BST Pro Mark® INTRODUCES FLEXO CI REGISTER CONTROL SYSTEM

BST Pro Mark® has introduced the AR200SA, a closed-loop make-ready register control system for Flexo CI presses. This unique product will substantially reduce make-ready time, material use and labor by bringing jobs on Flexo CI presses into proper register in less than a minute.

The product is the only stand alone make-ready register control system on the market, and is designed for retrofit installations on CI presses with motorized lateral and/or linear register control. The system can also be retrofitted onto gearless presses.

Using a unique register mark pattern which is easily added to existing plates and sleeves, the AR200SA will control up to 12 colors on a single press and will bring register to within ±0.004”, automatically within just a few rotations of the CI drum.

The benefits of such a product are substantial. On press trials have confirmed the significant financial impact of this unique system:

• Reduced set-up material use
• Reduced set-up labor
• Reduced set-up time
• Increased press running time
• Increased overall press productivity
• Improved overall press profitability

Research has shown that a typical 8 color press uses 3600 feet of material per make-ready, or 450 feet per color, per make-ready. The make-ready process includes setting impression, bringing each station into register (which is typically done one station at a time), and then making final adjustments to color and to register. Bringing each station into register typically consumes the most time and the most material of the make-ready process. The AR200 reduces this to approximately one minute and less than 200 feet of material for each job.

Using a material cost of $0.06 per thousand square inches, material savings alone amount to $43.20 per make-ready.

An 8 color press, running 30 jobs a week will realize estimated material savings of $1,296 per week or $67,392 per year. In addition, the converter will experience reduced labor for make-ready and substantial additional press running time, resulting in an estimated annual impact of $125,000.

Converters interested in receiving a detailed analysis showing the cost impact of the AR200SA should contact BST Pro Mark®.

BST Pro Mark® is a manufacturer of process control systems for all kinds of printing applications. The companies’ product line includes visual and automatic defect detection systems, web guiding systems, web cleaning systems, bar code verification systems, closed loop register control for offset and flexo and fountain control systems for offset. BST Pro Mark® is the worlds’ largest manufacturer of web inspection systems, with over 9,500 installations in 65 countries worldwide. The company is a division of BST GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Electro-Mechanik GmbH and member of Elexis AG, a German conglomerate traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the share-index number 508500.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
John D. Thome
BST Pro Mark®
650 W. Grand Avenue, Suite 301
Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
E mail: jthome@bstpromark.com
Telephone: 630.833.9900
Fax: 630.833.9909
www.bstpromark.com

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