Finishing & Screen Printing
TAYLOR BLOXHAM FIRST TO OFFER THE VERSATILITY AND SPEED OF NEW KH 82
Monday 06. July 2009 - Taylor Bloxham, part of the Print People Group, will be one of the first printers in the UK to take delivery of a Stahlfolder KH 82, Heidelbergs most automated combination folder to date.
It will be delivered to the Leicester printers in the next few weeks to eliminate bottlenecks at the productive plant, which boasts 42 B1 Speedmaster printing units, including three 12-colours. The new folders efficiency fits well with Taylor Bloxhams lean strategy.
Group chief executive Roger Lindop says: “With the KH 82, makeready times are cut to a fraction and the speed is very impressive. We first saw the folder in operation in Germany and really put it through its paces. First it produced 16pp, 65gsm work at 11,500sph, before we asked them to change to a smaller format. That change took less than 15 minutes.
“We then asked them to revert to a job already produced and that set-up took only five minutes, using the historical data that was logged. We could immediately see the benefits this folder would bring to both our business and our service offering to clients.”
Particularly impressive is the pneumatically-raised front edge wheels which pull the incoming sheet right up against the stop sheet and prevent the sheet from rebounding. This, together with other significant improvements in the crossfold units, slashes makeready times. Even in cross-fold operation the KH 82 can run at 230m a minute with its maximum speed put at 30,000 cycles an hour. It is an ideal machine for runs of 2,000 and 200,000.
Lindop continued: “We have a niche in the colour critical market and our finishing equipment has to be not only robust, but also able to cope with quality work without fear of marking or damage. We select our equipment very carefully and Im confident that this folder will give the productivity and flexibility that our customers demand.”
Taylor Bloxham serves a base of national and international clients requiring top quality, intelligent print solutions.