W&H launches Novoflex II at open house

Hermann Veismann, head of the printing division at W&H, said, “We wanted to demonstrate that flexo printing, with its high-quality and proven process reliability with modern W&H machines and an optimised overall process, enables enormous flexibility and speed. The reactions of the guests showed us that we were successful."

The jobs during the demonstration were produced with a high-line graphics count with particularly hard leading edges of plates.

The conversion from image to the finished print was executed in just three hours, with the help of Kodak Flexcel NX Ultra solution, which produced the ready-to-print plates in less than one hour.

“With its clearly structured printing unit, automatic storage and sleeve ejection system, Novoflex II enables a sleeve change in just a few minutes. The easy automation modules ensure fast impression and register setting in less than 90 seconds,” Veismann added.

At the open house, W&H also highlighted its flagship product, Miraflex II, in two versions — the dual-port and a new compact single-port that requires less floor space.

Veismann said, “Thanks to the face-to-face winder configuration on the single-port, there is a central loading and unloading area for the winder, which shortens web and operator distances. In addition to a pure 4C process job, the single-port showed further developments in the fully-integrated Vision print monitoring system designed in-house by W&H.”