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Ability Diseño Gráfico (Ability DG), a leading cardboard packaging and point-of-sale display specialist, invested in a third Kongsberg digital cutting solution to increase the productivity and efficiency of its state-of-the-art facility in Murcia, Spain.

This professional company has more than 20 years of experience and is one of the market leaders in high-quality large-format flexographic and digital printing. The company is already using Kongsberg XP44 and Kongsberg C60 cutting tables. Not only has it added a new feeder device to its existing digital finishing setup, but it has also installed a new Kongsberg C64 table with automatic feeder and stacker.

"In capability, we are committed to improving our equipment," said Jose López Martinez, director general of the capability DG. "We are very pleased to invest in the Kongsberg Feeder and Stacker solution because it is the most advanced modular solution for processing cardboard materials on the market. With its full automation, we can eliminate some manual steps that are not only time-consuming but may cause errors. Speed ​​up production and increase efficiency.

"After using Kongsberg equipment for many years, we already know how it can provide high-quality results with reliable accuracy and efficiency," José adds. "This third cutting table and automatic feeder and stacker will help us continue to develop and further improve our customer service. The addition of Kongsberg C64 with feeders and stackers means that we can eliminate cardboard in the cutting table Possibility of damage when moving or moving from the cutting table. Due to full automation, C64 can quickly register and cut, and then store the material on the pallet in perfect stacking alignment to ensure consistency with the next step in the workflow .

“We should also emphasize the powerful capabilities of the Kongsberg equipment to cut our new Abiplex material with complete precision, which has proven to be very popular with our customers,” José added.

Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems Regional Sales Manager Amadeu Maurel said that Kongsberg C64 provides the highest level of cutting accuracy and consistency, while the automatic feeder and stacker can maximize the productivity of Ability Diseño Gráfico.

"The C series is known for providing the highest level of performance," Amadeu said. "With advanced, rock-solid engineering and aerospace technology, C64 combines aluminum composite tabletops, rack and pinion drive systems, and dynamic table mapping to achieve the best results. The new table is served by Feeder and Stacker. It is a pallet-to-pallet solution that can significantly increase productivity. With its stacking height and fast automatic loading cycle, it is the best solution for short-term production of all typical packaging and display materials, and can easily be used by the Ability team Various materials.

"The impressive stack height and fast automatic loading cycle make it easy to produce short runs of various materials, and the bottom camera-scans each sheet from below, on the printing side-automatically locates registration marks, barcodes and Corner table," he said. "This can save the operator up to 30 minutes each time it is set up, increasing productivity without compromising quality."

With more and more customers and projects with very special needs, José said that the latest investment will help Ability Diseño Gráfico increase throughput speed and further increase productivity. "We always say that quality, productivity, and risk elimination are our favorite areas of improvement at Ability," he said. "The Kongsberg automatic plate feeding and unloading system ensures that the printed material is moved to the cutting table with the highest precision, which is our favorite standard.

"Not only that, Multi-Zone production also allows two sheets to be loaded at the same time, maximizing the production capacity of the Kongsberg table without adding costs to automation," José said. "The multi-zone operation mode allows the operator to prepare one zone while the workbench processes another zone and automatically changes when one zone is completed. This greatly improves productivity and performance."

For more information about Kongsberg C series, Kongsberg Feeder & Stacker or the full range of digital finishing solutions and tools, please visit www.Kongsbergsystems.com

To learn more about Ability Diseño Gráfico, please visit https://ability-dg.es 

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