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Kombo TAV: innovation for the Packaging Industry
Posted: May 24, 2011
Hamburg, Germany (Fespa – 24th May 2011) - From the initial launch of the Kombo TAV during Viscom 2010 in Milano, to the first installations, the latest Elitron innovation specifically engineered for the packaging sector is now operative in the packaging market with the early adopters already reaping the benefits. Others are currently being installed and more installations are programmed for the forthcoming quarter.
Initial feedback from clients is extremely positive and the new Elitron solution for the packaging industry has already been nicknamed The Packaging Revolution. The concept of non-stop production and finishing has been truly revolutionised by the Kombo TAV with its perfect mix of innovation and technology. The ideal cutting solution for continual production runs, whilst remaining agile and flexible in order to facilitate rapid changing production, as well as any last minute changes.
What distinguishes the Kombo TAV in today’s market?
The Kombo TAV is equipped with an integrated automatic loading and unloading system which fully automates the production process. This however is certainly not new…What distinguishes the Kombo TAV and the technological evolution is the presence of two cutting heads, together with the Seeker System TM that reads printed images from the underside as well as the Airo Technology, the new Elitron patent, which facilitates perfect unloading of worked materials time after time.
These 3 Plus stand the Kombo TAV apart from other products currently present in the market.
Plus 1: Two Independent Cutting Heads
With a cutting speed of up to 106 metres/minute and two independent cutting heads which operate non-stop, productivity takes a giant leap forward: practically two cutting systems in one. Each cutting head is equipped with different tools: blade, creasing wheel, probe tool (to determine material height), pen module and laser pointer. Thanks to Elitron’s Twin Cut software, the workload of the job in hand is automatically distributed between both cutting heads thus optimising the production yield and considerably reducing production times. Kombo TAV is specific for cardboard, corrugated cardboard, lightweight card, plastic materials, honeycomb materials, graphic boards, and many more…
Plus 2: Seeker System™
Seeker SystemTM is the only intelligent camera system able to automatically recognise the material and any printed images regardless of their position. Already installed in the Kombo SD for the Digital Printing sector, the Seeker System technology is also present in the Kombo TAV. Seeker recognises any printed images on the material that is to be worked, and on the Kombo TAV this reading is done from the underside. The moment the material is rapidly moved from the pallet onto the working area, Seeker System comes into action: automatically reading the reference points and automatically loading the relative cutting file. The operator has only to select what has to be worked and confirm to start the rapid finishing process. Materials are completely cut without leaving any of the classic “attach points” however there is no problem to then remove the cut materials, as Airo System takes care of complete unloading.
Plus 3: Reduced Loading Time and Perfect Unloading thanks to Airo Technology
Following rapid loading of materials onto the working area and highly efficient, high quality cutting and finishing, unloading could not be anything less. The final unloading process is guaranteed using Airo Technology, a state-of the-art patent from Elitron. The worked material is automatically unloaded from the working area using strong suction panel, and then moved to the unloading bay where it is stacked on the waiting pallet. This continual, automatic process prevents any of those production blockages caused by waste material being left on the working area. Thanks to this new Elitron patent the working area is always completely cleared in order that the production process can continue automatically with a new sheet.
This innovative finishing system is the result of intense Research & Development, as well as first hand knowledge and technological know-how that Elitron has acquired through different industrial applications in different sectors: from the footwear and leather sector, to furniture, composites and foam to the Digital Printing and Packaging industries. One of the distinctive characteristics of Elitron is the ability to keep a keen ear to the ground, listening to market requirements and individual customer needs, in order to develop quality projects inline with real needs, using and redesigning technologies and knowledge acquired for other uses or sectors.
The first Open-House specifically for the Kombo TAV will take place in June 2011 in Italy and preparations are already underway. Thereafter, Elitron will be rolling out demonstrations in the main European markets and following that worldwide.
Elitron will use this event to demonstrate the full potential of this new system for the packaging sector and to demonstrate the Kombo SD for those who have not yet been introduced to this other revolutionary cutting solution for the Digital Printing sector. The Kombo SD was first presented at Fespa last year. It has a distinctive Italian design, with the possibility to personalise the cutting head using a selection of more than 20 accessories, the Kombo SD can be interfaced with all types of printing software and is able to agilely cut all materials used in the Digital Printing sector.
The uniqueness of the Elitron finishing system for the Digital Printing sector is illustrated by the perfect integration of the Kombo SD with the Seeker System™: the refined image and reference point reader. On this system once more the Seeker is unparalleled: after having recognised the materials on the working area, and any printed images, automatically the relative cutting files are loaded and after having checked the exact position of the images, the precision finishing starts and all in perfect autonomy. The operator has then only to unload the cut materials.
If the Kombo SD and Kombo TAV could speak, they’d say “they take care of the rest!”
It’s trade fair time in Elitron. “Saluti” from Parma & Rome
Posted: Apr 01, 2011
Last week Elitron participated at two trade fairs: MECSPE in Parma and MEDPRINT in Rome. Thanks to all who took time to visit our stands.
MECSPE 2011 is the only Italian exhibition dedicated to the General Industry sector. It is a meeting point between innovative production technologies and industrial supply chains and this yearly event is now a regular in the Elitron agenda. Elitron exhibited our Kombo T which was met with great enthusiasm by both potential and existing clients.
MEDPRINT 2011 is the only exhibition dedicated to the graphic, publishing and paper converting industry in central and southern Italy. Elitron exhibited our revolutionary Kombo SD, which created great interest, due to ease of use, excellent finishing results, and the intelligent Seeker System that facilitates precision cutting everytime.
ELITRON AND POLIMODA: TECHNOLOGY AND HAUTE COUTURE BLEND TOGETHER BEAUTIFULLY
Posted: Feb 14, 2011
The International Florentine Institute, Polimoda, opens its doors to Elitron from the Marche region in Italy, and welcomes the use of their computerised design systems as a new education tool for its students.
The Education Director of Polimoda, Linda Loppa, and the Managing Director of Elitron, Giuseppe Gallucci, recently signed the contract in the prestigious Villa Strozzi in Florence. From March 2011 a lot of students will have the opportunity to work with, and get to know the best design software, ElitronCad, during their training for the fashion industry.
“Polimoda continually keeps a close eye on the fashion market – explains Linda Loppa, Director of Polimoda and internationally renowned name in fashion training – to ensure we meet the requirements of the workplace, as well as the expectations of the students. To do this we need state-of-the-art technology that helps us train as best possible tomorrows professionals, giving them the instruments necessary to turn their passion for fashion into a concrete job. We chose ElitronCad as it fully meets our requirements. Our mission has always been to offer the very highest level of training and together with an important partner like Elitron I am convinced we will be able to work on numerous projects”.
The start of this new contract fuels the Elitron philosophy towards collaboration with professional schools, spreading new competences and offering innovative new products every year. Giuseppe Gallucci and Linda Loppa both share the concept that “the relationship between companies and educational institutes must hold a strategic role in both their philosophies in order to ensure the correct development and success, however without their individual activities depending on each other”.
“This contract – adds Giuseppe Gallucci, Elitron’s General Manager – further represents the successful results achieved by our CAD systems, which are widely used and well-known for their ease of understanding, user friendliness and comprehensive content. On the other hand – says Gallucci – following numerous installations in schools worldwide, from Spain to China, Brazil to Finland, Ethiopia to Mexico, it is doubly gratifying to be able to offer our service to the Florentine area, and in particular to an excellent educational institute, as well-known in the haute couture and design sector as Polimoda”.
Viscom 2010
Posted: Dec 27, 2010
Elitron is going to be one of the main actors of Viscom Italia, the international trade fair on visual communication. In this occasion Elitron is going to present to visitors the new KOMBO TAV, the original solution for the packaging.
This system made by Elitron, changes the idea of the continuous working with two specific patents. One of them concerns the papers’ unloading and the second one is the Seeker System, software for the image’s recognition. A speed of 106 mt/min and two cutting heads. Two systems in only one solution liable and fast!
The other solution that is going to be presented at the fair is KOMBO SD. This is an integrated system for finishing in digital print and in the packaging industry. The main characteristics of KOMBO line are a multi-tool cutting head, that cans to cut until 120 mt/min, the vacuum power with digital control and the original Seeker System.
Simac 2010
Posted: Dec 27, 2010
The main actors of our stand were the systems made by new partnership Elitronsabal.
Elitron technology and reliability are now with a new and modern style. A charming design for the new solutions that have no comparison in boosting productivity. DIAMOND 30.11 and CRISTAL.
DIAMOND 30.11: double working area, double system of video projection and a multi-tool cutting head equipped with 5 different tools. All these things mixed in a solution to realize the most simple cutting system.
CRISTAL: the best mix among productivity, dimensions and costs equipped with shapes smart projection. Lower consumptions, lower costs, lower waste, all in a compact space. Available in different cutting dimensions.
On fair there was also PLATINUM 2T, with two independents multi-tool cutting heads and a conveyor motion to cut materials in roll. The effectiveness of a system which gives a new speed to the cutting process.
A big family of machineries combined through simplicity and precision of use and united by the interfaceables software made Elitron. Systems though by Elitron to obtain the most efficient and fast CAM and CAD systems.
The last innovation made by Elitron was NesCUT , the innovative software for the smart nesting on printed materials. It allows the automatic nesting of the shapes, according to the texture printed on the materials, improving its efficiency.
This time more than ever Elitron is not only knife cutting. Laser cutting technology is far more. QUADRA 34.2 is born. A round working table divided in two areas, for no stop working. An high precision laser, a reliable and essential machinery for each laser-working needed in footwear and leather industry.
KOMBO line was also in fair, in the version SD dedicated to digital print and packaging. The other version is KOMBO T realized for the industrial material working. The main characteristics of KOMBO line are the vacuum power, a multi-tool cutting head that can cut until 120 mt/min, and the original Seeker System on request.
Fespa 2010. Feel the brand new touch of the innovation.
Posted: Jul 06, 2010
Munich. 5 pavillions, 21000 visitors from 130 countries, Fespa 2010 confirmed itself as an appointment for all the digital printing operators that cannot be renounced.
Elitron participated with the latest news for the finishing in the fields of digital printing and packaging. KOMBO, a name that by this time is a guarantee of reliability and efficiency, combined with the new 100% italian design, and gave birth to the new KOMBO SD.
With its new look, Kombo SD gave rise, as usual, to a big interest, thanks to the big variety of tools and the videoprojection system, but especially to the Seeker System.
Seeker System is the integrated system which automatically recognizes and cuts the images. Once you have positioned the printing panel with the different works to realize, Seeker System distinguishes automatically the position and the images to cut, and it loads the cutting files between the works to do. The operator simply has to leave the sheet on the working plane, and then Kombo SD does the rest.
But Elitron is much more: while it develops its technologies for the digital printing sector, it also works harder for the other sectors, to improve the research in the packaging and leather sectors.
Don’t miss the next appointments with innovation, Elitron team will wait for you to meet all your exigencies!
Simac 2009. Dating with Elitron innovation!
Posted: Oct 30, 2009
One more time Simac fair is the best way to show the latest news in automatic cutting.
From what can be considered as funders of the big Elitron family to the brand new series, Elitron has exposed machineries like Elicut P1 with two punches for fibred cardboard, the Visio nesting table or the less than famous Booster. Moreover Elitron has shown the new Summa, an essential of reliability always placed at your service combined with the brand new nesting system “On fly”, which nests and cuts your materials taking care of the texture.
This time more than ever Elitron is not only blade cutting. Laser cutting technology is far more attractive since Elitron has exposed next to the small and reliable Piuma laser, the absolutely new Quadra Laser 50.2. A round working table divided in two areas, to work without stop, a high precision laser, a reliable and essential machinery for every laser working needed in shoes and leather industry.
A big family of machineries distinguished by precision, reliability and easiness of use. Simplicity obtained even by Elitron system of open software.
Kombo SD: the new smart system at Grafitalia 2009.
Posted: Apr 22, 2009
Kombo SD, the last Elitron wonder presented from 24th to 28th of March at Grafitalia 2009, is the new integrated Cad Cam system for the cutting and the finishing of materials for graphics, posters, digital printing and many other sectors. Kombo SD is personalized on the customer needs, with more than 20 accessories and different working tables; it can be also interfaced with every printing software. This system, that have amazed the visitors of Grafitalia, is characterized by a great versatility with the possibility to work several materials from forex to PVC, from cardboard to films and foam up to 120mm.
Anyway Kombo SD is distinguished by the unique, original and registered Seeker System. Thanks to the use of different technologies (specific software and two intelligent cameras), when the sheet with the registration marks is positioned, Seeker System recognizes automatically the position and the shapes to finish off, regardless to the position of the sheet on the table. The process starts automatically, without need of further operations.
The operator has only to place the sheet and to collect the finished shapes…Kombo SD with Seeker System makes all the rest!