Bobst develops world’s highest productivity vacuum metalizer

Bobst has developed the K5 Expert vacuum metalizer, which is said to be the highest productivity vacuum metalizer in the world.

K5 Expert is to debut at a Bobst Manchester Open House event on October 18

K5 Expert is the next generation of the K5000 platform, and can run at speeds up to 1200m/min.

Bobst said K5 Expert includes significant cost saving innovations to reduce energy consumption, consumable usage and film waste, whilst maximising productivity. This results in a lower environmental impact and gives Bobst’s customers the lowest production costs available in the market, it is claimed. 

K5 Expert will be presented at a Bobst Manchester Open House in the UK on October 18.

Also being launched at the Open House is the Bobst AluBond process, which provides high metal adhesion with values up to 5N/15mm and improves surface energy retention through a unique innovation in the vacuum metalization process. This process will be demonstrated on the Bobst K5 Expert metalizer. There will also be an educational session in the laboratory where the full effects of AluBond can be witnessed.