Flint Group Flexographic Products is the first print sleeve supplier to qualify to manufacture sleeves for Fischer & Krecke’s smartGPS system. Flint has many years of experience of RFID technology with its rotec sleeves.
As all rotec sleeves for the smartGPS system are equipped with an RFID chip and a register sensor, data such as the actual print diameter, the job design and the materials used can be recorded and stored already during plate mounting. The data is then recalled in the printing unit, where the sleeves are moved automatically into the exact register and impression setting.
As the traditional press proof is no longer required, says Flint, material usage and set-up times are significantly reduced with extremely high register.
The challenge for the sleeve production is to insert the sensor precisely within tight tolerances. Extensive tests at F&K with rotec Blue Light Sleeves are said to have demonstrated that they are even below the specified tolerances. As the sensor and the chip are inserted during the sleeve production process, both are located with exact positioning and protected from being damaged. The modification of the sleeve has no effect on the print result and the complete surface can be utilised for plate mounting.
Rotec sleeves with smartGPS are available in wall thicknesses up to 100 mm, lengths to 4,000 mm and with a guaranteed diameter tolerance of 0.02 mm (measured on carrier cylinder at TIR less than 0.005 mm). A conductive version has the proven rotec Omega-Surface Technology and a stainless steel register ring.
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