SCRATCH OFF RECOVERY DEVICES
Apiel manufactures devices for the recovery of the scratch-off films, used in the customization of phone cards.
The device is applied in hot foil printing units that apply heat the film that obscures the secret codes.
Traditional printing involves use of film as shown in the figure beside position "1".
With the use of the recovery device, you can use the film already used for another printing.
The figure beside position "2" shows the scratch-off after the second pass of printing.
As you can see the product is used almost 100% with a significant reduction in production costs.
The recovery device allows of halving the use of scratch-off: the used film reels, rewound during the printing process of the virgin film, are mounted on the recovery device for a second printing.
The recovery device is an aligner capable of maintaining the scratch used correctly positioned under the wheel during the hot foil printing process.
On the left is shown a picture of a recovery device installed on a machine Card Line of the company Atlantic Zeiser. The recovery devices (aligners) do not require changes to the control software and of the printing machine. Apiel fits the aligners to size and structure of machines to which they are applied.
The alignment devices are fully automatic and require no manual operation. To the operator is simply asked to insert the film used in the tow belt and wrapping the film around the idler wheel.
The picture alongside shows a hot foil printing module Atlantic Zeiser. The module has to the right a reel holder for new scratch; to center a reel holder for used scratch-off, to the left a reel holder for the recovery of the film during production.
The card on the side is customized with the use of scratch-off recovery. The machine Car Lined used for the personalization of cards, has installed two modules hot foil, on each of which is installed a aligner Apiel for the recovery of the scratch off.
Are available individual aligners (a group of alignment on a single module hot foil printing) and aligners double (two groups of alignment installed on a single machine with two printing modules hot foil printing). The double aligner has a unique cabinet, one PLC and one operator panel for both groups.
Aligners also differ in the type of equipment.
We have a base model and an extra model.
The extra model has a brushless servomotor instead of a stepper motor, ensuring low noise, perfect operation even at very low speed.
The extra model also has a touch screen operator panel 3"1/2 instead of the base panel 2x20 character.
Even at the sensors level, the extra model has an additional photocell to control the scratch, and uses an incremental encoder to detect the chain speed.
The encoder provides better performance at very low speed.
Four models are available:
- Aligner basic single
- Aligner basic double
- Aligner extra single
- Aligner extra double
