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Glunz & Jensen offers cross-over Newspaper / Commercial Printing Products
Tuesday 22. September 2009 - Granger Indiana - In these times of uncertainty, many in-plants are increasingly looking at ways to cut costs and "print ecologically". However, smart companies find opportunities and ways to grow....
With newspapers looking for every opportunity to keep the presses moving Glunz & Jensen has enhanced its product lines with Cross-Over products that work for both newspaper and commercial pre-press plate making equipment.
Gecko – Basic processing solution for CtP plates
At Print 09 Glunz & Jensen launches a brand new series of plate processors.
Gecko for thermal and violet plate processing!
The processors are targeted at printers who are looking for a complete solution to get started with CtP.
The Gecko plate processors are the Glunz & Jensen´s new basic processing platform, supporting printers with a typical annual production of up to 10.000 m2/year. The Geckos are built with Glunz & Jensen´s technology, components and quality, and based on the knowledge and experiences of the more advanced and highly recognized Raptor processor family.
Gecko is a simple processing solution with a basic range of configuration options, which meets the requirements of most printers in either an offline or an online version. With its open terminal interface, Gecko connects to all setters with a simple ready/not ready interface functionality.
The processors can be upgraded with a Drip tray, Feed and exit table, Compact Stacker or a Water saving kit – benefiting both the environment and the overall processing cost.
A new compact plate stacking solution
Alongside with the Gecko series, their new processing platform, Glunz & Jensen launches the Compact Plate Stacker.
The stacker is designed as a very simple and compact stacking solution that integrates perfectly with the full range of Glunz & Jensen manufactured processors.
The stacker is hinged onto the exit of the plate processor and the elevation of the stacker is conveniently adjusted by the extendable legs.
Compact Plate Stacker is built with a fixed plate magazine which is able to store up to 100 plates, and uses gravity to move the plate from processor exit to the base of the plate stacker magazine via a track of rollers.
A very simple and affordable plate stacking solution!
Compact Plate Stacker is available in 3 different sizes;
4-up landscape
4-up portrait
8-up landscape
CM62 – New Commercial Conveyor – Glunz & Jensen will announce at Print 09 a new series of conveyor system ideal for both commercial use as well as newspapers. Designed specifically to handle larger plates, our new CM62 Series Commercial Conveyors meet the rigorous demands of automated commercial and newspaper plate production facilities.
The CM62 Series Conveyors feature a universal design and handle a wide spectrum of plates and plate sizes without special set up or intense programming. This versatile conveyor line handles multiple CtP units to maximize the production of a single plate processor, or can be set up to accept plates from multiple CtPs, and then feed them to multiple processors. The CM62 Series Conveyors are available in four configurations.
The CM62-S feeds plates straight through from CtP to processor, without changing plate direction or orientation. The CM62-R feeds plates straight though, but automatically rotates them into either portrait or landscape orientation to maximize the processor area. The CM62-X allows plates to shift into or exit out of any of three sides of the conveyor without changing plate orientation. The CM62-X becomes the centerpiece in a multiple plate line operation. The CM62-X-R can be configured to accept plates from the CtP on any of its three sides automatically rotate them as needed and then feed them out any of its three sides to the processor. It can handle multiple lines with rotation capabilities.
Glunz & Jensen introduces a Vision Registration Punch Bender under $50,000 – In today’s economic times Glunz & Jensen knows the balancing acts it takes to make the best choice in Punch Bending equipment. This is why Glunz & Jensen has introduced the VisionMaster Punch Bender; a true Vision Registration Punch/Bender priced under $50,000.00. It offers Vision Registration at an Edge-Registration price.
Either as a free-standing or as part of an automated in-line plate production system, the VisionMaster is a true Vision Registration punch/bender. It uses registration marks imaged on the plate and a three axis table to accurately register the plate for true accurate color registration on the press. The VisionMaster is built to the uncompromising Glunz & Jensen standards.
The VisionMaster produces both singlewide and doublewide plates up to 965 mm (38 inches) at a speed of 170 singlewide and doublewide plates per hour (pph). Plates are automatically Vision registered by fixed dual cameras and registration marks on the furniture. Plates are punched (includes up to four punches) and then bent using a rotary bend leaf design.
The VisionMaster is PC controlled via touch screen and can include an in-line conveyor system for automatic “lights-out” plate flow systems. As a free-standing, hand-fed unit, the VisionMaster uses the internal conveyor system to accept the plate and feed the plate back after the punch/bend sequence. A service call and a program change allows for the VisionMaster to be upgraded to in-line plate flow systems for future lights-out operations.
With the shrinking budgets of today, why settle for close enough registration systems, with VisionMaster you can have it all.
ProVision Alliance and Precision Edge – Commercial Series – The successful flag ship punch benders found throughout daily newspapers throughout the world now has commercial printers asking for the same quality equipment from Glunz & Jensen. Now the ProVision Alliance and the Precision Edge are available in commercial sizes for 8-up plate sizes from 40 inches to 80 inches (1016 – 2032mm).