Comacta 318

Paper flow - from reel reception and storage through to the loading of the prepared reels onto the reelstand arms and removal and disposal of the expired reels - is a key production area. KBA's Patras modular-based logistics system optimises paper flow for commercial web-offset printing. 

Our product program is the most extensive in the world. The KBA Compacta 318 reaps the benefits of years of cumulative technological and market know-how. The superstructure incorporates many features from gravure presses. 

The more versatile your folder is, the more products you can offer your customers, the more you will stand out above the rest, and all the stronger your market position will be. The gripper folder F5 with the Compacta 318 offers decisive competitive advantages. 

The user-oriented control console KBA ErgoTronic, the automatic presspresetting system KBA EasyTronic and the production management system KBA LogoTronic are important elements of an integrated automation concept.  

The automatic press presetting system KBA EasyTronic raises the availability of the press and contributes to considerable savings in wastage. It features, for example, automated web-threading, automatic web width conversion when setting up a new job, run-out washing in accordance with production demands, and defined preinking. All superstructure and folder components are preset on the basis of the pre-press data. A single press of a button provides for optimised starting, setting-up and stopping of the press, ensuring the shortest possible production times and an absolute minimum of wastage. 

All KBA Compacta presses are equipped as standard with the LogoTronic basic version of the system. This version serves to transfer essential preset data to the press. LogoTronic basic embraces the optional modules CIPLink (CIP3/CIP4 data transfer for press presetting) and logging for paper and ink data. The existing company hardware (server) is used to implement the networking system. Presetting data for the ink keys and for the duct roller settings are transferred. 

To support a digital exchange of job and presetting data for the press, to permit immediate monitoring and systematic evaluation of production data, and to establish links to upstream PPS systems or company EDP networks, the console can be further expanded by adding the open production management system Logotronic professional. The logging of press and production data facilitates operations management, with KBA LogoTronic as a source of truly meaningful statistics. LogoTronic professional is the central element of communication between KBA presses and the corresponding print company MIS, whether via direct database access or via JDF. The communication module JDFLink implements JDF data exchange. 

The LogoTronic component PressWatch provides management with an overview of all the jobs currently being run. Counter states, printing speeds, job data and progress, press status messages and a whole array of other relevant information can be displayed in real time. 

SpeedWatch creates a time/speed diagram, similarly in real time, with which all events and messages for a selected press can be depicted. Correspondingly authorised persons are able to access this information via the Internet or the company Intranet. 

Interconnection of LogoTronic professional via the universal interface JDFLink offers the following advantages: 

Basic equipment 

Additional equipment