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ABG launches new Omega SRI3
FINISHING equipment manufacturer, A B Graphic International (ABG), has launched the Omega SRI3, which it says is the next evolution of its Omega SRI high performance slitting, rewinding and inspection label finishing system. ABG equipment is supplied in Australia and New Zealand by Currie Group.
The company says the updated model offers a range of new and adjustable options “to meet future requirements”. ABG says that with a larger unwind diameter
at 830mm, and increased nip roller wraparound, waste is reduced and tension control improved, preventing slippage and interweaving of the web and providing unparalleled versatility.
The upgraded features, which include a lower splice table, “allow
operators greater flexibility and increased ergonomic comfort, thereby improving productivity and efficiency”. According to ABG, the SRI3 is also the only machine in its class that doesn't rely on a third party inspection system, providing “100 per cent print inspection” with ABG’s fleyeVision camera system.
Other enhancements include an arm that enables a right-handed operator to easily cut the reel, and a tape holder, which is built-in as per ABG’s Digicon range. Manual slitting can now be upgraded to autoslit, which was not possible on the previous SRI, and the rewind module can be taken out and replaced with a turret at a
later stage.
Designed with retrofitting
possibilities in mind and a modular setup to make future updates
Label finishing: new Omega SRI3 from ABG
simple, the SRI3 can be fully configured to meet individual needs.
“At ABG, we strive to deliver premium service and the best experiences for our customers across the globe,” said Ralf
Wirtz, managing director of ABG. “And with 30 years’ experience manufacturing slitter rewinders, this commitment to excellence is at the core of our evolutionary approach to the SRI’s design.”
Technology
Screen brands Truepress for application
SCREEN is giving its Truepress range of digital inkjet print systems new market-specific branding, which spells out the applications in three main categories, and will soon launch two new packaging presses.
Under the move, Truepress Label
will indicate presses for self-adhesive and other labels, while Truepress Pac will apply to print systems for flexible packaging, paper and film – with two new presses to be launched imminently in this category. Truepress Jet will
signify mono and colour systems for commercial and publishing work,
Screen digital presses are supplied by Jet Technologies in Australia.
“There are now a dozen variants of our Truepress devices, each with specific target market benefits,” says Screen GP Australia managing director Peter Scott. “We saw the need to more clearly delineate the three main categories, and have refreshed the branding in order to do this, particularly as new devices
roll in from R&D into market. Each category also has specific front- end software requirements, catered for by versions of Equios, and other third-party integrated software.”
The changes intend to clarify Screen’s development of products and solutions for each of the commercial/ publishing, label and packaging markets. The company began shipping presses bearing the new branding from March.
Screen says it has been
working to better differentiate
its development of products and solutions for individual fields, and to increase its ability to deliver new value to its customers.
The Truepress range began
in 2006 with the release of the Truepress Jet 520 series of document, transactional, book and direct marketing presses with Equios software, and has now expanded
to include “offset-quality” full colour machines, high speed label presses, and the upcoming Pac520P and Pac830F flexible packaging presses for sustainable paper and plastics respectively.
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Market-specific branding: Screen Truepress