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Muller Martini will present a new industrial finishing solution for digitally printed products at Hunkeler Innovationdays in the form of the Presto II Digital saddlestitcher.
At the event, the company will present the compact solution for saddlestitched products, which is highly automated and comes with a new control system as a digital ready solution.
The machine will be shown with a high performance processing folder, two signature feeders, a cover folder feeder, the stitching machine and a three knife trimmer in combination with an unwinding system, a fold/merge module and a cross cutter from Hunkeler. Three different products will be produced live in a continuous run on the stand. The cover can be fed copy specific if required.
‘Quality expectations regarding digitally printed, saddlestitched products are just as high as for conventional print products,’ said Dragan Volic, marketing director for Print Finishing Systems at Muller Martini. ‘With the Presto II Digital we can offer the customary first class stitching quality and all the finishing options enabled by our flexible modular design.’
High trim quality, centre cutting, film wrapping and palletising are just some examples of the (almost) unlimited possibilities that the company offers for digitally printed products.
The Presto II Digital provides a high degree of investment protection. A saddlestitcher equipped with signature feeders for conventional use can be expanded at any time for use in digital printing. ‘Switches between the two production types and combined products, ie a combination of digitally printed signatures, conventionally printed signatures and selective cover feeding, are possible at any time,’ explained Mr Volic. ‘The modular design provides elegant expansion options and prepares the saddlestitcher for future requirements in the field of inkjet digital printing.’ As a first configuration, the Presto II Digital can be loaded from a pre-printed roll, fitted with folding modules for multi-page signatures or equipped for single sheet processing.
The saddlestitcher can also be used as a fully integrated in line solution (digital printing with print finishing). Here the Connex data and process management system from Muller Martini comes into its own by enabling the seamless interplay and optimal control of all aggregates.
Hunkeler Innovationdays, 11 to 15 February 2013, Messe Lucerne, Switzerland. For more information click here
