QuadTech announced a new partnership with the Gallus Group to provide QuadTech closed-loop color control and
color measurement systems for its offset, flexo and gravure presses. Utlizing
QuadTech technology, Gallus customers can now quicken make-ready and offer
ultimate print quality and productivity, with in-line color management.
With a typical ROI of less than two years, QuadTech color
control systems are now an essential consideration for many web printers looking
to meet changing customer requirements and demands for high color standards,
with consistent repeatability from run-to-run and site-to-site.
Dr. Thomas Weber, Supplier Relationship Management at Gallus
comments, “Gallus has vast market experience and the widest customer base in
the label printing industry. However, we recognized the opportunity to partner
with QuadTech to provide our customers with state-of-the-art spectral color
measurement and color control systems, with the automation to drive further
reduction in make-readies and savings in valuable substrate waste.”
Flexo and gravure printers can also benefit from the
QuadTech Color Measurement System with SpectralCam, which enables in-line
monitoring of all packaging substrates, including challenging translucent,
transparent and reflective films. Color variations are sent to the operator in
real-time to change color specifications, eliminating press stoppages and the
manual process of removing sections of the web to measure color.
The ability to control color on problematic substrates such
as films has been a significant objective for the printing industry. QuadTech
has been able to solve this, by utilizing its web stabilizer to remove common
issues of web movement and substrate corrugation. The QuadTech web stabilizer
measures substrates over a certified BCRA ceramic tile, for a constant known
backing, and momentarily stabilizes a small surface area of the substrate with
a high pressure vacuum. This enables accurate color measurement on very thin,
transparent and translucent films – ideal for self-adhesive labels, monofoil
labels, wet-glue and laminates.
Stephan Doppelhammer, QuadTech Market Manager for Packaging,
says, “Gallus and QuadTech are perfectly aligned in the drive to create
solutions that maximize customer benefits and profitability. We are delighted
to offer a faster way for Gallus customers to achieve and maintain perfect
color, for guaranteed high-quality output, optimal performance, cost savings
and fast ROI.”
QuadTech introduced the technology to the Gallus’s worldwide
sales force during the world sales meeting and will showcase the SpectralCam
systems at Gallus Innovation Days, September 23rd-25th 2014.
