Overview

Creative minds face a real challenge when it comes to using the vast offering of non-absorbing materials (e.g. plastics such as PVC, PC, PS, ABS and PET) available for the jobbing, packaging and label printing sectors. There is a growing demand especially for plastic films. What was once a domain reserved for screen printing is now also open to offset printers who, equipped with UV and waterless technology, are well positioned to get a share of this high-growth market for themselves. But even screen printing businesses can use the greater flexibility provided by this new technology to extend their markets. In the lucrative packaging print sector, where quality of the highest standard is the order of the day, many print products can be manufactured inline with high process reliability and good cost-effectiveness. In other words: printing in four or five colors, ghosting-free with service-proven short inking units, on materials up to 0.8 mm thick.

And (only) the Genius 52UV can do it! The technical press had the following to say about the Genius 52UV: “The new offset printer is waterless and rollerless”. For good reason! Many notorious, hard-to-master parameters of conventional offset printing are now a thing of the past. For example: There’s no more adjusting the ink zones, damping units and roller inking units, and no more controlling the ink-water equilibrium. KBA-Metronic AG has many years of experience with waterless short inking units without ink keys. This is verified by more than 1,500 printing units installed world-wide.

Winning arguments are process stability and standardized printing, complete plate change within five minutes, only about 10 sheets of run-up waste, and up to 8,000 printed sheets per hour in a size of 360 x 520 mm. The one-man machine with its high degree of automation for ease of operation is predestined for small and medium print runs with extremely short job changeover times. Having just a few, clearly arranged touchscreen menus, the GENIUS 52UV can be mastered by new operators within the shortest possible time.

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