Bobst has revealed the design and technical specifications of its digital printing press for corrugated at the recent FEFCO Technical Conference in Barcelona.
The press, which is currently being beta tested at two European corrugated box plants, won the Gold Award for Innovation.
During the Spotlight presentation that convinced the FEFCO jury of the innovative nature of the new press for corrugated, Jakob Bovin, marketing director digital printing – Corrugated Board at BOBST, gave delegates a first look at the press.
Mr Bovin said, ‘By using Kodak Stream Inkjet Technology utilising aqueos based inks, our press can continuously deliver over 50 billion ink drops per second from its four, CMYK, print units. We can match a very broad range of the Pantone gamut and print at speeds of up to 200 m/min. The press delivers very high print quality, with a print resolution of 600 x 900 dpi. We have designed a brand new vacuum belt sheet transport system in order to guarantee the registration accuracy needed when printing at such high resolutions and high speeds. The press also incorporates our BOBST iQ400 quality control system and an ejection process for any non-conforming products.’
As previously announced, the press is a stack-to-stack solution ideal for integration into corrugated plants’ existing logistics systems. The pre-coating unit allows the press to print onto a wide range of corrugated substrates, giving the converter maximum flexibility in production.
The current beta testing phase of this new digital printing solution will continue in 2016 with the installation of two additional presses.
