Networking machines, networking people
At the end of March, Kama held an open house in Dresden under the motto ‘Impress with post-press’. The machine manufacturer premiered the digital networking of its solutions via a central cockpit with Job Manager – Kama’s realisation of ‘Print 4.0’.
‘We connect our solutions for post-press with the network of work preparation and printing press,’ commented CEO Marcus Tralau. ‘The goal, especially in digital printing, is a networked workflow that manages the increasing number of jobs safely and efficiently – including the applications in further processing.’
The cockpit communicates with the MIS and the machines for die-cutting, embossing, stripping and folding and gluing, sends the job-related data and the appropriate setting values to the machines and gives feedback from the production – such as duration of the set-up time, production time, speed, good sheets, etc – in real time back to the network.
More than 80 participants from eight countries visited the event, including numerous printers and well-known manufacturers from the packaging sector.
