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Screen –
a legacy of reliability
Screen has a history of making reliable graphic arts equipment, and also supporting it to ensure longevity of use. This may be contrary to the digital trend of planned obsolescence and lack of parts after five or seven years, but Screen continues to support its customers and adhere to its 5S motto of “service, safety, speed, saving, and study”.
The Screen philosophy is to build on successes, not to needlessly replace them, Screen GP managing director Peter Scott says.
“It is not unusual to find a ten-year- old, or older, Screen CTP still making plates, or an original 2006 Truepress Jet 520 digital inkjet web presses still printing,” he says.
“Our L350UV inkjet label series has earned a fine reputation for uptime and their high use is reflected by increasing demand from customers for inks and service support. Label converters have been busy lately and we, with our dealers Jet Technologies and Fujifilm NZ have been able to keep customers producing.
“The progressive release of the new, faster, seven-colour L350UV- SAI models is going ahead despite drupa 2020 being moved to 2021,” he says. “Also, for our 520HD digital web press range, a new AD (Advanced Dryer) model has been released, which circulates the paper through a series of constant temperature heated rollers, achieving the fastest drying times on coated stocks and speeds of up to 150 metres per minute.”
Precision engineering is in Screen’s DNA. The company is the world leader in equipment used
in the semiconductor industry for etching, photolithography and image processing during the manufacture of silicon wafers.
“Even CTP has benefitted from
this precision,” says Scott. “Our new generation of thermal CTP is energy efficient, works with processless
and processed plates and has long-
lasting fibre laser diodes. In Screen semiconductor equipment, you see
similar technologies to CTP such as
GLV (Grating Light Valve) and YAG Main
lasers. VLF CTP has experienced particularly good success; in the past year, we have installed three VLF CTP devices here in Australia and New Zealand, a 24-page PlateRite Ultra 24000, and two 16- page PlateRite Ultra 16000N-S.”
Screen is a culture-driven company with origins going back to 1868 and values its ESG (environmental, social and governance) principles highly.
“I guess you could say we’re a bit old-fashioned in that way,” says Scott, “but we are definitely not when it comes to technology development.” 21
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PlateRite 1600N-S VLF- size CTP: 16 A4 page size, and can handle 4, 6, and 8-up as well
Managing director of Screen GP Australia: Peter Scott
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Screen Flexo CTP gets upgraded
Computer-to-plate is more often than not associated with offset platemaking but Screen also has flexographic/ letterpress CTFP, with the PlateRite FX series.
There are three formats
in the FX digital lineup and all have been upgraded to the N series, which feature a new optional main exposure function that uses inline UV LEDs, using much less energy and lasting longer.
A wide range of media
can be used with this series, including flexo, letterpress, thermal offset, and steel-based letterpress plates.
The new series offers a lineup of four models intended to meet a variety of needs.
The PlateRite FX1524N and FX1200N are designed to handle diverse applications including labels as well as flexible packaging, cartons and corrugated cardboard, with maximum plate widths of 1524mm and 1200mm respectively.
The PlateRite FX870N comes in two speeds, FX870N-E and faster S model and support plate widths up to 870mm and is targeted at narrow-web labels. A Super fine cell option is available for improved ink transfer from the flexo dot peaks.
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Screen’s new PlateRite FX870-N flexo CTP device