drupa 2008: RIMA-SYSTEM reaps the fruits of hard work

Worldwide news about Post Press Technology
English edition 02/2008
drupa 2008: RIMA-SYSTEM reaps the fruits of hard work
After fourteen days of drupa 2008,
lations, RIMA-SYSTEM proves its
RIMA-SYSTEM looks back on a very
expertise and earns the global appre-
successful and well-attended ex-
ciation of its equipment. Especially
hibition. The presentation of new
the markets in Europe and the USA
solutions with reliable technology
increasingly demand full automati-
in a fully operational Post Press line
on and are supplied with solutions
attracted worldwide visitors to have
ranging from single machines up to
a look at innovative equipment
complete Post Press systems. Being
and to discuss topics surrounding
business magazines and daily visits of
well-suited for future demands on
finishing. Convinced by the presen-
multilingual guided tours underlined
Post Press systems, RIMA-SYSTEM
tation of state-of-the-art Post Press
the outstanding technology and
will continue to enter new markets
systems coupled with the possibility
the innovation leadership of RIMA-
to increase customers’ productivity
of real-time drawing of individual
SYSTEM’s latest offerings.
by providing flexible, innovative and
CAD layouts, many customers took
With more than 9000 sold stackers
reliable solutions.
the chance to close a contract with
and hundreds of Post Press instal-
RIMA-SYSTEM directly at the booth.
The cornerstone of the exhibition’s
success was the live presentation of
new technology as well as established and flexible solutions for all
customer needs. Frequent reports in
drupa 2008
The RS 500 stole the show !
The Highlight at RIMA-SYSTEM’s
booth was the presentation of the
new RS 500 palletizing robot with
new gripper technology capable of
up to 2000 bundles per hour*. Due
to decreased cycle times, the RS 500
outperforms every other palletizing
solution and meets the demands
of decreasing delivery windows in
the printing industry. Based on the
proven Fanuc four-axis-robot, the
RS 500 features innovative highspeed gripper technology. From two
accumulation conveyers, complete
rows of loose or strapped bundles are
smoothly put onto the pallet according to customer specific packing
patterns. Single bundles can be rotated at 90° on a reversing station to
optimize the packing patterns and to
stabilize the pallet. For optional log
palletizing, the gripper of the robot
arm can be automatically changed
very quickly. To further increase the
degree of automation, the RS 500
can be optionally equipped with an
intelligent software solutions, pallets
automatic slip sheet feeder and an
can be built precisely and stable even
automatic pallet dispenser.
at the highest speeds. Therefore, it
The RS 500 is operated via touch
is no surprise that the interest in the
screen panel and PALETTI, the gra-
new palletizing robot exceeded all
phical, user-friendly control inter-
expectations and that many printers
face. Due to proven technology and
are now requesting additional application and layout information of the
new RS 500.
* depending on products
News T icker
SEGO - Post Press for
flexible formats
RIMA-SYSTEM’s Post Press instal-
Breaking News: SYSTEM UK Ltd.
- a new but experienced Post Press supplier
For a long time Press & Bindery
Systems Ltd. (PBS) acted as representatives for RIMA-SYSTEM as well
as for Civiemme, Elettra, GrafiKontrol, Affeldt and others. When PBS
closed their business in April this
year, there was no major Post Press
supplier active in the UK.
A few weeks later, SYSTEM UK Ltd.
was founded by RIMA-SYSTEM in
Germany to meet the growing demand of the UK market. Located in
Swindon (England), SYSTEM UK Ltd.
is a 100% subsidiary of the German
company and is part of the RIMASYSTEM worldwide network with
companies in Huntington Beach
(California, USA), Atlanta (Georgia,
USA), Düsseldorf (Germany) and Sin-
gapore as well as several dealers all
over the world. To ensure the supply
of high quality Post Press systems as
well as local service, qualified personnel with an expertise in RIMASYSTEM’s products will serve the UK
market.
SYSTEM UK is run by part of the
former PBS crew. David Spencer and
Mike Hall, both well-known in the
UK printing industry, are responsible for sales. Jon Parkes and Pat
O’Donnell are experienced engineers and continue to install RIMASYSTEM equipment. The subsidiary
will be expanded step-by-step to
consolidate the position of one of
the leading Post Press suppliers of
the United Kingdom.
lation behind a format-variable
80-page commercial web press at
SEGO in Taverny, France is a true
success story.
The new Compacta 818 web press
with a format-variable V5 folder
ensures the flexible production of
various product formats both long
grain and short grain paper. To
fully exploit all possible production
options, the Post Press system has
to be flexibly configurable and has
to process every production format
quickly and easily.
The complete Post Press system
at SEGO was installed by RIMASYSTEM and consists of floor and
overhead conveyors, one RS 840
double stream trimming line, two
RS 36 stackers with direct-coupled
RS 110 blocking units, two RS 600
log stackers as well as one pallet-
Great demand for the ZMRpress optimized log stacker
Basing on the fact that the length of
RIMA-SYSTEM’s new RS 610 log sta-
make-ready and downtime often is
cker is optimized for application be-
disproportionate to the overall run
hind ZMR-presses. The new features
length, the demand for solutions that
like accurate product separation and
minimize change-over downtimes
automatic log length calculation en-
grows continuously. Zero-Make-
thused the visitors at RIMA-SYSTEM’s
Ready (ZMR) presses have the advan-
drupa booth. As a result of the inno-
tage that no expensive change-over
vative log building technology, there
downtime is needed because the
will be no “odd length” of the last
change of printing plates occurs du-
log in a run. Cost-prohibitive over-
ring the current production without
production or manual handling of
stopping the web press.
logs that under-run the minimal log
size will no longer be an issue and
gives printers a competitive advantage. The new log building technology, optimized ergonomics and proven
features adopted from the
RS 600 convinced many visitors at
drupa 2008. In addition, the visitors
were surprised and elated by the
low-noise operation because they
expected a much louder operating
noise in consideration of the highspeed capacity of the RS 610.
izing cell with two RS 400 robot
arms. The intelligent installation
ensures the fast, flexible and efficient palletizing of stacks and
logs in consideration of the limited
space of the production rooms.
During the step-by-step installation
of the finishing line, the flexible
configuration allowed production
on completed sections while still
installing the remaining portions of
the system.
Thanks to the reliable and efficient
production of flexible formats, the
high degree of automation and the
fast set-up, SEGO also requested
that RIMA-SYSTEM optimizes two
existing post press lines as well.
Multiple partner companies trust in RIMA-SYSTEM
Attentive visitors of drupa 2008 may have noticed that RIMA-SYSTEM’s products could not only be found at the
company’s booth. Here are some partner booths that were also equipped with Post Press solutions from RIMA-SYSTEM!
Kolbus - RS 33S
Wohlenberg - RS 33S
Hohner - RS 14
News T icker
Roto3 decided for
RIMA-SYSTEM
Convinced by innovative and reliable Post Press solutions, the Italian
printer Roto3 decided for finishing
Grafitek - RS 24S
Hugo Beck - RS 10
equipment from RIMA-SYSTEM for
their Komori S32 web press. After
comparing multiple Post Press suppliers, Roto3 considers it best to decide
PRESS RELEASES
for customized and efficient equip-
Numerous press articles show the
long-term experience in providing
high interest in RIMA-SYSTEM’s
highly automated machines. The
latest products:
new Post Press system consists of
ment from a stable partner with
floor conveyers, an RS 830 trimming line, an RS 36 stacker as well
as a log stacker and will be put into
operation in October 2008. After
successful negotiations, the contract
was signed at RIMA-SYSTEM’s booth
at drupa 2008. As a result of pleasant negotiations and thanks to the
offer of state-of-the-art Post Press
solutions, Roto3 is planning to equip
another 16 page web press with
RIMA-SYSTEM’s finishing equipment.