Polar wins a PIA/GATF InterTech Technology Award

Polar has won a PIA/GATF InterTech Technology Award for its PACE automation process of its cutting systems. The award honors excellence in innovative technology for the graphic communications industry. Since 2002, the Hofheim-based company has been offering the so-called PACE systems that meet these demands. The word ‘PACE’ stands for Polar Automation for Cutting Efficiency.

Using the Autoturn turning gripper the PACE system positions reams on the rear table and aligns them which makes it capable of performing, for example, a four-side trim fully-automatically. The removal of cutting waste is also done automatically. In this way, the system either saves one operator by the conventional two-man operation or it doubles the efficiency of a system operated by one single person. Since drupa 2004, even the jogging process can be carried out without any operator by integrating the fully-automated Autojog jogging system into a cutting system.