Why choose KBA Rapida?

For many years, KBA has been a major provider of sheetfed offset printing technology in the highly automated packaging field. This is not limited to large format machines: 50% of the Rapida 105 and 105 universal medium format printers manufactured by the Radebeul division are used for the production of packaging or folding cartons.


(Although composite printing has already appeared, dual-glazing presses like Rapida 105 still have a solid position in the packaging printing field, and KBA even offers large-format models)

There are several reasons for this strong established market position, including Rapida ’s ability to process a wide range of substrates, until KBA ’s strong technical know-how in glazing, a process favored by packaging printers Technological innovation, the quality and durability of its printing presses, and the custom configurations KBA can provide with the logical paper feed system.

In the print media market, packaging plays the most important role in improving the visual impact and attractiveness of products at the point of sale. Packaging should be eye-catching, easy to get attention and recognition, and its production costs are relatively low. So from the B2 format to the ultra-large format Rapida 205, all will be your ideal choice.

Original model from Saxony

When printing thick paperboard, corrugated paperboard or thick plastic film, ensuring the smooth operation of printed sheets with minimum curvature is a crucial requirement. It is no coincidence that the double-diameter embossing and transfer cylinder and machine-type printing press structure developed in Radebeul as early as 1965 is in no way a coincidence. This structure enables medium-format and large-format printers to print cardboard up to 1.2 mm (48 lb) thick and fine corrugated cardboard up to 1.6 mm (0.06 inch) thick. With appropriate equipment modifications, these machines can process even thicker substrates, such as wine glass paper pads. Since then, all well-known printing press manufacturers have adopted this machine structure pioneered in Saxony, but packaging printing presses are generally regarded as a side business, and in Rabo Boyle, KBA, dozens of such models It has been a major market for many years.

However, the basic concept of the printing press is not all of it. It is also necessary to enhance the performance of the printing press with various components that can bring about higher output, support a variety of finishing options, accommodate paper feed systems, and include comprehensive quality control. KBA also has many products for you to choose from in this regard.

Rich online finishing device

In addition to online printed sheet monitoring, KBA QualiTronic can also provide many optional additional products, including online color detection and control devices

Printing machines equipped with one or more coating units have become a standard equipment in the field of packaging printing. Whether it is water-based or UV glazing, full-plate glazing or partial glazing, it can be completed by using an anilox glazing device. KBA has developed and perfected a number of new technologies, such as compound printing and glazing that can produce attractive matte? High gloss effects.

Now, changing the glazing oil and cleaning the glazing device is no longer a time-consuming task as before. This is also the case when replacing polished plates or scrapers. The replacement of the glazing plate on the Rapida (medium format and large format) printing press has already been automated, but we have not promoted it as the world's number one. So conversion is no longer a laborious task like it was a few years ago. Both the amount of varnish applied and the quality of the varnish can be precisely controlled with different anilox rollers (see pages 28-31 of KBA Process No. 4).

Leading the way in green printing

Rapida's printing presses have obtained the environmental certification of "emissions have passed the test" as early as 2000, and since then have been awarded eco-environment certificates recognized by the competent authorities of many countries. The certificate is suitable for printing production on paper and cardboard with traditional, composite and UV inks and water-based and UV varnishes. In the daily work of many printing factories, they also use a small amount of alcohol or non-alcoholic printing production, and even use them for extremely challenging jobs. As with online glazing, KBA has long been a recognized authority in making print production environmentally responsible.

Marketing alone will not meet demand

KBA ColdFoiler cold bronzing finishing device installed on a Rapida 106

Rapida presses can do more than glazing: they can also cut inline, punch lines, make numbers, and even die cut when equipped with the appropriate equipment. A corona discharge device can be provided to process synthetic materials before printing, and KBA ColdFoiler shows the magic of cold bronzing. These will be particularly useful for products whose metallic varnishes cannot meet the specified standards. In 2004, the first in-company public presentation on trademark protection in Germany (actually all Europe) was held in KBA ’s Radebeul, and a live demonstration was performed on the Rapida press. Like many other technologies, KBA ’s competitors did not invest in this particular promising career long before. Marketing in packaging and printing alone is not enough: success depends on the recognition and positive shaping of emerging trends. KBA has always been at the forefront of technology.

Printing thick, rigid substrates is a real challenge for printers and their operators. KBA also provides many specialized auxiliary devices in this regard. For example, KBA's Rapida presses can be equipped with a fully automatic stack changer for paper feeding without stopping the machine. The device includes a bracket placed under the cardboard of the suction conveyor belt, which can be automatically inserted between the remaining stack of paper and the stack of cardboard. Then the tray raises the remaining stack of paper, so that the stack can be replaced more easily, even when printing thick and heavy substrates. In addition, the paper feeder can still be accessed from all three sides.

The printing machine equipped with automatic logical paper stack supply system has amazing production capacity (2)

A very important advantage of the non-stop roller shutter device in which the height of the paper receiving device can be automatically lowered is that it is inserted in the direction of paper running, so its work is more reliable in other systems. The stack can be lowered, which means that there is more time to replace the stack. When these two automation modules are used in conjunction with an automated stack supply system, they can realize their full potential. A variety of paper stack logic supply components can be networked to form a customized, application-defined overall concept, which can combine the paperless conveyor system and paper stack supply system of the paper feeder and paper delivery device of multiple printing machines Together.

New products on display at Drupa


A reading and writing device (lower right corner) on the paper machine reads out the ID number determined by the work piece stored in the chip on the stacked cardboard, and provides it to MIS / PPS through LogoTronic Professional

A new product that KBA will launch in Druba is PileTronic RFID, which is the beginning of the RFID-monitored substrate supply system that requires the detection and identification of the numbers attached to the stacking boards of the paper feeder and take-up device component. A reading / writing device installed on the paper feeder reads the ID number stored on the stacked cardboard chip according to the job and provides it to MIS / PPS through LogoTronic Professional for cost accounting, time scheduling and supply Assurance related purpose. KBA's PileTronic RFID can also be used to find all the stacked cardboard in the production hall.

In packaging and printing, it is essential that the packaged trademark product should never be damaged by color fluctuations, inaccurate overprinting, lightness, ghosting or white spots. Therefore, the print quality must reach very high standards. Therefore, the whole process of quality monitoring and control and proper documentation are absolutely necessary requirements. KBA has been providing these functions through the QualiTronic online sheet inspection system for many years.

Equipped with QualiTronic, originally developed for banknote printers, the printed sheets can be inspected throughout the production process to ensure 100% control. KBA will show two amazing new components for this system in Druba. One is an online color measurement and control system, which scans the measurement points of each printed sheet, records the density difference, and automatically makes the necessary adjustments to obtain the correct density. In order to make the operation more convenient, the current density value is displayed on the console in real time, so there is no need to sample from the printing press for measurement.

During the processing, a comprehensive quality record of all measured values ​​of the live parts will be generated to provide printed evidence for the quality of the entire production chain. KBA's R & D engineers are still busy creating new methods to detect and eject erroneous printed sheets, and eject erroneous blank paper when appropriate. Some of these devices will be demonstrated at Drupa.

Another new component is DensiTronic PDF embedded in the DensiTronic workbench. DensiTronic PDF scans the entire printed sheet and compares it with the approved original PDF.


Display the values ​​measured by the online density measurement system in a very similar way to other systems

The close and successful cooperation with international packaging companies for decades has made KBA a market leader in sheet-fed offset printing technology for printing and packaging. And many beneficial developments are being completed, which can improve quality and efficiency and create new uses, not just to show its importance in such an industry as trademark protection. Therefore, the packaging industry will continue to enjoy further attention from KBA and receive effective support in this regard.

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