Omet installs first press with offset (sleeve) groups

Omet has installed the first Xflex X6 equipped with an offset group with sleeves at Masterpress in Poland.

The 10-color Xflex X6 430 installed at Masterpress, located in Bialystok, Poland, is equipped with five offset (sleeve) groups, five UV flexo units, cold foil, rotary die-cutting and a Vision-1 automatic register system.

It is the first press to be installed by Omet equipped with the new offset group with sleeves since the technology was first introduced at Labelexpo 2011. Omet said it is now an integral part of its combination printing press package, and will soon be available on the whole range of Omet multi-process and platform presses up to 850mm such as the Varyflex V2 model for flexible packaging printing.  

Omet says the new offset group with sleeves offers many advantages to the customer, including: the extension of the format range with 1/48in incremental steps; and ease of job change, because the storage space and the handling burden have been reduced with the use of lightweight sleeves.

Other benefits include: an anti-ghosting system, extra rigidness and absence of sliding parts to avoid unnecessary vibrations; print regulations performed outside the group; maximum printing speed up to 200m per minute, format range from 14in to 25in; pneumatic locking of the sleeves directly on the machine; integrated automatic register and pre-register - both longitudinal and transversal – controls; remotely motorized ink trays and automatic dampening system; and enhanced automatic pressure, temperature and tension controls.

The Xflex X6 at Masterpress has been installed and commissioned, and went through final acceptance during December 2012.

Masterpress operates five Omet machines, including the new Xflex X6, and is using this press to print mainly shrink sleeve and in-mold labels for the food sector.

It was so impressed by the results obtained that it has already placed an order for a second X6 with a 670mm web width.

‘We are proud to have our first press equipped with sleeve offset at such an important customer,’ said Marco Calcagni, Omet sales and marketing director.

‘The choice was strategic for both; Masterpress was looking for one in-line offset press with characteristics of high speed, excellent quality results and ease of management, while we were looking for the right customer who could fully exploit the machine potential.’

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