Innovation on Display for MGI at Cartes 2013

MGI Digital Graphic Technology showcased its latest innovations for the industrial plastic card manufacturing industry at the Cartes 2013 show, held at the Parc des Expositions de Villepinte in Paris Nov, 19-21, 2103.

The Jetcard 3D, a fully digital and industrial inkjet plastic card production unit that combines up to five pieces of equipment used in traditional card manufacturing, showcased its latest innovations:
• A new liquid Digital Overlay designed to protect the printed cards from abrasion and fraud.
• Dye sublimation compatibility with the Digital Overlay.
• Six-color printing (CMYK + Orange + Blue), thus extending the gamut of printable colors.

The Jetcard 3D remains one of the most efficient and productive solutions for industrial plastic card manufacturing:
• Production speeds of up to 8000 cards/hour.
• Integration of printing, personalization, encoding, verification and protection functions in one single pass.
• Ability to create 3D dimensional and embossed effects, with or without variable data.
• Possibility of both opaque white and security inks.
• Printing on all PVC materials, ABS , PET, Teslin, paper, wood and other substrates.

The latest value-added solution to come out of MGI’s R&D, the iFoil digital hot foil stamping solution, was previewed at Cartes 2013. The iFoil is a module that works in sync with the Jetvarnish 3D digital spot UV coater, and the combination of these two devices can produce the following finishes at industrial speeds:
• Spot UV varnish with or without 3D dimensional effects.
• Digital Embossing up to 200μm thick.
• Both flat and embossed Hot Foil stamping without the use of embossing dies, as well as variable data embossed foiling.

This package allows for the card manufacturers to apply all these effects onto offset or digitally printed sheets (up to 52x105mm format) onto PVC, PET or Teslin or paper. The production of cards with embossed and metallic numbers is also possible thanks to the 100% digital process.

The SonicSeal is the newest card packing solution developed by Kora-Packmat, an MGI group company. With a speed of up to 6,000 cards per hour, the SonicSeal allows for the efficient packaging and ultrasonic sealing of individual cards or linked packages of flat products up to 3.5 mm thick. An optional camera can also be added to read printed data from the cards and adjust for the proper sequencing data.

MGI will also present three digital plastic card production systems:
• Meteor DP8700 XL: Multi-substrate digital press – Print on paper, plastics and envelopes.
• PressCard Pro: Hot platen lamination unit dedicated to the lamination of plastic substrates.
• PunchCard Pro: Die cutting unit for paper and plastic cards with rounded corners (ISO- CR80). Teslin Card cutter also available.