Founded in 1972, KBA-Metronic AG is a medium-sized company settled in Veitshöchheim, Lower Franconia, Germany. Today, KBA-METRONIC is one of the leading companies in the field of manufacturing printing and industrial coding and marking systems. More than 320 employees are involved in development, design, production, marketing and servicing of hot stamping foil units, inkjet printers, thermal transfer systems, laser systems and the patented offset printing machines for smart cards, CD, DVD and B3 sheet printing.
KBA-Metronic AG has focussed on the printing of plastic cards and CD/DVD. Our printing machines include standard 4 colour prints, system-integrated solutions with special colours, automated feeding systems, integrated white basic printing, units and varnishing units. Our patented offset short inking unit has become a big seller worldwide. Our marking and coding systems are ideal for blister packs, cans, electronic components, labels, folding boxes, bottles, foils, mouldings, glass, cable, cartons, ceramic products, automotive parts, leather, metals, paper, profiles, pipes, tubular bags, hoses, phone cards and tubes and also for integration with packaging machines.
CDPRINT- OFFSET PRINTING FOR CD/DVD
The KBA-Metronic CD PRINT printing technology makes it easy to print photographic quality designs on CD and DVD. Its advantage is the quick change of printing plates. It is possible to produce individual and economic small runs as well as customized solutions. More than 6,000 printed CDs per hour make our CD PRINT one of the most efficient printing machines in the world. Since UV hardening inks are used, the cleaning time is reduced to a minimum.
PREMIUS - WATERLESS 4 ROLLER SYSTEM
KBA-Metronic`s PREMIUS is your offset press of choice if brilliant print quality, flexibility and speed are the top priority when you need perfect reproduction of designs in photo quality on long runs of data carriers, whether on DVDs, CDs, mini discs or optical business cards. PREMIUS and its transport system have an unbeatable speed – up to 7.200 discs per hour. Thanks to Metronic`s waterless 4 roller system, which combines with a white and varnish unit to produce impressive results, the print quality is outstanding, right through to partial varnishing. To meet the extreme demands of DVD printing, every printing unit in PREMIUS has its own UV curer. The fully automatic plate change device allows four printing units to be fitted with analogue or digital plates register-true in 5 minutes.
GENIUS 52 UV - SHEET FED OFFSET WITH WATERLESS AND UV TECHNOLOGY
The GENIUS 52 UV has been conceived as a four or five colour sheet printing press using a format up to 14.17 x 20.47`` (360 x 520 mm). It guarantees economic work flows, especially for medium runs. The GENIUS UV 52 was designed to support fast and continuous one-man operation. The GENIUS 52 UV is based on the principle of waterless offset printing on extreme materials such as films and hard fouls (e.g. PVC, PET, ABS) and on sheets from 0.1 to 0.8 mm thick.
The transfer of ink is assisted by water temperature controlled anilox rollers and plate cylinders without keys, ensuring an absolute even transfer of ink and a high and constant printing quality. The V-shaped arrangement of the printing units is assembled around the central impression cylinder. The equal diameter of anilox rollers, plate inker, plate cylinders and blanket cylinders guarantees a ghost-free image. The four or five colour offset image will be transferred wet in wet with UV-ink and cured after the last printing station.
Further processing (laminating, die-cutting, etc.) may start immediately without any delay. The fully automatic plate-inserting sequence allows a change of plates within 7 minutes register-true. The press can run with KPG, Presstek, Toray waterless CTP plates or Toray`s proven waterless analogue plates. The optional available automatic blanket washing system enables a smoothly and easy cleaning of the blankets.
OC 100 - OFFSET FOR SMARTCARDS
KBA-Metronic`s OC 100 offset printing system is mainly designed for small and mid-size single card runs offering an outstanding four colour printing quality. The KBA-Metronic OC 100 provides for high functionality, user-friendly operation and cost-effectiveness. Its technology is based on the principle of waterless offset printing. KBA-Metronic`s patented short-ink press with anilox rollers guarantees even ink transfers for brilliant printing throughout the whole run – at 200 lpi. Benefits:
- Low purchase price, running cost
- Standard spare parts and consumables available all over the world
- Performance of 12,000 prints/hour 2 colours or 6,000 prints/hour 4 colours
- Brilliant printing quality up to 300 lines per inch.
- Printing on all types of plastic materials
- Thin card printing down to 14 mil (0.35 mm).
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Perfectly suited for printing of phone, advertising, smart, chip, magnetic stripe, loyalty, payback, gift-purchase cards etc.
OC 200 – OFFSET FOR SMARTCARDS
The OC 200 is designed for printing on plastic single cards in ISO format 86 x 54 mm. Its advantages are the rapid change of plates and economic manufacturing. It offers you the possibility of short run editions for customized solutions. The basic principle of the OC 200 is the modular way. Four or more ink units can be combined with a primer or a varnish unit. Hence, printing and varnishing of the cards is possible in one single run. The feeding magazine may be filled by hand or exchanged within seconds by pre-filled magazines. An integrated photo sensor controls double card defects and stops the running machine.
The OC200 is based on the principle of waterless offset printing. The transmission of ink is effected by anilox rollers. This printing method guarantees an absolute even transmission of ink, a high printing quality, and hence the use of 1209/140/FM anilox rollers. While printing, an additional adjustment of ink is no longer necessary. A constant quality within one run is achieved by watercooled plate cylinders. Due to the simple construction of the OC 200 and the final adjustment of the plate cylinder in stop position, the changing of the printing plates can be effected without any problems.
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