QuadTech to showcase fully automated controls for newspaper printing at Wan-Ifra India Expo 2013

QuadTech, the manufacturer of press control technology for newspaper, commercial and packaging markets, will showcase its fully automated, on-the-fly colour control and web inspection solutions at the Wan-Ifra India Expo in Bangalore. The show is scheduled to happen from 11 to 13 September.

21 Aug 2013 | By Anand Srinivasan

Karl Fritchen, president of QuadTech, said, “Our focus on innovation has helped to establish a new standard in quality and waste control in the newspaper printing workflow and our global presence and service capabilities gives printers full, local access to support at every stage of the print workflow.”

Fritchen added, "Wan-Ifra India Expo gives the region’s visitors a chance to appreciate this powerful combination of benefits first hand."

The systems showcased at the exhibition will be closed loop colour-control and web inspection system with Accucam, digital ink system and register guidance system with Multicam.

The closed loop colour-control and web inspection system with Accucam offers advanced image-based colour control system, which provides reliable warnings for scumming, creasing, transposed plates, plate crack-outs, and tramlines. The system’s advanced web inspection typically detects defects within the first 170 copies and continuously throughout the print run.

Accucam’s six-channel spectral sensor measures the printed web and calculates the LaB values of the entire image and then brings the printed image to the specified LaB target values and automatically maintains the colour values throughout the production run.

“For commercial as well as newspaper printers, the digital ink system is an alternative to the traditional open fountain systems,” said Hemant Desai, general manager, QuadTech.

Digital ink system provides precise density control across the printed image by metering the exact volume of ink required in each control zone consistently eliminating the costs of contamination from open fountains resulting in significant and immediate savings in ink, paper, and maintenance.

Another addition to their display will be the register guidance system with Multicam. The system has the ability to search the entire repeat length of the web, identifying marks as small as 0.36mm. It can easily process the large volume of data generated by searching for register marks on text-heavy newspaper pages, using unique FPGA-based hardware allowing the system to find or remain locked onto register marks and control register during tension upsets and times.