More than 450 print experts from around the globe witnessed the debut of the Roland 700 HiPrint during the Manroland Sheetfed - Evolution event at the company’s Print Technology Centre in Offenbach.
In his welcome speech CEO Rafael Penuela said Manroland Sheetfed has often been known as the trendsetter in offset printing and in the services it provides to customers. Production quality, user efficiency and energy efficiency are paramount. For example, the new suction belts in the delivery of the Roland 700 HiPrint increase the stacking quality at even higher speeds, and use a third less suction power.
Another development on the Roland 700 HiPrint is SimultaneousPlateLoading (SPL). An additional 990 hours of production capacity per year soon became reality for a customer in Singapore using the new Roland 708P HiPrint with SPL technology, resulting in improved production efficiency in the commercial printing market.
The InlineFoiler offers numerous ways to implement enhancement and design possibilities. More than 100 customers worldwide use the application of cold foil which makes the InlineFoiler a true market leader.
The new indexing function is more cost efficient. Theaindexing unit stops the cold foil where it's not needed, for example at theacylinder gap or at the end of the application format. With this technology,amaterial savings between 19% and 60% per job are possible. A number ofacustomers already use this technology successfully in their everyday operation.
Another technology to save on makeready time and waste is the InlineColorPilot with inline register. The fully automated measurement and regulation supports the operator during makeready and production.
This leads to reduced waste sheets and the early achievement of the first good sheet. During production, the Inline ColorPilot automatically controls the colour and logs the production. This technology is available in both straight ahead and perfecting modes.
The UV printing process is even more efficient with the LEC UV curing technology. In contrast to classic UV curing, the LEC-UVsystem significantly reduces costs for investment and during production.
The system is based on the combination of specially doped lamps where the wavelength is adapted to a highly reactive ink. Thus the process uses less energy and reduces production costs. As part of Manroland’s future proof concept, the LEC system can also be retrofitted at a later stage, if market requirements change.
The Roland Inline Inspector 2.0 ensures accurate fault detection by 100% monitoring of each sheet. With its intuitive and user-friendly operation, Inline Inspector 2.0 is set up in no time. At full speed, the system detects hickeys, scratches, streaks, substrate defects and other faults and helps the operator to react quickly. The result – fewer mistakes, less waste and greater customer satisfaction.
A new inkjet system at the feedboard of the Roland 700 HiPrint offers the possibility to personalize each sheet. With a serial number printed on the sheet, it can be identified and tracked in the subsequent production process – just one of the versatile possibilities to integrate digital printing systems in an offset printing press.