Mark Andy introduces Performance Series for narrow-web flexible packaging

With new design features incorporated into “a proven printing platform”, Mark Andy’s new Performance Series features: web handling and motion control improvements geared to flexible packaging substrates; a new inline solvent-free lamination process; higher irradiance ProLED curing; improved ergonomics and controls; better register; more value-added automation; and greater reliability – all focused on providing an attractive option for narrow-web flexible packaging applications, said the OEM.
New features also make the press more productive and more operator-friendly. A new Control Center with three monitors featuring HMI, vision system and ProLED, is positioned in a single location for optimum accessibility and viewing. Registration trending is now displayed on a single screen, while electronic registration correction is indicated at each station. Registration functionality is enhanced with direct servo drives for infeed pacing and die cut, along with a high-speed registration module for improved response time. Pre-register has been improved over existing models.
Automation features offered with the enhanced Performance Series include servo rewind for improved low-tension control and improved Job Save and Recall functions. A mark-to-mark register control option provides fully automatic set-up without operator intervention in both lineal and lateral directions. One of the new converting options being offered is Mark Andy’s solvent-free inline lamination system that produces food-grade laminated structures directly off the press. This gives more flexibility to narrow-web converters to manage flexible packaging applications without having to invest in off-line lamination solutions that add to downstream work. New lamination adhesives that reach destructive bonds in minutes are currently in beta testing.
“This combination of technologies provides the ideal platform for narrow-web to mid-web film and flexible packaging applications – and the press will be commercially available in early-to-mid 2017,” said the company.