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ing speed of up to 130 meter per minute, the new coater supports Catapult’s technology-led production efficiency, and silicone is cured instantly via the UV curing system. The latest Com 500 Coater model ordered by Catapult further enhances efficiency with a new silicone wheel sup- port air shaft to speed up changeovers and a new laser mi- crometer to allow for enhanced glue weight specifications. Alongside the new coater, Catapult is also investing in an additional rewind machine. Supplied by Ashe Con- verting Equipment, the new Opal turret slitter rewinder is Catapult’s fifth rewind machine, which, including its two coaters, gives the company a total of seven finishing units. The new machine will complement an end-to-end solu- tion for Catapult’s 26-inch Nilpeter printing press. Catapult became the first company in the United States to install the Nilpeter 26-inch, 9-color printing press with a die station in 2024, enabling the printing of pressure sensitive labels, linerless labels, and narrow-web films in a fraction of the time. The Nilpeter FA-26 machine had never been specified or built before, and Catapult worked collaboratively with Nilpeter to develop a machine that provides live produc- tion data in real time; a world first, which overcomes the potential human error of manual inputting while delivering efficiency and accuracy benefits.
Precision Anilox & Glue Roll Technology
Nilpeter has worked with Catapult to update all eight of the converter’s Nilpeter FA-Line presses with new hardware and software to fully integrate Nilpeter’s Digital Shadow solution. This upgrade allows Catapult to collect and analyze the data needed to maximize the advantages of this new tech- nology. Taking all eight presses off-line simultaneously for up- grades required meticulous planning and execution. Nil- peter deployed teams from both Denmark and the United States to carry out the installation. Despite the complexity, the project was delivered on time and to specification. The next phase of the collaboration will see the instal- lation of Nilpeter’s advanced VISION Camera solution on Catapult’s presses. This high-speed register system is de- signed to maintain perfect color registration, according to the company, even when working with ultra-flexible ma- terials commonly used on the Nilpeter FA-26 and other FA-Line machines.
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