Information provider, advertising medium and basis for innovative security features: Labels are increasingly becoming brand ambassadors. The Speedmaster XL 106 is our answer to an expanding market in which the enormous variety of products leads to short print runs and packaging forms must adhere to increased environmental awareness.
Lightweight and thin materials place particular demands on statics and sheet travel. The Speedmaster XL 106 counters this with special equipment.
Thanks to innovative components on the feeder and delivery, including supporting preset functions and optimized sheet travel, the Speedmaster XL 106 with IML Performance Equipment 4.0 effortlessly processes materials from a thickness of 40 μm.
An extended drying section in the Y-units as well as hot air and infrared settings in one percent increments of the DryStar Advanced dryer enable gentle processing of delicate materials and perfect register even with thin plastic films. Automation, preset functions and storable settings reduce set-up times.
In the DryStar Monitor, sensors for temperature, humidity and air volume, including data storage, data transfer to the PC, software program for evaluation and connection to printing machine’s wallscreen, show the actual status of the dryers. The air volume of the exhaust air, the relative humidity (RH in %) and temperature of the supply and exhaust air as well as the absolute humidity (g H2O/kg air) and the amount of extracted water in the exhaust air (kg/water/h) are displayed.
Thanks to its innovative components, reduced waste and production speeds of up to 21,000 sheets per hour, the Speedmaster XL 106 enables wet-glue labels to be produced economically.
With its innovative platform, the fourth-generation CutStar reel sheeter offers more automation, simple handling and easy maintenance. This makes it significantly more productive, especially when using films and thin materials.
The Prinect Multicolor Toolset spot color simulation using the four process colors as well as orange, green and violet reproduces a large color space and avoids color changes and wash times. This makes it possible to display different spot colors on one sheet. Using Print Color Management, the Multicolor workflow provides a standardized printing process with stable, reproducible quality.
The energy-efficient dryer DryStar Combination Eco saves up to 30 percent energy thanks to optimized energy input, integrated heat recovery and thermal insulation. The high level of insulation reduces energy consumption during drying and minimizes heat loss. The pressroom heats up less. Less air conditioning is required. The workplace becomes more user-friendly.
Sample configuration
The machine shown is a sample configuration. Some of the equipment features mentioned are optional.
The reel sheeter is impressive, with even more automation as well as simple operation and maintenance.
The fourth-generation CutStar is the highly efficient solution for producing wet-glue and in-mould labels with short set-up times and high production speeds.
Cost-effective, competitive production thanks to reduced waste, optimized format and low prices for roll-fed stock.
The fully automatic non-stop system with hurdle device enables uninterrupted non-stop production and the flexible use of system and disposable pallets thanks to the movable belt table.
The automated hurdle mode ensures simple, reliable small pile production.
The movable belt table system ensures reliable pile separation and smooth, precise placement of the auxiliary pile.
High productivity thanks to monitoring during printing throughout the entire production process: The integrated spectral measurement system measures and controls color and register on the fly and at all speeds. It finds print control strips, paper white and register marks fully automatically, shortens set-up times and starts ink control without operator intervention.
The cold transfer module for metallic and sustainable finishing effects.
Multi-web operation with indexing with up to four cold-foil rolls is possible, which significantly reduces material usage.
Optimum results and fast finishing thanks to the extended drying section.
In separate drying units, special DryStar Advanced dryers with ten drying zones ensure optimum and flexible drying of the IML labels. Alternatively, the drying section can be accommodated in an extended delivery, which is four times as long.
The components of the futureproof sheet feeder were designed with up to 40 percent increased fatigue strength. Service calls can be carried out in half the time thanks to the modular design. More productive time with adjustment- free pull lay and direct-drive feeder.
The dampening unit with Hycolor Pro offers transparency for dampening unit adjustment and, thanks to motorized remote adjustment, allows quick reactions during ongoing production.
When the job is accepted, the AI-based Hycolor Assistant recommends suitable settings for the Hycolor XL inking/dampening unit after analyzing the preview images of the print job.
The new coating unit ensures high quality through simple operation and short set-up times. Anilox rollers with larger diameter and less weight are designed for maximum printing speeds.
Coating, anilox roller and coating plate changes can be performed with various levels of automation, including semi-/fully automatic coating plate changes with AutoPlate Coating/Pro, fully automatic anilox roller changes with Autoloader and automatic coating changes in the Coating Center.
In Push to Stop mode, the coating unit enables parallel changeovers without manual intervention, at the same time as other set-up processes and automatic cleaning functions.
Highly productive and economical: Reliable processing of thin IML films from a thickness of 40 μm thanks to preset functions and optimizations to the feeder/delivery and sheet travel.
In combination with the CutStar reel sheeter, antistatic equipment for films and equipment for lightweight materials make it possible to process challenging materials reliably. The components enable up to 2,000 sheets/h faster production of IML labels.
Optimized sheet travel prevents stretching and creasing of thin substrates across the entire machine: With the equipment for lightweight materials, grammages from 30 g/m² and films from 40 μm thick can be processed. The result is a higher production speed and consistently better quality.
Technical data can vary according to job, consumables, printing stock and, possible, other factors.
