A fully automated process with a Heidelberg Suprasetter and a Beil plate bending and sorting line.
The new HEIDELBERG Suprasetter 106, equipped with an automatic pallet loader and an automated plate bending line, has been operating in our prepress department for several weeks. Automation has enabled us to increase our hourly prepress productivity by more than 30% compared with the previous workflow. After imaging in the HEIDELBERG Suprasetter 106, each printing plate is transferred directly to the bending line, automatically bent and then sorted by job onto the six pallet trolleys.
Fewer loading operations, convenient plate loading from the pallet loader and the elimination of manual plate sorting and bending make our team’s daily work easier. In addition, switching to processless printing plates saves us more than 600,000 litres of water annually compared with conventional plate processing. Plate developer and fixer are no longer required for this process.
Benefits for our prepress department at a glance:
- Significant water savings of more than 600,000 litres per year
- Reduced risk of workplace accidents
- Reduced use of hazardous substances
- Our hourly plate production capacity increases by more than 30%
- Complete elimination of printing plate developer and fixer
- Reduced fire load
