Three Companies Awarded FTA Technical Innovation Award
FTA announced three winners of its 2019 Technical Innovation Award held in New Orleans, LA during Forum & INFOFLEX 2019 being held in New Orleans. The award honors those who have helped in continuing to advance the flexographic industry toward exceptional performance, productivity and efficiency.
In the Heavy Metal category, a 2019 Technical Innovation Award went to Paper Converting Machine Co (PCMC) for SteadyPrint, a combination of hardware and software that reduces bounce, improves press speeds by 200 to 400 percent and reduces waste by 35 percent. In addition, SteadyPrint eliminates overimpression and can print bounce jobs with a light kiss between rolls through a wide range of press speeds. It has less press vibration and noise, mandrel bearings that operate at a cooler temperature and continuous printing through different speed ranges without adjusting impression, while delivering real-time feedback on print quality by implementing a disturbance-canceling algorithm on the software side.