Trade fair highlight 18. October 2023

Plastic processing with ESC high-tech systems

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Sakurai MS80SD All-automatic Stop Cylinder Screen Press with Sheet Feeder
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Sakurai LQM Evolution In-line Hot Foil Stamper
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ESC-ATMACE G6 Three-quarter Automatic Screen Printing Machine
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ESC-COMEC KP 13 6C - 6 Colour Pad Printing Machine
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Mimaki UJF-7151 plus UV-LED Flatbed Digital Printer
UV screen printing and hot-foil stamping in one single step
with Sakurai in-line hot-foil stamper

As specialist for sophisticated print tasks ESC is actually offering a new time- and cost-saving solution for finishing UV-varnished screen prints with metallized hot foil. The in-line hot foil stamper Sakurai LQM Evolution is suitable for all graphic, packaging, automotive, appliance and plastic card applications etc.

Screen printing, drying, hot foil stamping and stacking in one production process. Simply and quickly the user achieves high-quality prints with amazing flat, tactile or 3D effects. The LQM Evolution is designed to be fully integrated into every Sakurai screen printing line, installed after the dryer and before the stacker. The job setting is very easy and the machine can be operated by less experienced staff. No more need for dies and the foil waste is minimized. After the image has been printed as UV-varnish on the substrate and then dried, the foil is applied exactly only on the necessary parts, meaning the printed area.

Via touchscreen the operator can enter such parameters as foil application temperature, foil application pressure, substrate length, number of decoration areas or indexing front to back (multi foil application). The machine is also equipped for remote teleassistance and is able to handle sheets with a max. size of 520 mm x 760 mm (model LQM 76) or 1050 mm x 760 mm (model LQM 105). The LQM Evolution can also be integrated into existing Sakurai cylinder screen printing lines.

The interlinking of different production processes is a very important component when manufacturing plastic products. This is where ESC comes in as a provider of innovative screen, pad and digital printing technology. Not only the single printing machine, but matured production systems with feeding and/or removing robots and corresponding dryers, in each case custom-made, have meanwhile become to strong demanded products at ESC company.