Nilpeter has launched its latest 16 inch flexographic press. The FA-4200 roll-label press can print on substrates ranging from ten micron foils to 400gsm card at speeds of up to 175 metres a minute.
The company has designed the FA-4200 around its 'platform' technology which enables different printing application modules, such as hot foil, die cutting and laminating, to be added or moved to different parts of the press.
Nilpeter sales manager John Hammond said that this adaptability will allow companies to move easily into new market areas. "The customer can retrofit different modules to the 4200. A company might start off with a standard flexo press and than add a screen unit for cosmetics work." Hammond added that each unit on the FA-4200 is self driven. "It supports the matter all the way through the press, it maintains tension," he said.
Hammond also claimed that the FA-4200's cold UV-curing system, which operates at around body temperature, enables the press to work with heat-sensitive thin films without stretching.
The press has a maximum web width of 420mm with a printing width of 410mm but there are plans to produce a 20 inch version as well as a gravure module. Hammond said that because the press has the ability to combine and add different process units, it will ensure that companies can update as new ones are manufactured.
By John Davies