The Autotron™ Gravure 2200 Register Guidance System is an integrated, flexible and cost-efficient tool for minimizing waste and improving print quality across gravure printing applications.

Features

Autotron™ Scanning Head
• Patented, high-speed electronic mark recognition finds register marks within a few revolutions of print first appearing and starts controlling registration immediately.
• A solid-state detector electronically tracks the marks laterally without the need for a motorized head and without risking mark loss during restarts and splices.
• Steam and dryer-control algorithms are optimized to minimize energy costs.
• Optional ribbon control reduces waste copies, bleed-page problems, and general print misalignment, as well as costly folder jams and downtime.
• Patented ribbon-length head system automatically compensates for misalignment using marks for fast, hands-free registration.
• Revolutionary control algorithm automatically adjusts to changing press conditions, maintaining an optimized performance profile throughout the print run.
• Tilt and Fit capability provides precise moisture-compensation and tiltregistration control upon startup.
• Optional ribbon control includes both cutoff and sidelay to help your operators maintain consistent quality even during starts, restarts, and reel changes.
• Optional interface to high-speed brushless servo motors enables fast, precise control at speeds up to 20 m/s (3,937 ft/min).
• Backup register control ensures proper alignment of print on both sides of the web to safeguard quality while preventing waste.

Benefits

• Whatever components you choose, your operators will find it easy to achieve excellent print quality to meet all applicable international standards, including ERA and GAA.
• The Autotron Gravure 2200 delivers a high level of automation, letting your operators preset everything from job parameters to scanning-head positions and enabling compensator pre-alignment.
• It promotes a fast, hands-free makeready, which in turn frees your operators to concentrate on other aspects of pressroom operation.
• It’s easily controllable via an intuitive touch screen running on the Microsoft Windows® operating system.
• The system can be quickly configured to suit any press applications – and to amass a wealth of detailed press-management information in support of continuous improvement initiatives.

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