AVT shows new quality control systems

At booth 5202, AVT also features the North America premiere of two of its newest 100 percent inspection system, as well as a host of others for digital press inspection and control, inspection for labels and packaging web applications and next-generation automation.

As part of the Danaher Product Identification (PID) Platform, AVT – along with sister companies X-Rite and Esko – introduces several joint systems that streamline the quality workflow process, from brand owners to printers and back to brand owners. The platform’s initial three points of integration will be showcased at Labelexpo Americas: 

• Esko’sAutomation Engineconnects to AVT’s 100 percent inspection platforms (AutoSet), linking pre-press to inspection with close to zero set-up time or operator intervention. The result is greater production time per press, higher accuracy and fewer rejections.

• X-Rite’s ColorCert links to AVT’s SpectraLab for in-line color measurement, generating color scorecard reports based on SpectraLab measurements and offering increased time savings, system accuracy and visibility.
• Esko’s Web Center also connects to X-Rite’s ColorCert, automatically populating color-related specification fields for job creation, saving time and resources as well as increasing overall system accuracy.

AVT gives North American debuts to two new 100 percent inspection systems: Helios S Turbo+ and Helios Turbo HD+. Each offers high-resolution capabilities, with 100 percent inspection performed at full press and rewinder speeds without sacrificing inspection quality and barcode verification.  

Digital inspection and press control

AVT also will showcase its Helios D, a high-end 100 percent print inspection system designed to meet the specific needs of digital printing in the label and narrow web markets. Helios D supports various digital printing technologies at all stages of production workflow, including the identification of specific defects like missing nozzles, ink dripping spots, and color changes as soon as they occur.  

For digital inkjet press vendors, AVT offers Jet-IQ, a closed loop quality engine that works in synergy with press controllers to maintain print quality, offering full connectivity to all steps of digital inkjet printing. 

Solutions for tight quality standards control

AVT’s workflow systems complement its inspection tools through a full range of capabilities. ‘Offline Setup’ enables customers to perform set-up offline based on the job’s PDF; this is essential as run lengths become shorter and shorter, and customers must handle changeovers as quickly as possible. 

Another highlight will be AVT’s iCenter platform, a cloud-based system that empowers printers to manage and control quality and production standards for facilities around the world – ensuring global consistency. Quality standards need only be set once per industry, product type and brand owner; iCenter then automatically applies the correct job-specific quality standards. The advanced Industry 4.0 system allows printers to tightly control cross-site quality standards, auto-analyze PDF files for inspection, and access business intelligence from production floors with seamless connectivity to MIS and prepress systems for optimized, automated workflows. 

Jaron Lotan, president and CEO of AVT, said: ‘As a member of the Danaher family of companies, AVT has expanded opportunities for strategic partnerships. We are now able to more closely collaborate on smart, interconnected solutions that not only automate workflow but also provide insight into production performance. This is invaluable as we move further into the Industry 4.0 era.’