Nuova Gidue launches ‘Digital Flexo’ Combat press

Nuova Gidue, a manufacturer of printing and converting machines for the label and packaging industry, has introduced ‘Digital Flexo’ technology in its new Combat series of presses.

Register set-up and printing pressures adjustments are fully automated, and eliminate the manual adjustment from the operator. The press start-up and production is managed by the ‘Digital Flexo’ technology, which is based on a combination of ‘intelligent’ vision and servo-assisted operations on the press. A proprietary Nuova Gidue high resolution camera – PrintTutor – constantly ‘reads’ all the printing variables (density, pressure, lateral and length register). Seven servo motors on each print unit automatically set-up and correct all the adjustments.

Federico d’Annunzio, MD of Nuova Gidue, said: ‘With the Digital Flexo Combat we continue a long history of improvements on the Gidue flexo technology. The press supports the operator in most of the functions of set-up, production and control, and becomes a predictable “digital” instrument, inside a digital workflow. Printing variables are under control, wastes and production times are greatly reduced. The press behaves as any other digital press, with digital data which manage the entire press operations.’

An 8-color, UV flexo, Digital Flexo Combat, with Double Coupon kit and fully automated press operations, will be displayed at an open house held in conjunction with Graficon. The event takes place on March 15-17 at Graficon’s plant in Wittenbach, close to St Gallen, Switzerland.

The Digital Flexo press displays Nuova Gidue’s SnowBall matrix waste stripping system for self-adhesive labels, which the company claims can increase a machine’s productivity by between 30 and 200 percent.

Several technology suppliers, including Graficon, Nuova Gidue, Rotocontrol, Kocher + Beck, Herma and Siegwerk, will also show run live demonstrations and show their products.

Pictured: Federico d’Annunzio, MD of Nuova Gidue

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