Finishing & Screen Printing
Morgana DigiFold 5000P Takes Digital Finishing a Step Further
Friday 04. July 2008 - The ability to make 9 creases on 9 sheets in 9 seconds is just one of the features underlining the advance in digital finishing that Morgana has taken with the new DigiFold 5000P.
The original DigiFold was highly successful as the worlds first integrated creaser/folder, but the new model goes much further in terms of what it does and the speed at which it does it. Operating at 5000 sheets per hour on A4 stock – more on smaller sizes -, it is almost 4 times faster than the original. The new creasing technology used in the New DigiFold 5000P allows sheet speed to remain constant irrespective of the number of creases being put on a sheet; so it will crease a sheet 9 times at the same speed as it would for one crease! It also takes a larger sheet size – 700mm x 385mm – and incorporates perforating as standard, as well as having an increased capacity feeder.
This huge improvement in operational speed results from a newly patented creasing method developed by Morgana. Called DynaCrease, it means that sheets are now creased without stopping while an accuracy of +/- 0.1mm is maintained. 5 perforating wheels can be used across the sheet and the new feeding mechanism means that much higher piles can be loaded to match the increased productivity of the unit.
Highly versatile, the new Morgana DigiFold 5000P can be used as an integrated creaser/folder working with stocks of up to 400gsm ; as a stand-alone creaser or purely as a perforator when neither creasing nor folding are required. It has also been made JDF ready as Morgana believes that more and more users will require finishing operations to become part of the automated work-flow process.
The demand for shorter runs and variable data have placed greater emphasis on the need for fast, easy set-up and Morgana has responded by incorporating advanced electronics in the head up display unit that controls the make-ready processes. Creases and fold positions can be adjusted in increments of 0.1mm and the position of the delivery stacker and fold rollers can also be adjusted to compensate for substrate thickness.
According to Morgana m.d. Quen Baum, the design of the new DigiFold 5000P has all the improvements that customers have been requesting. “Speed, sheet size, perforating and a higher capacity feeder were on everybodys wish list”, he says, “and we are happy to have developed a product that will give printers the extra performance they require.”
The DigiFold 5000P will be generally available very shortly after it makes it debut at Drupa 2008.