Versatile for applications from in-mold labels to folding cartons.

One of the latent challenges in the global printing industry is the shortage of skilled workers, regardless of the production area. Production processes are becoming increasingly complex, while time pressure and requirements are increasing. Skilled workers who can keep up with the growing workload and the increasingly demanding processes are harder and harder to find. Added to this is the fact that particularly with manual activities, individual performance and motivation as well as knowledge and experience of the individual employees often lead to results of varying quality and thus predictability.

In addition, the high performance of modern printing presses, particularly in postpress where a lot of tasks are still done manually, necessitates a lot of workers. This applies in particular to the manual blanking of the die-cut individual blanks. What’s more, the potential of the machines, for example the Speedmaster XL 106-D rotary die cutter, cannot be fully exploited. HEIDELBERG therefore automated a further step in the production workflow by adding Kawahara postpress systems to its portfolio as part of a sales cooperation agreement.

Robust, reliable and powerful.
Kawahara TXS-1100.

The Kawahara TXS-1100 is the perfect entry-level machine for label and folding carton postpress because of how easy it is to use. It combines consistently high blanking quality and productivity with maximum flexibility for a wide range of blank shapes. With its wide range of materials, it addresses both in-mold label printers and folding carton printers.

At a glance

• Faster processing of pre-cut sheets

• Automated blanking replaces hand-stripping

• One-person operation

• Blanking without tools

• Inexpensive simple tooling

• Blanking cycle of 30 seconds for a pile of die-cut sheets up to 80 mm high

• Remote service connection

• Data transmission to Management Information System (MIS) possible

Kawahara TXS-1100. The machine shown is a sample configuration. Some of the equipment features mentioned are optional.

• Touchscreen with easy to understand operating philosophy

• Patented pin bed system with upper and lower pin bed, configured using templates

• Work surface for pile positioning

• DustPro extractor for removing paper dust from the

• lower pin bed

• Automated sheet feeder with integrated pallet elevator and conveyor for infeed directly from the pallet (option)

• Automatic removal/depositing device with 3.5 m or 5.1 m (137.80 in or 200.79 in) conveyor system for automatically transporting the die-cut blank pile (option)

Key features