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A brand new world in Packaging

Solutions for digital finishingSolutions for digital finishing

Dragan Lazarevski, Conatus SrbijaSales and service director

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Sign&Display market, sub-applications

Corrugated

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Digital Substrate TreeDigital

Substrates

Flexible Rigid

Paper Plastic

PaperPSAFilm

BannerVinyl

Wood Plastic Composite

MDO/MDF Acrylic

Eco Board

Metal

PVC

Styrene

FoamCentered

Aluminum

AluminumComposite

CorrugatedPlastic

PET

Mesh

FoldingCarton

Fabric

Specialty

Cotton

Poly

FlagCorrugated

Re-board / X-board

Solid wood

Possibilities!Possibilities!

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What would you like to produce?

Re-board

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What would you like to produce?

Corrugated B-flute

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What would you like to produce?

Forex / Sintra

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What would you like to produce?

Re-board

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What would you like to produce?

Corrugated EB-flute

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What would you like to produce?

Re-board

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What would you like to produce?

Rubberized felt material

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What would you like to produce?

Litho-laminated E-flute Corrugated B-flute

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What would you like to produce?

Forex / Sintra

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What would you like to produce?

Re-board

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What would you like to produce?

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Dependable production

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Flexibility

Corrugated board, all gradesPlastic corrugatedDisplay cartonSolid boardRE-board / X-boardFoam boardsForex® / Sintra®

AcrylicsAluminium composites (Dibond® / Alubond® )MDF PlywoodHoneycomb boardVarious grades of foam..and more

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EskoArtwork Sign & Display Eco system

Kongsberg

Digital flatbed cutting machines specifically designed to operate continuously in a 24/7 production environment

ArtiosCAD

Professional structural design software for display design

Studio

3D and visualization solution to expand your business

i-cut suite

Professional software that drives the digital production workflow from design all the way to the finished product. Removes all bottlenecks in your production.

i-machinesThe Kongsberg CAM product line

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A brief Kongsberg CAM product map

● Our different product series are divided by technology and application:

The i-cut® vision system

The XP series (3)The XL series (6)The XE series (2)

The i-XE series (1) The i-XL series (4) The XP Auto (3)

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The Kongsberg XE Series:

● Fast and accurate high-quality option for folding carton samplemaking

● Some other applications are also important:– Varnish blanket cutting

– Cutting of synthetic packaging materialspolypropylene, clear vinyl, etc.

● Main customer segment:– Folding carton packaging manufacturers

● Two model sizes available– Sizes ranging from 0.8x1.2m to 1.3x1.6m

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The Kongsberg i-XE Series:

● i-XE10: Super fast and accurate table for finishing of flexible and light-duty rigid material for printed communication items, signs and displays– Automated or manual material load

– New automatic feeding and stacking options make the i-XE10 capable of fully unsupervised finishing of small-format digitally printed items (Xerox Igen3, HP Indigo)

● Their main application is finishing of digitally printed materials; flexible and light-duty sheeted:– Adhesive vinyl (decals)

– Vinyl banners

– Foamboard

● Main customer segments:– Commercial printers

– Sign and displaymakers

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Kongsberg i-XE 10 Auto

Integrated solution:Kongsberg i-XE 10 + Feeder system + Stacker system + SW for small format digital finishing (Protective covers on feeder and stacker is part of the solution but not pictured)

KONGSBERG i-XE 10 Auto

GraphicDesign

3DMockup

PrintPreparation &

nestingPDF to Printer Digital finishing

i-Cut®

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The Kongsberg XL Series:

● Market-leading, powerful and versatile machine for short-run production and prototyping of paperboard packaging and POP displays

● Many other applications are also important:– Flexo plate cutting (Digital Flexo Suite)

– Varnish blanket cutting

– Cutting of synthetic packaging materialsfoam, corrugated plastic, polypropylene, etc.

– Signmaking

● Main customer segments:– Corrugated converters and sheetplants

– Folding carton packaging manufacturers

– Trade shops

● Seven different models available– Sizes ranging from 1.6x1.3m to 2.2x6.5m

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The Kongsberg i-XL Series:

● Powerful and robust production machine for finishing of rigid and flexible material for sign & displays

● Main applications:– Finishing of digitally printed, rigid materials (milling)

– Cutting of digitally printed flexible materials such as textile banners, vinyl banners, mesh banners

– Cutting of printed, sheeted materials such as carton, corrugated, plastic corrugated, polypropylene sheets, expanded PVC, polycarbonate, foamboards and many more

● Equipped with the market-leading i-cut system, which provides– Accurate and dependable print-to-cut registration

– Efficient job preparation and management

– Simple interfacing to graphic workflow

– Expandability to semi-automatic production from roll or sheeted material by adding a conveyor system and a sheetfeeder

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The i-XL Series:

Available models:

i-XL20 i-XL24 i-XL42 i-XL44 1.6x1.3m 1.6x3.0m 2.2x1.3m 2.2x3.0m

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The Kongsberg XP Series

Defines a new productivity class for digital cutting!

● Highly productive and robust tables for short-run production of packaging and displays, with materials ranging from corrugated board to acrylic and MDF, plus flexible materials

● Automated material handling options available

● Three different model sizes available, ranging from 1,6 x 1,3m to 2,2 x 3,2m

Litho-laminatedpackaging

Multi-materialproduct display

Corrugated POP display

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XP summary

Highest ProductivitySpeed: 100 m/minute (XL and DCM 50m/minute). Acceleration: 1.5G. (XL and DCM 0.55 G)More than double productivity on many materials = Up to 1000 items in one shift (8h)

Great Flexibility for different materialsPlease see the XP tooling guide for full overview

Most RobustThe XP is the only table designed for and capable of true 24/7 production runs in demanding materials. Continuing the four decade long tradition of dependable CAM equipment, the new XP series is built to the Kongsberg mechanical design standards, ensuring long lifetime and high second-hand value.

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XP summary

Error preventing tool measuring station The ATM (automatic tool measuring) system is integrated in the machine. It reduces tool changeover time, simplifies adjustments and eliminates the risk for operator mistakes, which can destroy expensive (printed) material.

Efficient vision systemThe ARS (automatic registration system) works on output from ArtiosCAD, enabling fast detection of location of graphic elements on the material. It can quickly and automatically detect up to four register marks.

The Kongsberg XPseries

Technical specifications

The Kongsberg XPseries

Technical specifications

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XP technical specifications

XP productivity enabled by fast motion– Maximum speed: 100m/minute – 66 IPS

– Maximum acceleration: 1.5G

XP tooling options include– Tooling for all corrugated board grades

from triple wall to micro flutes

– Tooling for cutting and exact folding of RE-board and triple wall corrugated

– Hi-power milling tool for rigid material

– Tooling for foam cutting

– Drill tool with electrical motor for RE-board and triple wall

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● Tools are mounted on two different Z-axes

1. Optimized for Power (Heavy-duty tool pos.)

2. + 3. Optimized for Speed (Fast Tool and Insert pos.)

XP tooling system and options

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High-Speed Milling Unit x

Heavy-Duty Unit (crease/cut) x

Foam Cutting Unit x

High-frequency VibraCut Tool x

VibraCut Tool x

Hi-Force Knife Tool x

RM Knife Tool x

Drill Tool Insert x

Ballpoint Pen Insert x

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XP: automated production – two levels are possible

Semi-automatic production:

● XP + i-cut + conveyor feed + sheetfeeder

Automatic load, manual off-load

Optimal for 2D displays and signage;1-50 sheets per job

Full automatic production:

● XP + extensions for automatic material load + unload

Optimal for products made from paperboards, foamboards, display boards; up to 1000 sheets per job

Milling of rigid substrates is possible; w/ automatic load, manual unload

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Structural items:Packaging, POP Display,

Product Display

Graphical Items:Visual communication items,

Sign & Display

XP - one platform - several markets

XP Basic

ARS camera system option for print-to-cut

registration

ArtiosCAD for design development

Automatic material handling extensions (2010)

Fully automatic, unsupervised production runs

i-Cut option for print-to-cut registration and hooking up

to graphic workflow

Conveyor system and sheet feeder

Semi Automatic production

EskoArtwork offerings

Build your XP Basic to increased productivity by adding optional productsand solutions

Sign & Display Workflow

GraphicDesign

3DMockup

PrintPreparation &

nestingPDF to Printer Digital finishing

i-Cut®

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● The main objective for almost all i-machines is finishing of printed items. Input to the cutting table has to come from the same source as the graphics, meaning ArtiosCAD or any other structural design system is not relevant.

● The objective of finishing of 2D-printed items is not to cut according to defined dimensions in the designfile. It is to have exact cut to print registration. For this purpose a camera and software to measure and calculate distortion is required.

Design

Print

Cut

RIP

Workflow from graphical design to finishing device

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• Nesting to minimize waste material and optimize sheet size selection

• Tiling of oversized jobs onto several sheets

• Automated production by barcode identified jobs

Workflow from graphical design to finishing device

Digital finishing in combination with good workflow solutions also give some opportunities:

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Separated print and finishing control

Finishingcontrol

Finishing

PrintingPre Press& Design

Printingcontrol

Workflow – the prepress method

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Integrated print and finishing control

Finishingcontrol

Finishing

PrintingPre Press& Design

Printingcontrol

i-script

Workflow - The RIP method, using i-script

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1.Design

2.Nest/Tile

3.Print

4.Cut

Workflow - using SignUp

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i-cut SuiteHighway to perfect print and finishingi-cut SuiteHighway to perfect print and finishing

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Perfect for small and medium sized sign and display producers. Upgradable to

automated workflow for large users.

i-cut suite

Graphical files in

Efficient, high quality production

out!

i-cut Suite

Removes all bottlenecks in your production

● Modular A to Z workflow solution

● Simple to use

● Customer files prepared specifically tailored for each printer platform

● File error report guide you instantly to specific errors (great time saver)

● 100% integration to Kongsberg finishing devices

● Single user or heavy industrial – a complete solution from one source!

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i-cut SuiteHighway to perfect print and finishing

Why EskoArtwork ?

● Years of experience in workflow and software development.

● Years market needs investigation

● Specific solutions for this market

● Open systems for integrated solutions

i-cut Preflight i-cut Layout i-cut Vision Pro

i-cut SuiteRemove bottlenecks in your production

Industry pain pointsThe route of graphics files to the printer and finishing device: a bumpy road. Many traffic lights. Congestions slow it down. You go uncomfortable and slow and you often need service and repairs on your way.

i-cut suiteThe new fast lane for graphics files to digital print and finishing. The Highway to perfect print and finishing

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Workflow

Simple Jobs

Complex Jobs

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i-cut Suite: overview

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i-cut Suite - Preflight

● File formats pain points:– Wide variety of file formats

– No dedicated tools to handle PDF files in production

– Errors appear too late: after RIPping or printing

– Pre-press changes take too much time

– Efficient communication with customers

● i-cut Preflight solutions:– Create and use PDF throughout the process

– Production tools to prepare the file for printing

– Embedded preflight engine reports errors prior to printing:● RIP errors, visual errors

● Generate a professional report

– Interactive error corrections – no changing between applications

– Intuitive and easy to use

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i-cut Suite – Preflight report

Get preflight report within the application

with interactive navigation to errors…

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i-cut Suite – Layout

● Graphical preparation pain points:– Inefficient finishing preparation in not

dedicated applications

– Creating bleeds, creating white under-print layer and adding grommet marks

– Tiling jobs and irregular shape

● i-cut Layout solutions:

– Dedicated functions to prepare files for cutting

– Dedicated functions to create white under-print, auto-create bleed and adding grommet marks

– Tiling on both regular and irregular shapes

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i-Cut Suite – Layout: examples

Graphics Preparation: Create Cut Path

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i-Cut Suite – Layout: examples

Graphics Preparation:Create Bleed + Optimize

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i-cut Suite – Layout

● Layout pain points:– Too many wasted material

– Front to back registration

– Handle trash and waste

– No integration / communication with the print and finishing devices

– Nesting

– Try and error

● i-cut Layout solutions:– Optimal nesting with minimum waste and

time-optimized production

– Perfect front to back registration

– Dedicated “Off cut manager” to re-use expensive material or to cut up the waste into pieces for easy handling

– Easy to use

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i-cut suite - Layout

Easy to learn

“Workflow Oriented” GUI

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i-cut Suite – Vision Pro

● Finishing pain points:– Cut-to-print mis registration due to print and

media distortion.

– Cutting complexity: substrates, tools…

– Finishing mistakes are expensive!

– Lack of know-how for cut file preparation.

● i-cut Vision Pro solutions:– Most advanced, most flexible registration

and compensation guarantees the best possible result every time

– Preparation & optimization features

– Previewing to fix costly errors before production.

– Automatic setups: no mistakes, easy to operate

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i-cut Suite – Vision Pro

A brief summary of our S & D solutions:

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Key components in a finishing solution Workflow

Print registration

Job preparation

Finishing quality

Tooling versatility

Throughput

Automation

Setup / job change

Esko solutions in Sign & Display – a summary

ArtiosCAD

Sign & POS Display market.

ArtiosCAD

Sign & POS Display market.

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ArtiosCAD enables Sign & Display companies to:-

ArtiosCAD is a value driver for Display & Signs

•Reduce costly remakes

•Reduce their time to market by visualizing designs in advance of manufacture with their clients

•Differentiate themselves from their competitors

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ArtiosCAD 3D

● Check your design concept with the help of 3D

● Create assembly instructions and animations

● Add Backgrounds

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3D – textured materials

● Use (default or self-created) textured materials to make realistic simulations of the end result

Back Next

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Mating Tool for Easier Assembly

Glue areas

Glue-to areas

Parts snap

together

automatically

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ArtiosCAD parametric corrugated libraries

ArtiosCAD enables customers to:-

• Reduce costs

•Shorten their delivery times

•Personalize their outer packaging

By combining a simple re-buildable library of corrugated designs with the Kongsberg table to design & manufacture outer packaging

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Example corrugated outer for a typical rolled up pop up

display unit

ESKO SUPPORTESKO SUPPORT

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i-X Partners in EMEALA

EuropeLatin America

Middle East

Spain : Lacor

Portugal : ServeItaly : BBI

UK : Robert Horne, Mill Pond Graphics

France : Janneau, Intersoft

Ireland : ReproCentre

Nordic/Baltic : Mikkelsen, Schneidler

Benelux : Colormax

Germany : Kerkeling, Multiplot

Austria : Putz

Poland : Digiprint, DM system

Checky/Slovania : Macron, Marsha

Hongaria : Partners

exYugoslavia: Conatus

Ukraine : DGT

Greece : Atlas, Linomedia Saoudi & Emirates : ITM

Lebanon : Technorex

Iran : Sibestan

Israel : Van Kloeten

Turkey : Feizi

Brazil : AlphaPrint

Columbia : Grafix

Venezuela : Solutiones

Chile, Equador : IPP, Grafix

Peru : Intermarket

Argentina : NovaPrint

Egypt : Al Madina

Algeria: M. Grapgics

Morocco: Graphics

Finland : Sesoma

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Questions?

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