“Vigitek” becomes “QuadTech Ireland”

Vigitek’s Best-in-Class Products Obtain the QuadTech Name, Worldwide Service Network.

The 2008 acquisition of Vigitek has strengthened print quality solutions for printers and converters in the packaging industry by bringing together QuadTech’s advanced register guidance system with Vigitek’s state-of-the-art print defect detection technology. You’ll now find product information, contact information for a sales or service representative near you, and much more on the quadtechworld.com website.

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QuadTech® Inspection System

The Inspection System solid state lighting produces perfect lighting conditions for inspection of your product with no variation over time. This guarantees repeatability. Cutting edge camera technology in a perfectly illuminated environment allows the Inspection System to see your product to the lowest level of granularity. The powerful on-board software allows the Inspection System to carry out true benchmarking through “golden template” comparison. All inspection data can be recorded and sent to QuadTech’s Data Central® for Inspection database for further analysis downstream. Configuration for print or surface inspection of any substrate is possible. The Inspection System’s modular architecture provides easy scalability and adaptability, allowing it to inspect at any resolution on multiple surfaces. It is compatible with all major printing processes—gravure, flexo, offset, and digital—in all configurations, including downstream rewinding and slitting.

QuadTech® Data Central® for Inspection

Data Central® for Inspection is the central component of QuadTech’s closed-loop print inspection system. What is essentially an intelligent software layer for quality control information, Data Central® for Inspection brings print inspection to new levels and adds traceability to your production process. Data Central® for Inspection is a central repository for all of your inspection data, is in constant communication with your color vision inspection systems, and records all system activity down to the smallest defect. Data Central® for Inspection can support multiple lines and can be scaled to support your specific production environment. Live data monitoring allows plant managers and operators to analyze current production data and make quality decisions based on customer requirements. Data archiving using QuadTech’s process historian allows analysis at the job, product, or plant level and introduces total traceability to your production processes. Built to open standards, Data Central® for Inspection can interface with other applications by making data openly available. This means that Data Central® for Inspection can integrate fully with your existing environment.

QuadTech® Waste Management System

Waste Management System interfaces directly with your converting equipment. Waste removal is optimized—reducing costs—and data recording completes the audit trail. Defect location data lets the operator fast-forward to the exact location of the defect, which speeds up the waste removal process. Pinpoint accuracy allows for precise waste removal, and eliminates waste. Defect image recording allows the operator to view a full color image of the defect, speeding up identification. A more informed operator can make more informed decisions! Faster waste removal and reductions in wasted materials means that Waste Management System can increase your converting equipment efficiency by up to 40%. Work Order and Product reports complete the audit trail for your production and waste removal.