Oosterhout, May 2016
– Once again, Belgian printing
company Grafix NV has chosen to invest in measurement and
control systems supplied by Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). QIPC, the Dutch
specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, will
be installing an mRC-3D system for colour and cut-off register in the
company's printing plant in Dessel (B). This new order represents the next
milestone in a longstanding partnership between Grafix NV
and QIPC. “We have come to recognise QIPC as a trusted partner”.
Stable register control
The four mRC-3D cameras
will be installed on the KBA Compacta 106 with four printing units, which
Grafix NV recently acquired from another printing plant. “This older press had
already been automated”, explains QIPC managing director Menno Jansen, “but for
some reason or other it hadn't proved possible to get it working properly.
Thanks to our long-term partnership with Grafix
NV, it wasn't long before they
came knocking on our door.” Bart Bongaerts, managing director Grafix NV,
backs this view up: “The close collaboration we enjoy with QIPC means that we
didn't have to think twice about the order. We have come to recognise QIPC as a
trusted partner”, Bongaerts adds. “We know what we can expect from QIPC, that
means stable register control.”
The mRC-3D system being
installed in Dessel consists of two mRC-3D cameras for cut-off control
and two for colour register. “This will enable Grafix NV to
improve the quality of their end-product, as well as deliver on savings in
waste”, Menno Jansen explains. The cameras will also be equipped with AIMS for
the automatic cleaning of the lenses. Bart Bongaerts is sure that the new
system will help him sleep more easily: “As always with QIPC, we expect
everything to run smoothly using the interface our operators are familiar
with.”
Older presses
With the installation of the
modern mRC-3D system on a relatively older press, QIPC has once again
been able to prove that it can deliver customised work. “QIPC has a lot of
experience working with older presses”, says Menno Jansen. “Nowadays, there is
a growing tendency not to buy new presses, but instead for clients to upgrade
existing presses and keep them running effectively. Relatively speaking, it's
the electronics that get outdated before other components, so these have to be
regularly upgraded to ensure that presses can run as intended.” QIPC’s
experience with older presses becomes clear when Menno Jansen recalls an
episode from the past. “QIPC’s second ever order in 1997 was likewise for an
old heatset press for Kempenland in Herentals (B), a sister company of Grafix NV.
You could say that the modernisation of old presses is in our DNA.”
