Stork Prints to unveil improved RSI module at drupa

Stork Prints will unveil RSI-2 – an improved version of its RSI (Rotary Screen Integration) module, at drupa 2008.
With its modernised design, RSI-2 can be seamlessly integrated into the architecture, software and mechanics of the latest-generation printing presses. Key benefits are said to include full interactivity, better user-friendliness, faster make-ready and a shorter learning curve.

Far from being a stand-alone unit, RSI-2 can be controlled through the main panel of the press. This provides simultaneous, centralised monitoring of all rotary screen positions, alongside other printing and converting operations. A greater number of signals can be viewed at a glance, so that problems are detected almost instantly and remedied in a much shorter time.

In addition, the module’s button-free touch-panel, with an enlarged interface, allows straightforward and unambiguous menu navigation, for fast and fool-proof access to the desired command.

Improved ergonomics are offered too: the outer cover opens easily outwards, and is accessible without physical strain, from ground level, while the squeegee hole is widened to give more manoeuvrability during insertion.

While the RSI-2 design will replace the existing modules in Stork’s standard RSI program, the unit remains based on the company’s proven rotary screen technology. The RSI module’s applications include markets as diverse as label, packaging, wallcovering, textiles and coating. They accommodate the re-engraveable RotaMesh pure nickel, electroformed screen. 

Stork has close partnerships with over 30 of the world’s leading press-makers, to make rotary screen printing available both on new machines and, through bespoke retrofitting programmes, on existing presses, too. Modules are available in widths from 10” (254mm) to 40” (1000mm), coming in a wide range of repeat sizes, to accommodate practically all web-fed substrates.