Wednesday, 24 March 2010 14:30

Heidelberg Introduces Technology for Double-Sided Coating in a Single Pass Featured

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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) offers a technology for the Speedmaster XL 75 and XL 105 that enables coating before and after sheet reversal in a single pass. About 150 participants followed Heidelberg's invitation to experience the hands-on demonstrations and to exchange experiences with initial users on new opportunities provided by double-sided coating in a single pass. Print shops can use this technology to significantly boost their productivity by fitting processes that previously required two passes into just a single pass. This minimizes production times while also increasing the variety of surface finishing options available.

A systematic step towards greater cost-efficiency
Print jobs now only have to pass through the press once. In addition to cutting production times, double-sided coating enables print products to proceed immediately to postpress. This eliminates unproductive waiting and drying times as well as the associated intermediate storage of semi-finished products.

Heidelberg has achieved this by customizing all its dryer systems to the relevant press in order to optimize dryer efficiency and print quality, even with high machine speeds, high ink coverage, and exacting coatings. Drying is so effective that the printed sheets can go virtually straight to postpress. The environment benefits, too, because optimized drying is achieved with minimized energy consumption and lower operating costs.

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