Bobst announced the world
premiere of its latest innovation - a hybrid label press, which provides the
best possible combination of digital and DigiFlexo printing in a single press. The
Master DM5 - which has “Mouvent Ink-Jet Digital Technology Inside” - is
associated with total flexibility for high added value labels, with extremely
short job setup and fast return on investment. It is the most digitally
automated press in the label market, with the highest print quality and
productivity.
“The Master DM5 is our first
ever fully digitally integrated hybrid press and represents a new era in the
production of self-adhesive labels with totally new standards of productivity
and profitability,” said Jean-Pascal Bobst, CEO of Bobst. “Bobst can now offer
the full range of Digital, Hybrid and DigiFlexo solutions, which are perfectly
integrated, interchangeable and scalable to all present and future needs.”
The Master DM5 is the most
convenient digital integration available. Immediately it looks different,
standing out at first glance, with the smallest footprint in the industry, easy
and user-friendly access to digital print heads and the automated set-up of
multi-process operations. The digital print engine inside the Master DM5 is
made up of Mouvent’s proprietary Cluster Technology – integrating Fujifilm
Dimatix Samba print heads – which is the innovative basis of the entire range
of digital printing machines developed by Mouvent, Bobst’s digital printing
competence center. The Mouvent Cluster heads are super compact and simple to
change for easy and accessible maintenance, and have all-in-one fully
integrated inking, conditioning and electronic circuits for the highest print
heads reliability.
“Two of the greatest benefits of
the Master DM5 are its productivity and reliability,” said Federico D’Annunzio,
Bobst Program Manager Hybrid Printing. “It represents a total
flexo-digital-converting integration, with non-stop productivity, and the
highest press uptime in the industry. It prints at speeds of up to 100 m/min at
the highest quality, 1.200 x 1.200 dpi. Full digital automation means that only
one press operator is needed to print high added value label jobs, in short and
medium runs. Job changes on-the-fly, without stopping the press, are possible
for flexo, digital, die-cutting and stripping processes. All analogue tools
(print cylinders, flexible dies) are changed automatically. Waste stripping is
also fully automated. Eliminating traditional analogue bottlenecks, the Master DM5
is the very first digitized ‘non-stop’ label press.”
Importantly, in an era when
color fidelity and consistency are more important than ever, the Master DM5 has
the widest digital color gamut in digital printing, and the most accurate and
easy to achieve digital color matching. It has an exclusive screening and
digital front end (DFE) solution.
Ink-on-Demand (IoD) is an
optional extra for DigiFlexo print units, a revolutionary solution that
replaces conventional inking reservoirs with a single rubber pipe that
dispenses 30 grams of ink to the print unit. The system eliminates ink trays
and chambered doctor blades and performs fully automated washing of the print
unit in less than one minute.
It also has a full range of
added value capabilities, including coatings, varnishes, tactile effects, 3d
effects, hot stamping, cold foil, embossing, die cutting, punching, silk
screen, flexo and digital Variable Data Printing (VDP).
"The Master DM5 is a fully
digitally integrated label press like this has never been invented
before," said Federico D'Annunzio. "The benefits for printers and
converters are significant, and we are planning to demonstrate the full
capabilities of this highly innovative press at Labelexpo."
