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Flexible Solution
AR 4000 is available as stand-alone solution and a machine integrated version
Stand-alone version
- AR 4000 stand-alone version: Click on image to enlarge
The stand-alone version contains the required number of cameras, the junction box affiliated to every camera, a switch for data coordination, a mainframe and the combined operating and monitoring touch screen. With integrated interfaces the register adjusting commands are submitted to the machine and status information are exchanged.
Machine integrated version
- AR 4000 machine integrated version: Click on image to enlarge
If AR 4000 is integrated into the machine, it is operated by the printing press control. Via defined interfaces, the system communicates with the machine.
Intelligent system concept
- With AR 4000 you get a sensing head for all register control applications (mark-mark and mark-cylinder). Due to this innovative architecture the system only needs one compact mark field for the control of the Color, Front-to-Back and Cut Off register.
- The system uses the approved BST-Auto register micro dots with a diameter of only 0.5 mm (0.0019").
- The mark field can be placed along or across the web running direction.
- The use of up to 12 cameras allows the precise register control also on complex printing presses with many colour units or tooling stations.
- All basic system components are integrated in the compact sensing head, so that usually no additional control desk is needed for integration in your machine.
- The open system architecture allows a flexible machine integration. The depth of integration ranges from simple pulse control (PWM) to the direct drive of the register motor up to the complete integration into the control center, incl. job administration and system operation done by the machine.
- At standard offset printing applications AR 4000 only needs one sensing head per web side, because each of the sensing heads monitors up to eight printing units.
- No additional register marks are necessary both for the control of tooling stations and of additional printing units.
- The mark-cylinder method is used with Front-to-Back register control. This method is independent of the material (transparent / opaque). Optionally the mark-mark method in combination with a back strobe is also available.
- For additional printing units (e.g. flexo printing units), the measurement method “mark-mark” and for transparent varnishes the method “mark-cylinder” can be chosen.
