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The Heliostar S and the Miraflex C are two new printing presses made available for package printing by Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp.
The Heliostar S and the Miraflex C are two new printing presses made available for package printing by Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp.
The Heliostar S can be fitted with up to 12 print stations which are designed for maximum printing speeds of up to 1,312 ft/min. This rotogravure press offers cost-effective printing of flexible packaging materials, such as plastic films or laminates. Maximum printing width is 51 inches with a print repeat of 36 inches.
The Miraflex C (pictured) offers a sleeve type nip roller before the first printing deck, which allows the nip roll to be changed from film to paper or to tube production quickly and easily. Manually operated bearing blocks allow fast, reliable plate and anilox sleeve changeover. The new flexo press can be supplied with eight or 10 colour decks with printing widths of 39 inches to 57 inches. The maximum print repeat length is 1,640 ft/min.
Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. (Lincoln, R. I.); www.whcorp.com; 800-854-8702
