Last year, the Déjà Link printing works, which had a turnover of 9.2 million euros, completed a major investment plan. The Firopa group company, based in Stains in Seine-Saint-Denis, installed two Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 offset presses.
A Speedmaster XL 106 5 colours + varnish replaced a CD 102-4 last October. And a Speedmaster XL 106 4 colours + varnish is being installed in the workshop which also includes a Speedmaster XL 75-5 + varnish in LE UV arrived in 2015.
Two Speedmaster XL 106 for increased responsiveness
Laurent Caviale, the manager of the 54-employee printing plant, opted for two printing machines with the same equipment.
"With two presses with the same format and specifications and operating in 3x8, we have opted for a homogeneous fleet ensuring a high level of responsiveness and absolute versatility between our operators" he explains.
In addition, the press operators have been trained to switch from one machine to another even more easily.
Highly automated printing presses
Both presses are equipped with the Push to Stop system and Inpress Control 2, which allows highly automated operation and reduced waste. They are supplied with ink via the automatic InkLine 3000 system. Depending on the manufacturer, this ensures a constant ink level in the ink duct, a reduction in start-up time and a 3 to 5% reduction in ink consumption.
Both offset presses are also equipped with a water/glycol cabinet cooling system. This system lowers the temperature in the workshop, reducing the volatility of powder and paper dust and reduces power consumption compared to air cooling.
An adequate organization to get the best out of Push to Stop
The investment plan also includes a new Suprasetter 106 CTP with double-cassette feeder installed in January, as well as the implementation of the Prinect Production Manager workflow. "It ensures better communication between prepress and presses and allows efficient monitoring of ink curves. It also provides us with production information" explains the printer.
"With speeds of 18,000 f/h, great speed of implementation, technological improvements such as the Push to Stop that we are discovering, the ramp-up is gradual. These highly automated presses with high production capacity require an adequate organization to get the best out of them. In a few months, we will have the necessary hindsight for a real assessment that already looks positive in terms of productivity and color control"
