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Vol 5 Issue 1 • ESKO INTRODUCES NEW KONGSBERG C DIGITAL FINISHING PLATFORM
Esko introduces newKongsberg C
digital finishing platform
K
ongsberg C systems are the first fully-featured super-wide digital finishing
systems. ‘This is not scaled up from a light duty finishing table – it’s a
completely re-engineered platform after a decade of the highly successful
and well-known Kongsberg X-series,’ commente Tom Naess, Esko
product manager CAM. ‘We wanted to make sure that it was designed for 24/7
production and semi-industrial environments. Along with substantial flexibility,
the new, wider format perfectly fits modern 3.2-metre wide format printers,
working with wide rolls and wide sheets.’
The Kongsberg C64 model works with 3.210 by 3.200mm materials, perfectly
fitting modern wide format printers. Also available is the Kongsberg C60 model,
accommodating 3.210 x 1.600mm sizes. Covering more than 10 feet across
the table, a unique, extremely rigid, carbon-composite traverse beam assures
excellent precision and supports high speed, fast acceleration, high quality
creasing and exclusive, powerful 3kW milling capabilities. Thus, the Kongsberg C
always produces high quality finishing results, with no left/right/middle variances
due to traverse bending. Unlike other super-wide finishers, the Kongsberg C does
not decelerate with demanding materials, handling the most complex
jobs without sacrificing quality or throughput.
The Kongsberg C stands for Capability, Capacity, Consistency, Choice and
Complete:
• Capability: the Kongsberg C processes the widest variety of materials of any
super-wide finisher, working with an extensive range of finishing applications
and substrates from paper and textiles to corrugated up to triple-wall
thickness, fluted board, plastics, aluminum composites, and more.
• Capacity:it has the highest throughput of any super-wide digital finisher. The
Kongsberg C is also the only super-wide finisher to offer a 3kW continuous
duty high-performance milling unit.
• Consistency: the Kongsberg C series delivers the same performance every
time, even on the most demanding materials or the most complex jobs.
• Choice: there’s no need to choose between size and productivity. The
Kongsberg C offers both, eliminating the necessity to own dedicated digital
finishers for different applications.
• Complete: Esko offers a full solution consisting of hardware, software, bits &
blades and services. The Kongsberg C series brings unmatched versatility with
four ‘power’ tool units and a full assortment of ‘speed’ tools. The table can be
upgraded to fit production needs as a business grows with additional tooling,
a conveyer feed system, roll feeder unit and more.
The Kongsberg C offers exceptional versatility for all sign, display and
packaging applications. New tool covers offer clean, fast changing of the full
range of Kongsberg XP tooling. Customers no longer need to invest in different
digital finishing devices for different applications. With its combination of
dexterity and power, the Kongsberg C, one machine fits all production needs –
rolls, sheets, corrugated, milling – offering a more effective and smaller
footprint solution than having to own multiple systems.
The new solution has not only been reengineered, also the design has been
completely reworked to apply to highest standards of industrial design and
meet the operator’s needs for ergonomics and safety. For a machine so large,
the Kongsberg C is remarkably easy to use – from the new, simple interface to
the ease of replacing interchangeable tools on the table, helping to reduce
operator error.
The new workstation mounts on any corner of the machine. A new maneuvering
concept places an integrated joystick and operator panel on the traverse. It can be
mounted on either side of the table. In fact, to make it easier for another operator,
a second operator panel can be added. For easy loading and unloading, the new
conveyor option can be manually jogged in both directions.
‘We have consulted our customers before and during the development of this
new table and we are convinced they will appreciate to see that Esko now has
the fastest, most productive solution at a super-wide width, with the greatest
versatility in its size class,’ concluded Steve Bennett, Esko vice president, Digital
Finishing Business. ‘The new Kongsberg C leapfrogs competitive tables on many
ways. It simply enables us to provide the best value solution in this category.’
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Acknowledging that the wide format digital printing world continues to rapidly escalate productivity that requires faster
turnaround times on an ever increasing variety of materials, Esko answers that trend with the introduction of a completely
new Kongsberg digital finishing system, the Kongsberg C.
