Modular designed vacuum coating machine using a plasma enhanced chemical deposition process to coat SiOx onto plastic webs.

Coating

Scalable

The addition of extra coating modules allow higher speed or thicker SiOx coatings to be applied. Low vacuum requirements mean quick turnaround times.

Functional coating

SiOx coated by PECVD is transparent, high barrier, recyclable, FDA approved, environmentally friendly and microwavable.

Entry level metallizing

The K3000 is an entry level metallizing machine that allows the converter to produce the highest quality aluminum coatings on PET film.

Metallizing

General Vacuum Equipment's optical monitoring system allows the metallizer to apply a uniform layer of aluminum. This maximizes the functionality of the coating and reduces the cost of production, by ensuring that the optimum amount of aluminum is used.

Yarn grade metallizing

High quality evaporation source technology ensures defect free metallizing.

Free span collection

The free span collection geometry means that there is minimal setup time and increased coating efficiencies compared to conventionally sized supported machines.

Winding

Output rolls

The winding system, with its high speed rollers and precision parallelity, has an industry renowned ability to produce rewind rolls that are the image or better of the unwind rolls.

When only the highest hot foil stamping quality will do

Every part of the hot foil stamping process demands that you give it huge attention to detail, and the same is true about your choice of the hot foil stamping press itself, especially if you expect to reach the highest levels of foiled product quality and productivity.

MASTERFOIL 106 PR is jam-packed with clever features, all designed to deliver the highest foiling quality and productivity available in the market. A completely new lower beam cam movement allows for longer impressions and higher foiling quality, while at the same time guaranteeing the highest production speeds. A brand new foil unwind system makes changing foils as easy as pressing a button.

MASTERFOIL also features Power Register II, which delivers perfect foil-to-print register, and Smart Feeder, which ensures superbly consistent feeding of virtually any material.

When only the highest hot foil stamping quality will do, MASTERFOIL gives you the competitive advantage.

Easy foil

Foil changes are as simple as child’s play with the new Easy Foil automated unwind system. Place the reel. Press the button. Job done.

Double cam gripper bar advance

Double cam gripper bar advance delivers the smoothest sheet acceleration and deceleration. Each movement of the gripper bar is perfectly controlled – from sheet registration, through cutting, to stripping, and then on to the delivery. The lowered stress on the sheet at each stage means that fewer nicks are needed, resulting in better quality of your final product, at higher speeds than can be achieved with any other type of die-cutter.

Centerline®

Guaranteeing fast and precise tool positioning, Centerline® delivers quick machine set-ups, increased up-time, and superb finished product quality. Unique to BOBST, the patented Centerline® tool alignment system is found in every one of its flat bed die-cutters and hot foil stampers. By using a fixed master reference, which all movable elements of the machine reference to, tools can be pre-aligned, off-machine.

Smart feeder

The intelligent feeder system that gives you perfect sheet feeding. Smart Feeder dramatically cuts feed errors on all the materials you use every day from paper, through carton board, to microflute.

Foil Touch System

A completely rethought platen concept and redesigned lower beam movement system that gives longer contact between stamping dies, foil, and the sheet, delivering superb foiling with lower heat and less pressure.

CUBE3

This latest generation of CUBE, BOBST's operator-machine interface, features revolutionary 'Touch & Set' navigation which makes even the most complex settings completely intuitive, saving valuable time. Now with a bigger, full color, touch screen CUBE3 gives the operator complete control of the Autoplaten®, from setting and running a job, right through to detailed fault diagnosis.

Power Register II

This 100% no-sheet-edge-contact, dynamic register system dramatically reduces machine stops and perfectly registers die-cutting, or hot foiling, to the print on the sheet. By integrating Smart Feeder with Power Register II, feed related production stops are cut by up to 75%, resulting in reduced downtime and improved net outputs. Along with offering registration to either side of the sheet, Power Register II also offers a unique bottom print registration option which allows the conversion of litho-laminated microflute jobs with a quality and precision never before possible.

Ergonomics

With up to five CUBE3 control screens all around the hot foil stamper and a complete rethink of the machine layout, the operator now needs to move around less, can control the whole process from virtually anywhere, and is free to concentrate on production and quality.