:DOTRIX MODULAR Digital printing has come of age Introduce a :Dotrix Modular digital printing process to your Packaging or POP and Display Business and you will save money while significantly reducing your time to market. The :Dotrix Modular gives you endless creative options for short and medium runs. Increase the value of your end products by adding high variable data (versioning) and customisation, while at the same time freeing your offset and flexo-presses for what they were built for, for longer print runs. Agfa as an innovator in the development of industrial UV inkjet production systems, has made another major technology advance. This time with a low migration ink :Agorix LM, specifically developed for the packaging market. :Agorix LM also features six colour printing in CMYK, Orange and Violet.
:DOTRIX MODULAR Versatility - Productivity - Modularity The versatile :Dotrix Modular press, is the most productive UV single pass printing press in the industry. It is also the only digital press that is able to print with high production capacity onto a wide variety of substrates ranging from flexible foils, 20 micron over self-adhesives, to folding carton up to 600 micron. Its unique printing width of 63cm and the absence of repeats means jobs with a common size however with variable data, run length, colour or language can be combined and run in the same pass. On the other hand many different applications may have similar media requirements and the SPICE imaging heads allow these to be grouped and run concurrently. In addition, its modular construction allows traditional UV flexo printing stations, that can serve as coating and varnishing alleys or extra colours, to be added to the roll-to-roll basic configuration. Slitting and die cutting as well as sheeter installations can also be integrated to complete the system and ensure it is fully tuned to your operation s needs. :Dotrix Modular offers a whole new range of options that will quickly have a positive impact on your bottom line. Compare productivity and flexibility to flexo presses By the time you set up a flexo press :Dotrix Modular has finished the job. Switching from one job to another is instant. At a stroke, plate costs, make-ready and waste are eliminated with the first sheet from a :Dotrix Modular as profitable as the last. The :Dotrix Modular Can deliver the performance and cost-effectiveness you are looking for. :Dotrix Modular Job 1: 1000m Job 2: 1000m Job 3: 2000m Job 4: 2000m Traditional Flexo Job 1: 1000m Job 2: 1000m Job 3: 2000m Job 4: 2000m Labour Plates Down time Setup Cost Can be done off-line, while press is running Setup Cost Do in-line, press is blocked Printing Setup Cost File preparation RIP and Color Separation Imaging Flexo Plates Mounting Flexo Plates Mount on press and Registration Color to Color Color Check Printing Change 2 colors Assumptions Each block represents ca. 10 minutes :Dotrix press: 65 cm width, running at 32 m/min Flexo press: 65 cm width, running at 100 m/min
:Dotrix Modular in detail 1 Substrate input 1 Substrate input The jumbo unwind system of the :Dotrix Modular can handle rolls of up to 1.25 metres (49 ) diameter, weighing up to 800 kg (1,750 pound) providing long uninterrupted print runs. The reel is lifted by two pneumatically driven arms that place the air mandrel into safety chucks. 2 Flexo station 2 Flexo station Flexographic printing station with short drying tower and UV curing system with chill roller. A flexo printing station before the SPICE, could serve as a coating/ priming pass if you wish to print on difficult standard substrates. This will greatly increase the print quality. Mounting a traditional flexo plate gives endless combinations of flexo white or spot and metallic colours with digital printing on top. An integrated flexo printing station after SPICE could lay down a top-finishing lacquer, giving your end product that high-quality finishing touch. 3 SPICE printing unit The Single Pass Inkjet Colour Engine six or four colour is the digital heart of the engine, a stationary array of inkjet heads across the web up to 63 cm wide. This technology delivers an impressive print production of up to 1,209 square metres per hour. 3 SPICE printing unit 4 Flexo lamination or cold foil This can be used to laminate the substrate or, in conjunction with a standard flexo plate, to allow cold-foiling with a UV glue. 4 Flexo lamination or cold foil
5 Slitter Multiblade inline slitter device. 5 Slitter 6 Substrate output The :Dotrix Modular outputs to (jumbo) rolls which can be converted offline. 6 Substrate Output 7 Sheeting Tool This module provides a fully integrated sheet cutting solution running in line with the :Dotrix Modular. The base configuration is designed to cut variable length sheets that are delivered onto a shingle delivery table. Roll to roll functionality is available as an option. Other available options include slitting and automated high pile stacking. 7 Sheeting Tool 8 Mini Rewinder The sheeting tool is equipped with an 800 mm rewinder if roll to roll functionality is required. 8 Mini Rewinder
:Dotrix Modular full view of 2 possible configurations :Dotrix Modular Folding Carton Configuration Unwinder Flexo SPICE Flexo Sheeter Mini Rewinder :Dotrix Modular Flexible Foil Configuration Unwinder Flexo SPICE Flexo Flexo lamination Slitter Rewinder See page 5 for more configurations
From basic setup to an unrivalled level of flexibility 1 Roll-to-Roll basic configuration 2 Roll-to-Roll with coating station 3 Roll-to-Roll with varnish station 4 Roll-to-Roll with coating & varnish station
5 Roll-to-Sheeter with coating station 6 Roll-to-Sheeter with varnish station 7 Roll-to-Sheeter with coating & varnish station The only limitation is your imagination, talk to your local representative to discuss a solution that can be tailor-made for your specific business needs.
Accurate and reproducible colour The :Dotrix Modular handles the incoming files from either :Apogee ColorTune Spot and :Apogee ColorTune CMM or 3 rd party pre-press systems. The unique colour management system ensures very accurate reproduction of up to 90% reproduction of Pantone colours with our own :Agorix UV-curable inks. CMYK + OV Agfa s :Agorix ink family is not only available in CMYK + OV, also in a low migration version. Food industry Printing with low-migration inks is crucial in the food service industry, ensuring that no contamination occurs from the ink to the food inside. Wide variety of substrates :Dotrix Modular prints on a wide variety of substrates such as: PVC PE PET PS BOPP Aluminium Papers and Board (coated, uncoated, inkjet) Self adhesives (PE, PP, PVC, Paper) Multilayers Substrate specific settings can be saved and re-used to further minimise the set-up time in changing over substrates. Furthermore screening type and dot gain compensation curves can be changed at run-time to perfectly match different printing conditions.
Unlimited variability Digital printing means variable data printing. Enhance your productivity with our :Apogee Vibe workflow software. This software adds variable data elements to an existing PDF file and is specifically tailored to the Packaging and POP markets. The variable data elements are produced only at the very last moment of the printing process. This drastically reduces pre-press time when generating the variable data and keeps RIP time and data to the absolute minimum. Printing, converting, collating and packing time can be greatly reduced with a powerful database. Production capacity Printing Width (cm) 30 50 65 Press Speed (m/min) 30 30 30 Production capacity (m2/hr) 540 900 1170 Applications Labels Labels Narrow Folding Carton Labels Medium Folding Carton Packaging
Functional Specifications Print technology Print resolution Ink technology Web speed Maximum print capacity Maximum web width Maximum print width Number of colours Base unit configuration Substrate pre-treatment options Converting options Substrates Footprint smallest configuration Typical configuration Weight smallest configuration Weight typical configuration Piezo Drop-on-demand multilevel Agfa print heads 900 dpi apparent resolution; 300 dpi native resolution :Agorix UV-curable inks (no solvents) 5 to 32 m/min (16,4 to 105 ft/min) Up to 1,209 sqm per hour (13,013.57 sqf per hour) 65 cm (25,6 in.) 63 cm (24,8 in.) 6-colour CMYK + OV 4-colour CMYK Optional in-line flexo stations for varnish, white, etc. Roll-to-roll servo driven with jumbo unwinder and rewinder Corona, web cleaning, anti-static Flexographic printing stations, slitting, die-cutting, sheeting Industrial substrates, ranging from flexible foils, 20 micron over self-adhesives, to folding carton up to 600 micron 5,95 m x 1,69 m (19,49 ft x 5,54 ft) 7,38 m x 1,69 m (24,21 ft x 5,54 ft) Approximately 5,500 kg (12,125 pounds) Approximately 6,500 kg (14,330 pounds) Copyright 2010 by Agfa Graphics NV. All rights reserved. AGFA and the Agfa rhombus are trademarks of Agfa-Gevaert NV & Co KG All other trademarks are recognized. All product specifications are subject to change without prior notice. NGUZB GB 00201005