Servo Fits

Servo Fits

Digital Printed Extended Content (Dual Layered) Labels

Extended content labels, or multipart labels, are commonly found on pharmaceutical products, herbicides, pesticides, and other products requiring extensive information for the user or consumer. Although these multilayer labels can be efficiently set up on a Flexo press using the Servo 3000 Infeed + Re-register System, short runs are typically better done on a digital press. In fact, a digital press can be the ideal solution when the label, or parts of the label, need to read differently by city, state, or country due to differences in local regulations, not to mention language. The problem for a digital press is finding a finishing solution that can effectively deal with extended content labels. Stand alone machine can't do the job but a Flexo press fitted with the Servo 3000 can.

 

A Comparison of Finishing Solutions for Digital Press Work

 

There are a number of stand alone, "modular," machines made for die cutting, stripping, and laminating labels from a digital press. The same work can also be done on a Flexo press or die cutter upgraded with the Servo 3000 Digital Infeed + Re-register™ system. Using an existing press or die cutter fitted with the Servo 3000 the job gets done using existing equipment with which employees are already familiar. A Servo 3000 assisted press can do finishing at speeds substantially faster than the digital press and then go back to other work. By comparison a stand alone finishing machine stands alone under a dust cover until the next time this single use machine is needed.

 

A Comparison of Finishing Solutions for Extended Content Labels from a Digital Press

 

Only a press fitted with Servo 3000 can reregister the web from the first layer of labels and hold the second layer in register with the first in order to print multipart labels! A stand alone finishing machine cannot do this. Thus, there is no comparison. The Servo 3000 comes at a fraction of the cost of a new high end servo press. It extends press flexibility, makes the press more cost efficient, reduces waste on all jobs, and expands the range of substrates on which a press can print.

 

 

Servo 3000 Assisted Press vs. a Stand Alone Finishing Machine for Finishing Extended Content Labels from a Digital Press

Points of Comparison

Servo 3000 Assisted Flexo Press versus a Stand Alone Finishing Machine

Finish labels from a digital press

Yes on both.

Finish extended content labels from a digital press

Servo 3000 Assisted Flexo press: Yes

Stand alone finishing machine: No

What is it doing when not finishing labels?

The Servo 3000 is making the Flexo press more flexible and profitable with less material waste and the "stand alone" solution is standing alone in a corner under a dust cover

 

The Servo 3000 added to a Flexo press takes the difficult job of printing and finishing multi layer labels and makes it manageable and efficient. Using a Servo 3000 assisted press for long runs of extended content labels makes the job efficient with less waste and, typically, shorter run times.

 

Using the Servo 3000 with an existing press is an excellent means of finishing short runs of multi layer labels done on digital press. When compared to stand alone solutions it is the only means of doing so short of purchasing a new $500,000 to $1,000,000 servo press.

About the Author

Jim Walker

Website: http://www.rotarytechnologies.com/

Jim Walker is a technical writer working for Rotary Technologies. With over two decades in the business of supporting flexo printers, Rotary Technologies offers the Servo 3000 Infeed + Re-register System, Series II, faster and more powerful than ever.

Please contact him at jim.walker@rotarytechnologies.com

Jeep Grand Cherokee Brake Problems?

I recently bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee 98 S plate with some brake problems. The wrong cap and seal had been fitted to the master cylinder reservoir so I replaced those with the correct ones, replaced pads and discs all round and bled the system and changed the brake fluid.
Now the braking is better, but a little variable - sometimes it is solid, other times the pedal goes further before biting, and when this happens you can feel a click on the brake pedal and the brake warning light come on.

There doesn't appear to be any air in the system or a leak anywhere, could this be a master cylinder or servo fault?

Any thoughts appreciated.

It's possible you could have problems with the servo or brake vacuum but your most urgent problem is a probable leak. A faulty master cylinder or servo will not trigger the brake lamp.

The click you are feeling is the proportioning valve blocking off the part of the braking system that is either leaking or has air in it. When the valve closes that triggers the light to let you know there is a problem. Have a good look for signs of fluid around the front and rear wheels.

Bleeding the brakes again may result in removing any trapped air. Proper bleed order is
Right Rear Wheel
Left Rear Wheel
Right Front Wheel
Left Front Wheel

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