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In the run-up to drupa 2024, BOBST unveiled recent advancements in its packaging machines, adding power and charging by tracking the cloud, compatibility with recyclable and fiber-based packaging, reducing waste and energy consumption, and expanding productivity.
Two new features have been introduced for its cloud-based virtual platform, BOBST Connect. This platform aims to improve productivity and is frequently updated as BOBST collaborates with its partners in the realm of workflow and automation.
The workflow with task and recipe control aims to streamline the onboarding procedure for customers, allowing them to install BOBST machines into their existing production and design workflows. They also deserve to take advantage of fast setup and productivity with two-way task synchronization. and recipe data.
In addition, the energy tracking feature collects insights into tasks, parameters, and connected machines to measure energy consumption and prices in real-time.
BOBST continued to announce a consulting service for procedure consultants and logo owners: workflow automation, color and procedure optimization, end-to-end conversion improvement, and regulatory compliance.
It expresses a preference for helping its consumers achieve their sustainability goals and optimize their own operations, saying that any new machine purchased in 2024 will increase productivity or horsepower by 10% to 20%. This includes reducing waste, substrate, and energy consumption.
BOBST adds that it has sought to introduce innovations in various industry sectors, many of which are expected to be officially unveiled at drupa 2024.
In the flexible packaging box, for example, your smartGRAVURE device implements automation and digitization in gravure printing. Considering the time and expertise required for setup and adjustment, the generation offers automated color management, digitized settings and controls, and connectivity with BOBST Connect. .
smartGRAVURE is expected to increase productivity and consistency of results, downtime and complexity, resulting in a more sustainable process.
Vacuum metallization is expected to take advantage of BOBST’s AI-powered smart metallization. Its automated deposition procedure is designed to assist the device operator and the performance and consistency of the final product.
Similarly, the EXPERTLAM 900 is a multi-technology coater and laminator that can be configured in other ways to provide flexibility in either process.
When it comes to labeling, BOBST hopes to simplify production for its customers. Their new answers point to the closed-loop workflow from PDF to TWIN PDF; This results in increased productivity, ease of use, and a more sustainable process.
Label converters can use the new features for faster task set-up and finishing touch, and according to BOBST, may not be as reliant on operator capabilities as they are on classic processes. A variety of new BOBST Connect and prepress features are expected to be connected around the world. production floor, and more major points will be revealed in Drupa this year.
In an effort to achieve complex color consistency between flexographic and virtual printing, BOBST used oneECG. Printing with a wide color gamut digitizes the color scheme in order to edit the functions of the human eye; Consumers are expected to allocate their orders to the appropriate maximum generation to reduce waste, increase overall production, and maximize device usage and profitability.
The mono-material responses from BOBST oneBARRIER, together with the paper-based packaging FibreCycle, nominated for last year’s Sustainability Award, have been incorporated into the company’s wide internet machines for the first time. oneBARRIER substrates are now compatible with BOBST’s UV inline flexographic machines on the medium narrow internet. answers, a progression that is expected to gain advantages in the production of recyclable and high-barrier applications.
BOBST’s action in the folding carton industry aims to achieve “zero defects” packaging. Its EXPERTCUT 106 PER cutter offers new features such as the ACCUFLATEN system, which increases travel speed and reduces patch collection effort; It claims to increase functionality by up to 20%, increase performance, and take steps towards sustainability.
TooLink is a platform designed to connect machines and equipment and optimize flexibility, lead times, and overall productivity by unifying the entire conversion process. BOBST has announced that it will soon be implemented in folder-gluers to automate recipe management, unlocking them in a shorter and easier way. changes, check the quality of the tools and the quality of the production.
For corrugated board, the company is looking for end-to-end power with a variety of robotic loading and palletizing solutions, designed to enable consumers to achieve complete, seamless production lines.
New machines have been added to its range, adding its flexographic folding-gluing (FFG) extension. Thinking about the conversion of slotted boxes (RSC), the additions are oriented to bendy printing (1/2 color) and cutting; short set-up times with physically powerful designs; and, with the new BOBST JUMBO solution, it hopes to cover an entire range, adding assembly, wrapping and in-line folder-gluer.
MASTERFLEX HD is a benchmark flexo printer that, according to BOBST, offers “unmatched” productivity and printing. Reportedly achieving a throughput of 15,000 sheets per hour and an area of 52 million square meters per year, its new feeder, preloader and stacker outlets claim to have achieved an 8% productivity increase.
In addition to its updated BOBST Connect, the company plans to expand its EMEA fulfillment center capacity by more than 60% this year. It is planned to expand the success of its visitor base and the quality of its service, while also bringing its Genk-based site closer to meeting “the highest sustainability certifications”.
Its remote service uses video and TeamViewer to provide “fast” and “high priority” electrical and mechanical issues through augmented reality. As such, it aims to reduce downtime and now provides live captions and chat translation.
Another addition is its Operational Excellence Program, with which BOBST provides its combined knowledge analysis, procedural expertise and guidance to assist its clients in their operations.
Drupa 2024 will feature a custom-designed presentation of BOBST’s applications and software for the packaging industry. Visitors to the level will be presented with a live feature that will delight them by telling the story of the BOBST industry on a “concept machine”.
“We have made wonderful strides in our vision to shape the global packaging industry in the long term on the pillars of connectivity, digitalization, automation and sustainability,” said Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO of the Bobst Group. “Now, with a broad portfolio of answers that meet our customers’ wishes, we can tailor our offering to them as their desires evolve in the coming years.
“Our latest announced responses integrate devices and software with the goal of extending performance, complementing our global offering beyond device operation, helping us all build towards a more connected and sustainable future.
Our editor-in-chief, Elisabeth Skoda, spoke to several attendees to find out what we expect at Drupa 2024 and how it builds on previous years.
In addition, Ranpak introduced earlier this year 3 new virtual machines for its Cut’it! EVO. They had to enable their consumers to meet regulatory needs while reaping benefits from their competitiveness in the market.
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