Add Precision Coating to an Existing Press Epic’s CoatTech™ Anilox Coating System
No need to buy a new press – add an additional anilox unit to a press or upgrade your tower coater to anilox.
One pass productivity is necessary in today’s market. The Epic CoatTech offers precision and versatility to your offset press. CoatTech applies a consistent coating thickness and supports a broad range of substrates and finishes. By installing Epic’s CoatTech system, users will experience superior performance, improved efficiencies and ultimately significant cost savings.
Three ways to add a CoatTech Anilox Coating System to an Existing Press
- Permanently convert an existing print station to a CoatTech coating station (Stationary Blanket Coater/SBC)
- Convert a 2-color press into an off-line coater unit
- Install a retractable CoatTech system (Retractable Blanket Coater/RBC)
RBC Heidelberg Speedmaster
RBC KBA 140- Custom engineered to fit most presses
- Uniform coating thickness and precise edges
- Supports UV, aqueous, metallics, specialty coatings, primers, tints, blister seal, gloss, dull, satin and more
- Precise spot coating
- Eliminates orange peel, ribbing and streaking
- Chamber-in-chamber system prevents coating from leaking into press
- Fast and efficient clean up
- Reduces operating costs – less waste, ease-of-use, lower coating usage and requires fewer anilox rollers
- Enclosed fountain with doctor blades – quick release system for fast clean-up and easy change out
- Anilox roller removes easily to accommodate coating changes
- Either vertical or horizontal retraction mechanism, position for printing or coating mode
- Laser engraved, lightweight carbon fiber anilox roller provided as applicator to blanket – cell size to customer’s specifications
- Operator’s control station with necessary selector switches and controls
- Manual mode – operator controls anilox roller to blanket cylinder
- Automatic mode – anilox roller will activate when the printing unit goes on pressure
- Integrated coating pump console – all pump and wash up functions located in a single freestanding enclosure – suitable for UV or aqueous
- All necessary brackets, side frames, etc. to geometrically locate and hold the coater in place on the press
- Custom painted to match press
Tower Coater Conversion from Roller to Anilox Metering
- Uniform coating thickness and precise edges
- Supports UV, aqueous, metallics, specialty coatings, primers, tints, blister seal, gloss, dull, satin and more
- Precise spot coating
- Eliminates orange peel, ribbing and streaking
- Fast and efficient clean up
- Reduces operating costs by an average of 25% – less waste, ease-of-use, lower coating usage and requires fewer anilox rollers
- Enclosed fountain with doctor blades – quick release system for fast clean-up and easy change out
- Anilox roller removes easily to accommodate coating changes
- Laser Engraved, lightweight carbon fiber anilox roller provided as applicator to blanket – cell size to customer’s specifications
- Operator’s control station with necessary selector switches and controls
- Manual mode – operator controls anilox roller to blanket cylinder
- Automatic mode – anilox roller will activate when the printing unit goes on pressure
- Integrated coating pump console – all pump and wash up functions located in a single freestanding enclosure – suitable for UV or aqueous
- Coating flows into the chamber from the CoatTech Circulator
- Coating is metered to the anilox roller from the chamber
- Coating precisely metered from anilox roll to the blanket
- The servo drive powers the anilox roller and is speed tracked to the press via an encoder and PLC control system
- The anilox roller can be reduced in speed in relation to the blanket cylinder
Ancillary Items
- All pump and wash-up functions in a single freestanding enclosure for ease of operation
- Double diaphragm pumps for positive pressure and suction. Suitable for UV or aqueous coatings
- Inlet for water or UV wash-up solution allows fast clean-up or coating changes
- Two air knife assemblies for installation, stainless steel, adjustable for angle of air impingement
- One – 3 H.P., high-pressure, high volume blower
- All necessary brackets, duct and electrical controls required for operation
- Air temperature adjustable by solid state SCR control
