One of KBA's latest 10-colour Rapida 106 presses is helping Catalent Pharma Solutions increase productivity while ensuring the integrity demanded in the pharmaceutical print sector.

　　As well as handling the 50 per cent of pressroom productivity previously handled by two 40in Komori presses, the Rapida now produces more than 60 per cent of the operation's work.

　　Catalent, a provider to the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer health industry, installed the press at its Printed Components facility to support its expansion in the UK and European market.

　　Aside from the increased quality, the press's make-ready has also enabled Catalent to hold less stock.

　　'We have specified a press to cope with super-short runs; our runs start at as few as 500 sheets on specialised cartons and the KBA press helps keep costs down by doing this in less than 10 minutes,' aid Aaron Riley, the company's production manager.

　　This is possible due to Plate Ident and the Drivetronic simultaneous plate-changing system.

　　The latter can replace all 10 plates and wash all 10 blankets in less than three minutes, said KBA.

　　'The KBA press is solidly built and is the quickest I have experienced at changing varnish types, anilox rollers and UV lamps,' said Catalent's lead minder Gary Fry, who has run all other popular press brands.

　　'On top of that the feeder is a simple system that needs little or no interference from the minder.

　　'Features that save not only the format settings in the central memory but every little air setting from start to finish allow us to repeat jobs at a fraction of the time it used to take,' he added.

　　Capable of printing 15,000 sheets per hour, the press features a combination of systems for transparent assurance of print quality and product integrity throughout the run, said KBA.

　　As well as Plate Ident and Drivetronic SPC there is the Qualitronic full-sheet scanning system, developed by KBA for its currency printing presses.

　　The Qualitronic camera scans each sheet at more than three million pixels of resolution in full production speed, added the company.

　　The image is then inspected and compared to an approved master sheet for any inconsistencies or deviations.

　　If any deviations are found, the sheet is marked for removal downstream.

　　The system can also detect any minute colour changes and automatically adjust the press in a closed-loop sequence, without the need for operator intervention.

　　The press's two-over-eight configuration also provides efficiency, enabling the concurrent production and make-ready of alternate jobs on a single press, reducing downtime to a minimum, claimed KBA.

　　This provides the flexibility needed to service high and low-volume jobs without sacrificing the quality, resolution and colour of true offset printing.

　　The press runs at low energy consumption levels, which supports Catalent's efficiency goals.

　　Catalent's KBA Rapida 106 is part of a continuing investment to support the growth of European Printed Components business at the Dublin plant, which has served the pharmaceutical and healthcare market since it opened in 1989.

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