Laser digital paper products processing technology development space

For traditional die-cutting processes, the efficiency and flexibility of laser digital paper product processing technologies are highly competitive.

In foreign countries, laser digital paper products processing technology has been admired to the extreme, it is the evaporation of materials to complete a variety of different post-press processing operations, and now is gradually applied to the mainstream development. How far can it eventually go? In addition, a relatively camera-based vision system is also required in the case of more stringent positioning and registration requirements. The investment in this technology should be between $180,000, which is equivalent to a major upgrade to the prepress system.

The drum-to-drum laser system can be moved in steps, allowing the system to move intermittently or in readings. Cutting is done during the movement. The continuous motion of the laser system is based on a pre-arranged punching procedure. By adjusting the cutting speed, the beam is completely penetrated through the material and the cutting of the material is completed. If the laser parameters are set differently, the material can be pressed out of line marks of different depths or perforated in the material.

Advantage

Laser digital paper product processing technology has many advantages. In terms of flexibility, the technology can process any shape that has been programmed, and the laser can be cut in any direction. The shape of the template can be quickly changed without the help of any tools, making it possible to process competitive, individualized packaging or trademarks. Accuracy is also one of the advantages of digital systems. Laser processing of paper products can compensate for inaccuracies in the printing and post-printing processes. For example, the material may be stretched and deformed. The laser can be adjusted according to these deformations. Traditional template production cannot.

Laser digital paper products processing technology is also equally attractive in terms of production efficiency and productivity. At the last minute, design solutions can be modified without affecting the entire production process. Simple and complex shapes all spend the same amount of money and are completed in the same amount of time. From a payback point of view, end users can control short or medium production without creating a large number of templates. It can react faster to customer needs because it does not require the production of molds.

Laser cutting eliminates the need for all tools, such as rotating molds, punching and cutting tools.

From the aesthetic point of view, we also get a positive answer. The laser pressureless cutting process usually does not damage the material, and in testing the sticker trademark, it was found that the light-pressure-cut trademark has a better peelability than the spin-mold trademark.

Market space

In the field of packaging, the market for laser digital paper products processing is still in its infancy, but it is a completely open market that can be applied to various packaging applications.

More and more companies are showing great interest in this. Many of them are companies that own digital printers. They see digital laser template technology as a viable solution to increase the competitiveness of digital printing. According to reports, the laser line speed can be matched with the linear speed of the digital printing machine. Theoretically speaking, the user can run 10 different types of printing and postpress processing operations in succession without any downtime in the middle.

At present, digital laser paper product processing systems have been installed in various areas of the packaging industry, but most of these systems are installed in a very confidential manner, and manufacturers of the systems must sign confidentiality agreements. Although the entire technology has gradually taken shape, the market itself is still in its infancy.

The laser technology applied to flexible packaging can also perform special operations that many die cutting technologies cannot achieve. For example, rotary die cutting technology cannot produce ultra-small holes to ensure breathing, and rotation can not cut out very clean holes. The hole may also be blocked by remaining material.

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Vendors continue to work hard to remove obstacles to the installation of lasers. The problem of material compatibility has always been closely linked with the material manufacturer, especially now that the laser can already handle the corners of the shape, and the surface material can be cut without damaging the substrate material. During the year, the traditional die-cutting technology will disappear from the major paper product processing companies. Everyone will use the laser system at that time.

For now, laser technology is a very special application in post-press processing applications. Some experts suggested that laser digital paper products processing is a very precise and high-level technology and requires a certain amount of cost. If you use rotation technology to achieve the speed and accuracy you need, you can continue to use rotation technology. Each technology has its own space, and each technology can work well on the same production line.