08.23.16
Following successful installations of KBA sheetfed offset presses in other print companies belonging to the Slovakian Grafobal group, whose operations are spread over several Eastern European countries and cover numerous other segments beside the core competency in packaging, the first KBA Rapida 106 has now been taken into operation at the Grafobal headquarters in Skalica. The configuration of this 28-meter high-tech press, with its 13 printing, coating and dryer units, is unique in Slovakia.
Nine printing units are followed by a coater, two dryer towers, a second coater and a triple-length extended delivery with installation space for further dryers. This is at first sight a typical double-coater press for conventional, UV or mixed operation in the high-quality printing and finishing of folding carton products. The Rapida is also equipped with board-handling accessories.
Much less common for such a long press, however, is the output of up to 18,000 sheets per hour with the HighSpeed package. One of the features which makes this possible is the extremely precise, sidelay-free SIS infeed (Sensoric Infeed System), which is only to be found on KBA Rapidas.
A double-coater press permits a multitude of coating effects, all the more so when it is equipped not only with supply circuits for dispersion and UV coatings, but also with provisions for special coating types such as gold, silver and Iriodin. The outputs of the IR/hot-air intermediate dryers and the VariDryBLUE IR, hot-air and UV dryers in the triple-length extended delivery are adapted to handle these applications.
The sixth installation of a Rapida press in a company of the Grafobal group underlines KBA’s position in packaging print.
Nine printing units are followed by a coater, two dryer towers, a second coater and a triple-length extended delivery with installation space for further dryers. This is at first sight a typical double-coater press for conventional, UV or mixed operation in the high-quality printing and finishing of folding carton products. The Rapida is also equipped with board-handling accessories.
Much less common for such a long press, however, is the output of up to 18,000 sheets per hour with the HighSpeed package. One of the features which makes this possible is the extremely precise, sidelay-free SIS infeed (Sensoric Infeed System), which is only to be found on KBA Rapidas.
A double-coater press permits a multitude of coating effects, all the more so when it is equipped not only with supply circuits for dispersion and UV coatings, but also with provisions for special coating types such as gold, silver and Iriodin. The outputs of the IR/hot-air intermediate dryers and the VariDryBLUE IR, hot-air and UV dryers in the triple-length extended delivery are adapted to handle these applications.
The sixth installation of a Rapida press in a company of the Grafobal group underlines KBA’s position in packaging print.