A B Graphic (ABG) International business development manager Floriana Montella was at the recent Labelexpo Southeast Asia tradeshow in Bangkok, Thailand, sharing her expertise on ABG’s finishing solutions including the DigiLase 4.0 and DigiJet.
Montella identified the benefits of ABG’s DigiLase 4.0 technology, saying the fully automated die cutting system requires minimal operator intervention and is highly efficient.
She said the technology enables fully automated job changeover and simple pre-press set-up, can be integrated with any Management Information System (MIS), requires no make readies and saved jobs can be set up for automatic repeats, and includes an intuitive interface with integrated inspection area and no need for hard tooling
“What we’re seeing is that customers in this region aren’t going from conventional to fully digital as they do have traditional customers who want traditional die cutting and keep that side of business,” Montella said.
“But more and more customers are investigating what they need if they do invest in the digital side of their business for short runs and quick make ready and turnarounds. With ABG, they can deliver on the best quality and delivery times.
“ABG’s DigiLase 4.0 technology has new, automated features. This laser die cutting machine is tool-less. It uses a laser beam to die cut at different depths according to the thickness of the material.
“It can do labels in individual pieces, sheets, and roll-to-roll, and the laser knows what shape to cut at every single job change, which happens in a few milliseconds. So the customer can do very short runs quickly and efficiently.”
The DigiJet technology supports DigiLase as it’s a digital embellishment with inkjet technology that can achieve very fine details and tactile effect without the use of any tooling.
DigiJet gives an inline or offline fully digital system, allowing for multiple processes in one pass, including spot varnishing, cold foiling and tactile screen effect on any size of print run, all with no tooling.
“This is something you would probably only reach with screen printing and conventional hot/cold foiling. But we can do this with new equipment that only requires a single consumable, which is varnish,” Montella said.
“This can be used as a glue for digital cold foiling and as a varnish that creates a raised effect. This is where ABG’s expertise comes in as we can do this type of effects with the highest accuracy of 0.15mm.”
ABG is distributed by Currie Group in A/NZ.
