Finishing & Screen Printing
ROLLEM – A SAFE BET AT IPEX 2010
Wednesday 24. March 2010 - Sheffield manufacturer Rollem is teaming up with Heidelberg and Sappi at Ipex 2010 to create more than 30,000 packs of playing cards. Prior to the exhibition, Heidelberg will use a Speedmaster XL 105-10-P to print the cards on 285 gsm Sappi Algro Design Card, and during Ipex Rollem will use its Revolution finishing system to demonstrate how one operator can transform seamlessly printed sheets to fully wrapped decks.
“The 676 x 576 mm sheets will each contain 56 cards, which includes two extra cards for the top and bottom of every pack,” says Rollem managing director Stuart Murphy. “The Revolution system will automatically slit, collate, count and punch the cards giving a slit accuracy of +/- 0.05mm, which is casino quality. The king and queen might appear a little fatter than usual because the packs will be US poker size, which is wider than a standard pack typically used in the UK!
“Heidelberg set up the artwork for the cards using its Prinect workflow, which was highly efficient, and were extremely grateful to both Heidelberg and Sappi for their willingness to work with us on the project. At Ipex well demonstrate Revolution on-line to a separate wrapping unit. The completed wrapped packs of cards will be available free of charge on all three companies stands.”