Packaging
Atlantic Zeiser marks European premiere of CARDLINE VERSA gift card personalization solution
Wednesday 06. February 2008 - Operator-friendly system delivers unprecedented flexibility for producing virtually any card format
Atlantic Zeiser, supplier of high-performance personalization and encoding systems, announces the rollout of CARDLINE VERSA, its new flexible solution for gift card personalization combining state-of-the-art technology and ease of operation.
CARDLINE VERSA meets the requirements of gift card manufacturers and pre-paid scratch-off card makers for large-volume production of personalized CR80 cards, odd-shaped cards, double CR80, hangtags and INCOMM products. Designed for exceptionally high net-production per shift, the CARDLINE VERSA ensures quick set-up time, lower product costs and fast job changeover. The rapid processing capabilities, up to 50,000 personalized cards per hour, deliver a strong performance/price ratio, while being exceptionally reliable and operator-friendly.
Oliver Mehler, Managing Director at Atlantic Zeiser, comments: “The CARDLINE VERSA was designed to provide a flexible, easily configured solution for the needs of card manufacturers and product designers alike. New features, such as the new 360 dpi inkjet printers set new standards for quality and ease of use. It’s surely never been more cost efficient to produce high quality personalized cards in any shape or format.”
Modular design for optimum flexibility
A production powerhouse, the CARDLINE VERSA takes personalization to a new level by giving the user complete freedom to configure the solution as needed. In addition to its variable infeed and outfeed transport modules the system can be configured with up to three additional independent transport modules to support the many personalization, verification and security features available by Atlantic Zeiser.
“The new CARDLINE VERSA offers maximum flexibility, with customer-specific positioning of all relevant personalization technologies (e.g. inkjet systems, cameras, labelers, etc.) on the transport modules,” states Dr. Hans Wyssmann, Vice President of Marketing at Atlantic Zeiser. “Its patented design furthermore facilitates system operation from both sides of the machine, making it possible for one operator to handle two machines, thus lowering personnel costs.”
The CARDLINE VERSAs adaptable infeed transport module can host a high-performance vertical card feeder (optional: horizontal card feed unit), a pre-read production function (camera/scanner) and a freely adjustable high-performance magnetic encoder (HiCo, LoCo – Top Down, Bottom Up) that enables stripes to be positioned anywhere on the card. A new feature called Accustart allows for immediate and precise job restarts at the correct production point without re-programming.
CARDLINE VERSA comes with a choice of several different outfeed modules offering helpful features such as card sorting or the new inline “Audit Trail”, making it possible to verify the personalized and already inspected cards for a second time – independently from the machine controller. The Audit Trail module generates a printed report that card personalizers can use to provide their customers with an autonomous proof of quality. All outfeed modules are mounted on wheels for fast and simple interchangeability. CARDLINE VERSAs on-the-fly card remake feature helps significantly reduce the effort for remaking and sorting cards.
The new high-resolution OMEGA family of inkjet printers combines brilliant 360 dpi print quality with a compact, forgiving design. Specially developed inks (also in spot colors) guarantee ideal adhesion – even on very difficult surfaces and materials. Designed as an investment that matches current needs, the CARDLINE VERSA can expand to meet future market requirements thanks to its modular platform design.