Gushi Company's sixth generation bronzing and embossing equipment FSA 1060

The FSA 1060 is available

Swiss Cheese Company has been operating as a family management and has now experienced five generations. At Drupa 2004, the company introduced its new foil stamping machine, the sixth generation foil stamping and embossing equipment, the Foil Commander FSA 1060. The company invited Folding Carton Industry and its existing and potential users to the company's manufacturing facility in GOSSAU to witness the operation of the equipment and met with the first batch of commercial users in the new field of hot stamping technology.

About Gushi Company

John Fridlin Gage founded Gucci in 1892. It mainly sells letterpress lithographs produced by Klein, Foster and Bonn (later Johannesburg). Although it was only in 1957 that it entered the field of hot stamping, the company is now well-known throughout the world, and no one can imagine its latest development - the combination of foil stamping technology and flat technology foil flat foil stamping equipment Foil Commander FSA 1060 - Can bring such a huge impact.

At present, the chief executive officer of Gingers is Mr. Hanszorg Gage. He and his sister, Claudia, began co-management of the company in 2004. He explained: “We must look for ways to balance the relationship between hot-pressing time and the number of sheets sent, and it must not have an adverse effect. The foil separation, temperature, and pressure are important factors affecting foil adhesion. Since this is the result of a die-cutting process, the current sheet-fed equipment focuses on the transport of paper. In order to examine whether it is possible to develop a better system and get commercial applications, we decided to apply the uniqueness of the company on the principle of flat pressure. Gilding technology."

Performance of FSA 1060

In Düsseldorf in May last year, the FSA series machines made their debut on Drupa, which made everyone witness the success of Mr. Gish. The maximum paper size supported by the machine is 1060mm x 760mm, and the largest area under pressure is 1030mm x 730mm. It can be used for hot foil stamping of up to 11 foil rolls at the same time. In addition, two sets of horizontal feeding devices can also be selected. The gilding and embossing speed of the device can reach 7500 times/hour.

Pressure is the most important factor affecting the quality of bronzing. It depends on the bronzing temperature, the fixing time (depending on the machine speed), the roughness and thickness of the foil, the area under pressure, and the type of gold foil.

To get the best pressure action time, the company uses an “O” type fixture instead of the “X” type device used in conventional machines. This optimizes the pressure application time, enabling the Foil Commander to increase the fixing quality by 26% compared to a high-performance die-cutting machine.

When using a custodial foil transfer system called "Vacufoil" foil tension is minimized. The foils supplied by the conventional foil transport system are longer and therefore can only meet the needs of low-speed operation of the equipment, and have limitations on the size of the reels. Unlike these systems, the Foil Commander can control the foil tension so that the 750mm foil can meet the high-speed production requirements of 7,500 sheets/hour.

The FSA 1060 can perform up to 11 foil rolls at the same time. The width of the foil is 45mm to 1040mm. The foil is stored in an integrated baler. The Vacufoil feed system provides a simple path to the foil reel for the mounting foil and uses a clamp to wrap the foil. The foil is guided by air cushions and moving lubricated rollers, and the equipment provides an interchangeable stand to support off-line preparation.

Foil Commander supports the simultaneous stamping of foils of multiple colors in both the direction of transport and the vertical direction of the printed sheets. Thus, a complex color foil job requires only one process. In addition, the use of hot stamping and embossing combination tool can also be combined with embossing process.

In order to highlight the performance of Foil Commander, the company has demonstrated the processing of three different print jobs. The first is to use three kinds of foil foil stamping on a 1020 x 734mm paperboard to make a cosmetic package. The speed was 4000 sheets/hour before processing this job on a normal flattening equipment, but the speed was increased to 7,000 sheets/hour after using Cesme equipment. Not only did the production speed increase by 75%, the net output of 100,000 sheets (including preparation time) also increased by 63%.

The second is also the hot stamping of cosmetic packaging, using four rolls of gold foil on a 1017 x 721 mm paperboard to feed on an average length of 340 mm. The production speed of the equipment is increased from 3,000 sheets/hour to 4,000 sheets/hour. It is also a 100,000-print job. The equipment can increase production efficiency by 34%.

The last one is the bronzing of the poster. The job requires two bronzings. The foil size is 750mm long. The entire process is twice as fast as other devices, and the output of 100,000 posters has increased by a staggering 87%.

The Foil Commander FSA 1060 is the most efficient flat press hot stamping and embossing equipment currently on the market, providing solutions for manufacturers who have long been plagued by deep embossing and large area bronzing. The equipment from the foil processing to the machine settings and remote operation analysis through a touch screen computer, the design of each link has reached the highest operating efficiency. ”

Development prospects of FSA 1060

Although it seems that this device was developed specifically for the application of cardboard boxes, Mr. Shish thinks the machine has a wider market demand. Among the first batch of commercial users of the equipment is a German national packaging company, so the fifth generation and the latest generation of cheese products should be more successful in the international market. In the past, because the company's equipment was very popular, the lead time was very long. Mr. Cheese has realized that this efficiency will not meet the market's demand for timely supply.

Value-added is so important for modern packaging, and the immediate purchase of custodial equipment will be a wise decision.

Source: Global Box Industry