At this year’s Labelexpo Europe (September
23-27 in Brussels), BST eltromat International and Nyquist Systems will show
new options for web monitoring and 100% inspection with the systems in the
TubeScan family. Nyquist Systems has been part of the BST Group since the
beginning of 2019. Under the slogan “perfecting your performance,” BST eltromat
and Nyquist will be exhibiting the current results of their collaboration with
Hybrid Software at two exhibition booths in hall 5 (booths D23 and E05). Hybrid
Software is one of the world’s leading providers of innovative solutions for PDF-based
pre-press-stage workflows and linkups to management information systems (MIS).
The collaboration has enabled the two companies to considerably simplify and
speed up setup processes in label printing (including quality assurance).
Visitors in Brussels will also see the latest options for the QLink workflow,
which integrates quality assurance into the pre-press stage, printing, and
assembly. More detailed technical options and features for the TubeScan product
range will be shown at the Nyquist booth. Alongside 100% inspection, the BST
eltromat booth will also be presenting the company’s entire range for quality
assurance in narrow-web processes – from web guiding, web monitoring, and
register control to color measurement, color management, and workflow
solutions.
“At Labelexpo Europe, we want to
talk to our customers and interested visitors in detail so that we can explore
their individual requirements and show them the latest options for quality
assurance,” said Nyquist Systems CEO Dr. Stephan Krebs. He would like to invite
visitors to join him in in-depth technical discussions around the latest trends
in label and packaging production using narrow-web production systems. “In
addition to producing printed materials with consistently high quality, other
key topics for us include the consistent interconnection and automation of the
machines and systems involved in the production processes in the spirit of
smart factories.”
The new option of PDF comparison
for print jobs directly in the printing machine is just one of many exciting
developments produced by the close collaboration with Hybrid Software. With the
PDF option, machine operators can ensure that their printing systems produce
perfect quality instantly. Machine operators will no longer have to scan proofs
and then compare them to the specifications from the pre-press stage. Trips to
the scanner and back – and the time involved in that process step – are things
of the past. Label producers are printing faster than ever, and reducing the
amount of waste they generate at the same time. This is possible because the
PDF files for print jobs that the pre-press stage creates using Packz from Hybrid
Software contain all the relevant parameters, including the requirements for
inspecting the jobs that need to be printed. This also applies to repeat
lengths, N-up allocation, and defining the inspection zones. The pre-press
stage is also able to define different inspection requirements for each zone,
making them more or less stringent as necessary. For example, selected zones
can be inspected in more detail than less critical zones. A highlight: All
objects can now involve dynamic, variable data such as different barcodes or
alphanumerical – even randomized – sequences. During the setup process, the
actual print results are compared to the specifications in the PDF files right
in the printing machines and corrected by the machine operators as required.
Nyquist Systems will demonstrate these options at Labelexpo Europe using a
workstation and a bidirectional assembly machine that fulfills pharmaceutical
industry requirements.
The latest versions of the QLink
workflow and TubeScan systems will be presented live on rewinders at both
booths. The main topics here are integration with customer ERP systems, the
expanded options offered by the new, 4k high-resolution area scan camera, and
the new Contour Light illumination option. This laterally directed light source
can be used to make the outlines of transparent labels visible on paper or
plastic carriers. The TubeScan range is known for diffuse standard background
illumination, background illumination through the web, and UV illumination for
security features, etc. In addition to the new contour light, it also features
three other independent illumination sources that cover a number of different
web monitoring and 100% inspection requirements.
“Thanks to its integration into
the BST Group, Nyquist Systems now has access to additional resources for
continuing to evolve the TubeScan range in collaboration with BST eltromat.
This will generate a continuous flow of new opportunities for our customers to
optimize their production processes and in turn, cater to the latest
requirements of their own customers with forward-looking solutions for quality
assurance. That is also a message that we would like to pass on at our two
exhibition booths at this year’s Labelexpo Europe,” explained Anne-Laureen
Lauven, Head of Marketing at BST eltromat.
