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Lake Image Systems & DKSH Japan Install Asias First 16K Camera Based Inspection System at UFO Co. Ltd. Japan
Tuesday 23. August 2016 - Lake Image Systems Asia Pte Ltd. and its local distributor, DKSH Management (Japan) Ltd., are pleased to announce that they have installed the regions first 16K resolution line scan camera for verifying over 300 printed variable 2D barcodes and OCR text on a gaming card, sheet-fed application for UFO Co. Ltd., one of Japans leading commercial printers.
The previous inspection system required 10 area-scan cameras and 5 PC controllers to verify variable 2D barcodes and OCR text inkjet printed on gaming cards. Set-up took over half a day for each job run and the sheet feeder could only run below 20 metres/minute to minimise misreads.
Today, a single 16K resolution line scan camera has replaced all of the existing area scan cameras, reducing set-up time to just 20 minutes. The superior performance of Discovery Multiscan3 has enabled UFO to now run the sheet feeder at over 60 metres/minute, greatly improving productivity and simplifying their operations. Furthermore, UFO is now able to process applications with considerably smaller barcodes and OCR text characters, greatly improving the appearance of the gaming card.
“At UFO we take pride in being a progressive and innovative company. Our new inspection system clearly delivers impressive productivity benefits that ensure we always produce a quality, defect-free product for our clients at the best possible price.” said Mitsuharu Masuko Representative Director for UFO Co. Ltd. “Our new inspection system gives us 8 times higher accuracy than before and provides management information which is an added value that we can offer our clients. We now have all the components in place to allow us to take on a variety of complex, variable data work which will extend our competitive advantage even further and bolster our bottom-line.”
Katsuji Kasagi, Executive Manager, Technical Sales at DKSH Japan added “We are delighted to support the first installation of the new 16K camera in Asia and pleased that we have been able to help UFO achieve their business objectives.”
“Our customers face a constant battle to increase press speeds, whilst reducing turnaround times so as to improve their profit margins,” Said Pierre Quatannens General Manager at Lake Image Systems Asia. “It has always been our strategy to adopt new technological advances as they become available, with the sole aim to help our clients to meet their production challenges.”