Rapida 66

• High-performance stream feeder  
• Antistatic rear-edge separating air  
• Format setting  
• Rear-edge pile height sensing with automatic compensation of the feeder head height  
• Automatic pile lift control

Suction-belt feed table

• Suction-belt feed table with stainless, antistatic structured surface, with 4 suction belts and multi-chamber vacuum system
• Sheet deceleration to ensure optimum sheet arrival speed at the front lays

Infeed

• Top-side rotary pre-grippers accelerate the sheet for transfer to a single-size impression cylinder
• Adjustment of the feed line at the infeed

Mechanical side lay  

• Format setting

Sheet monitoring

• Ultrasonic double-sheet detector
• Optical skew-sheet and side lay sensors  
• Optical front lay sensors with overshoot blocking  
• Mechanical crash bar 
  
  

• Substructure cast in a single piece for high torsional rigidity, stability and reduced weight
• Continuous gear train for smooth running and precision
• Unit design
• Corrosion-free cylinder surface finish  
• Bearer contact and play-free bearings for precise rolling between plate and blanket cylinders  
• Bearer cleaners  
• Central lubrication for the most important lubrication points

Sheet travel

• Single-size impression cylinders and transfer drums for reliable sheet travel over the full substrate range
• Pneumatic impression on/off switching

Universal gripper system

• No adjustments required to accommodate changes in substrate thickness
• Ceramic-coated gripper tips for maximum holding force  
• Structured gripper pads  
• Gripper pads and tips can be replaced individually

• Automatic clamping and tensioning of the plate in each printing unit
  Divided rear plate clamps
• Change time per unit: 1 min

Register setting

• Remote setting of lateral, circumferential and diagonal register
• Diagonal register achieved by tilting the transfer drums

• Ink keys and ceramic-coated ink duct roller
• Remote control of the ink keys  
• Wear-free ink metering ensures accurately reproducible settings  
• Ink duct roller speed compensated to the press speed for constant ink transport

Inking unit

• Fast-reacting single-train inking unit  
• Remote setting of vibrator blocking  
• Adjustment of the oscillation timing  
• Setting of oscillation for first and fourth ink forme rollers  
• Oscillating distributors prepared for inking unit temperature control

Feuchtwerk

• Speed-compensated film-type dampening unit for a stable ink-water balance
• Differential drive to eliminate hickeys

Roller washing

• Individual programming and central control of washing programs

Blanket washing

• Use of dry cloth rolls
• Indication of cloth end and low solvent level  
• Individual programming and central control of washing programs

Perfecting

• Three-drum sheet turning
• Proven 1-2-1 configuration for exact perfecting register  
• Special perfecting drum gripper system handling a broad substrate range in both straight printing mode and perfecting  
• Maximum production speed in both straight printing and perfecting (10,000 sph)

Sheet travel

• Long-lasting ink-repellent surface on impression cylinders after the perfecting unit

Coating unit

• Convertible coater-dampening unit  
• Flexible use as dampening unit or coater (dispersion coatings)

Dryer systems

• Twin quartz lamps with IR power rating of 60 W/cm
• Simple lamp replacement  
• Automatic pile temperature regulation and dryer control  
• Can be installed as final dryers

• Speed-compensated gripper opening cam for a broad range of substrates
• Light barriers to guard the hazardous area  
• Touchscreen display  
• Touchscreen display with direct function keys for reliable and intuitive press operation

Sheet brake

• Suction roller to facilitate smooth sheet delivery
• Air setting for suction rings

Powder sprayer

• Speed-compensated and formatdependent powder metering

Feeder

• Non-stop system with individual rods for uninterrupted production during pile changes

Delivery

• Non-stop pile change possible at full production speed

• 15" TFT touchscreen for ergonomic access to all press functions
• Preparations for network link for external data saving and preset data import
• USB port for external data saving  
• Sheet inspection desk with adjustable desk angle  
• Uninterruptible power supply to enable controlled press shutdown in case of power supply failure  
• Integrated remote maintenance module

Control console functions

• Job-specific presetting of ink metering  
• Remote register setting  
• Selection of washing functions

Touchscreen display

• TFT touchscreen for ergonomic access to all press functions
• USB port for external data saving and preset data import

ErgoTronic InkControl

• Remote ink key setting from the touch screen display at the delivery

DensiTronic

• Fully automatic density measurements and adjustment
• Density measurements and correction proposals displayed on the ErgoTronic console

Techkon RS400

• Automated density measurements and fully automatic density adjustment
• Density measurements and correction proposals displayed on the ErgoTronic console  
• Free positioning of the colour bars on the sheet