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OMET JetPlus digital inkjet unit ready for market

OMET's JetPlus offers all-in-one-pass production
 

Digital inkjet is the latest addition to OMET'S range of technologies available in-line and is the answer to the needs of efficiency in short run printing and just-in-time deliveries. Thanks to a considerable operating speed and the ability to greatly reduce costs, the combination of digital and flexo in tandem with finishing and converting solutions opens new frontiers to printers worldwide.

After a period of testing, the company has given its OK to the sale of the new digital inkjet printing unit named JetPlus. The technology is the result of the cooperation with Swiss company Domino, provider of the inkjet module, and the work of OMET’s R&D team which is responsible for its perfect integration into the presses and the achievement of important results in terms of speed of operation and general cost management.

With JetPlus, OMET adds another important piece to its multi-technology, multi-substrate, multi-application machine offerings, with digital inkjet fitting into OMET’s in-line printing, converting, finishing and delivery solution package for real all-in-one-pass production. On the same press line it is possible to add flexo and offset groups for the printing of Pantones and solids, digital for CMYK or Pantone printing, cold and hot foil, screen printing for special effects, UV lamination and, finally, die-cutting and embossing. All processes are performed in-line with no need for expensive, extra converting work offline.  

JetPlus allows printing and die-cutting at an average speed of 60 metres per minute thanks to Monotwin Cut, the die-cutting system patented by OMET. Changes of die-cutting shape are carried out rapidly with no need to replace the magnetic cylinder or adjust the die-cutting unit since pre-register settings are automatic for both digital and flexo. Monotwin Cut is equipped with standard gap-master to promote a longer and better use of dies.

The rapidity of start-ups with minimum waste, fast changeovers, ability to handle a great variety of materials and designs, and coping with just-in-time deliveries, confirm the efficiency of the flexo/digital press for the printing of small runs. Using JetPlus, jobs that normally would not be convenient to print on a higher production machine or on equipment with more complex configurations, become possible with the guarantee of the highest quality.

The addition of digital to the range of available technologies in OMET’s catalogue marks another step towards the company’s idea of platform combination. Multi-process printing – the availability of different technologies in-line, and overall machine flexibility for types of jobs and substrates – is the direction OMET is following in answer to the growing needs of label and packaging printers worldwide.

Marco Calcagni, sales and marketing director of OMET, states: “JetPlus is for converters a flexible, economic, compact solution capable of delivering the upmost quality, the highest productivity and increased savings in time and waste. Such a technology was still missing in the market and we are confident that converters will take the challenge of all-in-one-pass production to improve their efficiency on small to long runs.”

 
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