Oosterhout, 10月 2016
– Suomalainen
Lehtipaino Oy, the Finnish-based printing concern, has decided to have a complete
Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) automation package installed on its
Tensor T4000E with DCOS control. QIPC, the Oosterhout-based specialist in
measurement and control systems for the printing industry, is to equip the
press with its mRC-3D and IDS-3D systems for the automation of colour
register, cut-off register, colour control and damp control at the printing
plant in Kajaani, in the centre of Finland.
Old system
The current printing press is
equipped with an ageing automation system. “At the time of purchase, the
company was given the advice of the Original Equipment Manufacturer”, explains
Erwin van Rossem, Head of Sales at QIPC. “However, its efficiency leaves much
to be desired, with two desks per folder, one for the DCOS operator interface,
and another for the Perretta ink and register control.”
Management at Suomalainen
Lehtipaino Oy became aware of this too and decided to look at other, better
alternatives. “As a state-of-the-art printing plant, we believe in guaranteeing
high levels of production quality for our customers”, asserts Marja Niemi,
production manager at Suomalainen Lehtipaino Oy. “A better quality control
system was therefore needed.”
Fact-finding trips to plants
where QIPC automation systems have already been installed helped Suomalainen
Lehtipaino Oy arrive at its decision. “We've seen the system operating now on
several occasions at first hand and that convinced us to plump for QIPC”, adds
Marja Niemi. “It has been our fourth closed-loop system in Finland since 2009. Thanks to the
top-rate performance of those systems, we have been building up a good
reputation in Finland”,
explains Erwin van Rossem.
Installation and integration
A total of 14 IDS-3D and 7 mRC-3D
cameras will be installed in Kajaani to take care of colour register and colour
(ink-key control), damp (fountain-water) and cut-off control. The existing Perretta
register system will be replaced and the new equipment will be directly
integrated with Inventor for fountain-water control and Perretta for ink
control. “Expectations are high”, says Marja Niemi. “We are banking on
achieving quality assurance levels which are second to none and anticipate that
we will make major savings in terms of waste and ink. Our target is to save 10
percent in ink volumes and 300 copies during the start-up phase.”
Being able to guarantee top-class quality is extremely important for a company
such as Suomalainen Lehtipaino Oy, which works exclusively with third parties.
The plant is the only one operating in the wider region and prints around one
million copies for 50 different titles. Marja Niemi has a great deal of
confidence in the future: “So far the collaboration between QIPC and ourselves
has been working out well, as planned. I'm extremely happy with QIPC’s approach
to work.”
At the same time, QIPC is
thrilled at having received the order. Erwin van Rossem: “Most existing
closed-loop colour and fountain-water control systems are still installed on
the larger double-width presses. This order helps us sustain this positive
trend: expansion on all fronts, an automation solution which is of interest to
all newspaper printers.”
