Autobond Delivers High Productivity, Great Versatility, and Robust Build Quality For Digital Embellishment Market

摘要

Autobond manufacture a range of ink jet spot UV machinery from 14" × 20" to 41" × 41", available both as standalone digital embellishment machines utilizing a Heidelberg feeder, or more commonly configured in-line with new or existing Autobond laminators. Oran Gilmore, Autobond's North American Sales Director states, "From inception Autobond always envisioned running in-line with our laminators to provide customers the ability to laminate, ink jet spot UV (either flat or raised/textured UV), with the option of foiling all in one system. In this way, our customers streamline these finishing processes on one system with a very quick make ready. Users really appreciate the productivity (at up to 60 m/min on flat UV), robust build quality, and minimal maintenance requirements. They also appreciate the relative low cost of ownership and inexpensive varnish we developed with an ink partner specific for this system." CPI, the largest book printer in Europe, recently installed Autobond's Mini 53 TH-SUV-S, B2 portrait format (20.75" wide × 29") thermal laminator with in-line inkjet Spot-UV to embellish book covers to supply its 3 digital Quantum production lines in their Bussiere, France plant. This is what they had to say on how it impacted their business: "The machine was installed two years ago, replacing a conventional Spot-UV screen varnishing machine, allowing us to reduce set-up times by a factor of 10! The Autobond can be set-up in under 15 minutes, is very reliable with minimal maintenance and downtime, can process any number of sheets, from one to 1,000s. It also has the great benefit of providing in-line lamination, saving considerable time by combining processes, key to meeting today's increasingly tight production lead-times.