Monday, October 26, 2020

Koenig & Bauer, DCOS partner on Compacta S80 work

 

Koenig & Bauer is partnering with DCOS to develop a retrofit and upgrade solution for the Koenig & Bauer Compacta S80 short-grain heatset press.

Even though these presses were manufactured decades ago, they’re “still a hot candidate for service-life-extensions and automation upgrades,” says Koenig & Bauer in a news release.

First out of the shoot is a 1991 vintage Compacta S80 in Germany. Besides a complete drive and control system upgrade, the project also includes a fully loaded print inspection system.

The original drive and control systems were facing total obsolescence. DCOS’s automation platform Printing Framework was customized to fit the needs in a combined effort between Koenig & Bauer and DCOS.

The upgrade incorporates a new main drive system, mechanical PIVs replaced by shaftless drives, an updated safety system and a new machine and quality control system.

A new feature in the DCOS Print Inspection Systems family was developed for this project: a camera-based closed-loop web-guide control system. This feature will serve as a possible upgrade solution for obsolete web-guide control systems.

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