Fujifilm installs 1,000th FLH-Z Zac processor in Europe

CPG was interested in improving efficiency in its pre-press department at its Georgsmarienhütte production plant and reducing chemistry and water consumption.

Zac processors control the amount of replenisher used in the plate-making process, providing a more stable plate production system and delivering consistent high quality, irrespective of changes to environmental conditions.

This was particularly important for CPG as their printing is usually done using a 70lcm screen, as was the ability to expose up to 24 large format plates per hour

Reiner Hess, plant manager at CPG, said: ‘The positive results achieved by other companies prompted us to invest in a Zac processor. We were excited about the idea of reducing developer consumption and only having to replace the developer bath after three or four weeks, or after the imaging of 15,000 sq. m of plates.’

CPG printshop manager Christian Rumohr stated: ‘All in all, we’ve roughly quadrupled our plate throughput.’

The pre-press department at CPG’s Georgsmarienhütte plant has also been able to improve automation. Manual tasks, such as the loading and unloading of plates, have been totally removed. In addition, CPG has established a cleaner working environment, as the chemicals used for processing plates in a Zac system are based on a non-silicate recipe which makes a much longer bath life possible without the increase in developer sludge and filter blockages.