Maxson's new sheeter can accept up to 1651mm wide webs and is able to convert and stack up to 1016mm long sheets. It's equipped with a quick set up slitting rig, reducing run times, and can accurately and squarely produce the smaller sheet sizes within +/-0.381mm of the desired cut off eliminating the need to guillotine trim to a finished size.

Maxson highlighted the sheeter's use of static eliminating systems in combination with compressed air, helping to ensure trouble-free sheet flow at higher speeds all in a compact footprint that so the machine can be tended by one person. It also includes a stacking station, which creates press-ready piles, utilizing similar concepts used in the delivery system to control the cut packet.

In an interview with PrintWeek, Maxson director of sales and marketing Brent Burdick noted that because it can work with any type of digital commercial press, the company has been getting inquiries from around the world, though he added, "We seem to be hitting more in the US."

Maxson, which was founded in 1912, provides sheeters for a whole range of equipment, from specialty products to folio size.  "We do sheeters for the offset business as well, though that business isn't as good as anybody would like to see it," noted Burdick. "Right now the real market for us is in the packaging and folding carton space. Because food packaging is actually increasing in sales and more people opt to stay home and eat as opposed to going out."