Processes
Degreasing
Alkaline copper plating technology for cylinders
Acid copper plating technology for tanks with copper nuggets
Acid copper plating technology for tanks with insoluble anodes
Zinc plating with acid electrolyte for laser direct structuring
Chrome plating
Dechroming
Aluminum activation
Laser finishing, post-processing of copper cylinders after direct lasering
Plating equipment
Plating tanks for packaging gravure, for manual lines with adapters
Plating tanks for packaging gravure, fully variable, adapterless, can be integrated into automated lines, space saving back-to-back configuration
SlimLine version for hollow cylinders, adapterless
Plating tanks for decorative and publication gravure, fully variable, adapterless, can be integrated into automated lines
Central chemical supply unit that can be integrated into automated lines, including control of fill level, concentrations, and temperature
Automation
Fully automated line for gravure cylinder production incorporating plating, polishing, measuring systems, dosing of chemicals, cylinder storage, and engraving; master control system, database and visualization system (PICS) for fully automated production lines, interface to business information systems
Operator safety systems for automated lines
Project management
Technical consulting and management of investment projects
Measuring systems
Fully automatic measuring unit to determine all cylinder parameters such as roughness, diameter/circumference, copper and chrome hardness, layer thickness, etc.
Measuring instrument to determine hardness of copper and chrome
Measuring instrument to determine roughness parameters
Measuring instrument to determine cylinder diameter and circumference
Non-destructive measurement of gravure cylinder engravability
Instrument for non-destructive measurement of copper and chrome layer thickness for gravure cylinders
Instrument for cell analytics
Services
Ensuring consistently high performance and quality for entire life cycle
Laser insurance
Long term warranty for laser sources and optical systems