10.31.16
SPGPrints has introduced quality and productivity enhancements to its flagship direct laser engraver for digitally imaging narrow-web rotary screens. Debuting at Labelexpo Americas 2016, the new version of the rotaLEN features an improved laser that images to high-definition (HD) standards, and an extended engraving width that accommodates wider screens and – in some cases – two meshes simultaneously.
Featuring a sealed CO2 laser that ablates the printed areas without film, chemicals or water, rotaLEN images SPGPrints’ non-woven nickel re-engravable RotaMesh and reusable RotaPlate screens with resolutions up to 4000 dpi in a single, fully digital step.
“With its fully automated, simplified workflow, the rotaLEN engraver has been adopted as the standard rotary screen imaging process by several of the world’s leading label converters,” says Arno Bouwmeester, managing director, SPGPrints Austria. “It has proven capable of delivering repeatable quality consistency, significantly increased throughput and reductions in costs and emissions.”
The enhanced laser system was developed in response to demand from personal care brand owners and their suppliers seeking solutions to provide more information on a label, often in multiple languages, with optimum clarity. According to SPGPrints, the laser meets this requirement by engraving screens to HD quality standards and facilitating precise reproduction of fine characters, including oriental text, where accuracy is vital to legibility.
The enhanced rotaLEN engraver accommodates RotaMesh screens up to 26” (660 mm) in length, and a wider drum that allows two RotaPlate engraving jobs to be completed in a single engraving cycle, thereby reducing handling times and improving the efficiency of the prepress stage.
rotaLEN is compatible with the complete rotary screen range, from the finest meshes available, such as SPGPrints’ RotaMesh 405 and RotaPlate 355F screens, to RotaMesh 75 for 250 micron-thick Braille dot reproduction. Furthermore, files processed by rotaLEN can be prepared with SPGPrints’ software, providing optimum control when creating fine positive and negative images.
“Rotary screen printing is recognized as an essential means of productively achieving high-value packaging effects, including tactile varnishes, metallic finishes and striking opaque graphics that communicate the promise of quality and generate retail sales,” adds Bouwmeester. “The introduction of the enhanced rotaLEN engraver, complementing SPGPrints’ integration modules and screen program, brings further advances in process efficiency, simplification and quality control in the rotary screen workflow.”
Featuring a sealed CO2 laser that ablates the printed areas without film, chemicals or water, rotaLEN images SPGPrints’ non-woven nickel re-engravable RotaMesh and reusable RotaPlate screens with resolutions up to 4000 dpi in a single, fully digital step.
“With its fully automated, simplified workflow, the rotaLEN engraver has been adopted as the standard rotary screen imaging process by several of the world’s leading label converters,” says Arno Bouwmeester, managing director, SPGPrints Austria. “It has proven capable of delivering repeatable quality consistency, significantly increased throughput and reductions in costs and emissions.”
The enhanced laser system was developed in response to demand from personal care brand owners and their suppliers seeking solutions to provide more information on a label, often in multiple languages, with optimum clarity. According to SPGPrints, the laser meets this requirement by engraving screens to HD quality standards and facilitating precise reproduction of fine characters, including oriental text, where accuracy is vital to legibility.
The enhanced rotaLEN engraver accommodates RotaMesh screens up to 26” (660 mm) in length, and a wider drum that allows two RotaPlate engraving jobs to be completed in a single engraving cycle, thereby reducing handling times and improving the efficiency of the prepress stage.
rotaLEN is compatible with the complete rotary screen range, from the finest meshes available, such as SPGPrints’ RotaMesh 405 and RotaPlate 355F screens, to RotaMesh 75 for 250 micron-thick Braille dot reproduction. Furthermore, files processed by rotaLEN can be prepared with SPGPrints’ software, providing optimum control when creating fine positive and negative images.
“Rotary screen printing is recognized as an essential means of productively achieving high-value packaging effects, including tactile varnishes, metallic finishes and striking opaque graphics that communicate the promise of quality and generate retail sales,” adds Bouwmeester. “The introduction of the enhanced rotaLEN engraver, complementing SPGPrints’ integration modules and screen program, brings further advances in process efficiency, simplification and quality control in the rotary screen workflow.”