all types of substrates.

Hannecard & Mitex Italy produces a range of ESA (Electrostatic Support) sleeves, developed to offer users the specific contribution of this technology added to the quality of gravure printing.

The components of the label adhesive can migrate through the food packaging.

Visionlab - established in the printing and converting industry as a supplier of innovative control technology - announces the launch of Visionlab Micro.

Chill rolls, hot rolls, calender rolls, central impression drums… L’Artigiana Srl (San Giorgio su Legnano, MI) designs and makes all types of cylinders - from embossing to dosing, calendar up to central drum cylinders for flexo machines - for the varius extrusion coating applications and for the print and converting  of flexible packaging.

At Converflex 2013 Ferrarini & Benelli, the successful and dynamic producer of corona treatment systems, will be launching an innovative plasma treatment in atmosphere.

The Flexo (R)evolution project launched by the Apex Group of Companies will be explained and "demonstrated” at Converflex

Brofind specializes in the treatment of air emissions containing volatile organic compounds released from production processes.

DuPont Packaging Graphics DuPont Packaging Graphics opens new horizons with the innovative Cyrel® FAST DFR flexo plate

«We decided to focus our design and innovation efforts on converting about ten years ago in order to satisfy the requests of our customers», explains Luca Rettore, who together with Mirco Cremasco owns Visonlab (Asolo, TV). Both are experts in artificial vision and acutely aware of the potentials of electronics applied to process and quality control systems.

Seen and awarded: the SpectroPad color spectrophotometer launched at Drupa by Barbieri Electronic (Bressanone, BZ) has already won a prize for innovation, namely the European Digital Press Association (in the photo, the EDP prize handed over to Wolfgang Passler, on the left, and Thomas Liensberger).

Re SpA Controlli Industriali (Bussero, MI) has developed an innovative tension control system called T-four, that is capable of precisely adjusting the tension of increasingly light materials, even at high speeds, both in closed and in open loop systems.

After having established itself on the international market for coating plates with polyurethane printing layer and compressible underplates, Kruse (San Mauro Torinese, TO) has developed new products for users of rubber sheets and rubber plates in coating.

Interest in the web-to-print is growing and an established sector operator, PixartPrinting, is able to respond across the board to the demands from potential users.