Printed materials need to stand out – they need to attract the eye and exude high quality. One way to ensure you get that superior professional finish, is to use a coating, which can not only help to make your print ‘pop’, but can also make documents more durable. Coatings help to protect and enhance your print, and as such are a good way to add value. Coating technologies have developed impressively over the last years to now offer a more flexible and high quality finish for a number of application areas and market sectors.
With the rise in digital print across all sectors of the industry, many companies need a coater that works just as well for their digital output as it does for more traditional processes such as offset.
This need is answered by the Gepa FM 52 sheetfed coating machine, which is available from CyanX, and is ideal for short to medium runs of both offset and digital output. CyanX works with German manufacturer Gepa to offer the versatile coating solution to the UK print and packaging industry.
Gepa is a specialist in developing coating machines and components, as well as spare parts and related accessories, for all kinds of coating systems.
The Gepa FM52 sheetfed coating machine is an off line coater equipped with both IR and UV drying systems, so is flexible enough to apply both aqueous and UV coatings, depending on the requirements of each job. It can apply coatings with various thicknesses, with a maximum coating width of 520 mm; it can flood coat a B2 format sheet in the portrait direction. It runs at up to 2200 B2 sheets per hour.
Utilising a three roll coating application system, the coater also comes supplied with a fully integrated automatic sheet feeder and fixed delivery tray. An automated attacker or jogging table are available as options.
Other features and options for productivity and efficiency include a thin substrate control blower bar, adjustable impression cylinder metering blade, automatic high pile feed, and the machine is equipped with all the required safety devices according to CE regulations. The quick to learn touchscreen controls make operation easy and enables short set up times – essential in today’s competitive market. CyanX offers full support and service to customers to ensure that they get the best from their investments.
How can it help my business?
- The Gepa FM 52 is a sheetfed coating machine for full coverage coating – flood coater.
- Helps you to produce higher quality, more professional looking documents.
- The versatile off line Gepa FM 52 works with output from both digital and offset.
- The sheetfed coater offers both IR and UV drying systems, so is flexible enough to apply both aqueous and UV coatings.
- Simple to use from an intuitive touch screen that also makes set up quick and easy.
- The machine is robust and reliable in operation.
