The number one challenge for printers is short-runs. Therefore we designed Optima for easy changeovers. Optima is equipped with Smart Platforms, web is easily accessible at any point and mainly Optima is equipped with several automated features that minimize time and waste during changeovers.
Register & Impression setting
IRIS - the fully automated system in Optima flexographic printing presses sets all active printing decks into impression and register in couple of minutes with almost zero ink and material waste.
Optima may be delivered with SOMA’s automatic plate mounter S‑Mount. The automatic plate mounting process is much faster and more accurate than manual mounting. With it, press downtime due to incorrect plate mounting is minimized. S‑Mount comes with the unique IRIS feature: plate topography and registration measurements, which provides the foundation for automatic registration and impression settings on press.
The Cartridge system
The Cartridge system offers printers a means of reducing ink costs on printing jobs where expensive spot colours, special effect and metallic formulations are required. These high pigment inks are expensive consumables and reducing ink volumes and residual waste permits printers to maintain profi t margins while meeting end user price demands.
Ink setting
Ink Storm efficient wash up system
0,6l (0.16 gal) residual ink in the system
Time & solvent & air consumption is optimized and monitored
Substrate setting
Easy access to web
Minimum height of press
Motorized web threading system
Colour setting
Colour matching system helps to reach brand-owner specification
Smart platforms
Ergonometric & safe
Fast moving, synchronized with door
Attachable sleeve cart
Intelligent recipes
One job recipe for all machines connected
Changeover Wizard
Automation of changeover process
Changeover tutorial
Flying Sleeve
There are sliding doors that give the operator access to the anilox and printing sleeves on any inactive printing deck—while other decks are running.
Anilox Management
Optima2 press collects the information about total run length of the anilox, as well as run length, since the last deep cleaning and stores them in the RFID chip integrated into the anilox. It lets the operator know if it’s time to clean or replace the anilox.
Be sure you print with the best quality
The Optima2 press is the culmination of the latest advances in flexo press technology and design. The presses are fitted with an Advanced Bounce Control System, decks with print and anilox cylinders are designed with emphasis on rigidity, precision and reliability. The press can reliably and consistently hold highlight dots with perfect registration. This is particularly important as it helps to maintain job consistency at high press speeds especially when using HD plates. It can also assure that the press can hold.
Advanced Bounce Control
This system combines elements within the printing process with brand new engineering and enhanced technical features. These include choice of single block cast iron print unit frames, a sophisticated printing deck design and optional composite mandrels.
Job Tuning
Job Tuning – the specially designed drive tuning algorithm, guarantees perfect registration while maintaining a consistent impression while printing. The result for our customers is extraordinary print quality at top speeds.
Gain flexibility via future upgrades
We believe that printed package is not enough in the current world of packaging. Packaging needs more than just a good look. Therefore we developed a flexo press that is ready for implementation of in-line technologies that would bring additional added value to flexible packaging. Optima’s modular design provides a maximum level of press customization to specific needs any time during press life time, not only during first order phase. It allows a flexible feedback to the current market demands and to implement in-line lamination, slitting, perforation, or upstream/downstream units with minimal additional costs. These units bring an additional added value to the flexible packaging, for example over printing varnish or a special coating.
Benefit from enhanced ergonometry
Optima 10C (8CL) press was designed not only with the latest press technology, but also based on how to reduce the number of required steps between print jobs by making access to the press as easy as possible for the operator. The press features a hydraulic smart platform, which automatically lifts the operator and sleeves, to allow easy access to the top doctor blade chambers. All operating panels (printing press, web view camera and 100% camera) are located on a movable wall close to the print inspection area. In addition, the operator has easy access to the drying heads, ventilators and cabinets via safety stairways. Built-in cabinets are located close to the point of operation.
S-Cloud
S-Cloud – the web-based SOMA S-Cloud platform incorporates intelligent functions that boost efficiency, minimize operator errors, and improve communication. By connecting the customer, the SOMA service team and SOMA equipment together on the SOMA S-Cloud, the S-Cloud becomes the focal point of a reliable “communication center” between all parties.
Intelligent Recipe
Each job has its own unique recipe of job information located on the S-Cloud, available to connected SOMA equipment. Sending one unique job recipe to all equipment prevents human errors, and provides the foundation for efficient job changeovers using SOMA Changeover Wizard.
Intelligent Changeover
Guides the press operator through every step during the changeover process, working in combination with job recipes. The built-in intelligence in the flexo press analyzes the differences between the job currently being printed and the job that is next in line. Based on the analysis, the Wizard suggests the optimal sequence of steps to be taken during the job changeover.
Intelligent Supervision
All significant press parameters, measuring efficiency and energy consumption, are monitored on-line. Any S-Cloud connected device can examine what is—or has been—happening on the press. If the Recipes have been used during the job setting, the supervision data is sorted into individual jobs. This data can be used for calculating costs and prices for job reorders.
Doctor blade chamber
POSITEC non-stick nano technology surface
On-board blade & sealing exchange
Optimal ink pressure
Carbon composite chambers
Intuitive touch screens
Intuitive environment, operation manual and video guide in touch screen panels
CI drum cleaning device
Efficient and practical solution
Cantilevered dryer head
iDRY intuitive drying setting for optimal energy saving
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Bouncing designs
Flexo is very promissing technology, but has one weakness. Certain designs may generate vibrations due to rotational printing process of printed and non-printed area. Therefore we developed Advanced Bounce Control system, which guarantees minimal bounces at top speeds and perfect shape of the dot.
Short runs efficiency
Jobs are getting shorter and shorter in all areas of packaging due to many reasons such a packaging personification or extended number of flavours. We developed Optima especially for quick job change-overs featuring several unique systems such as IRIS, Falcon II or Ink Cartridge.
Expanded gamut printing
Some say that the future of flexo printing is Expanded Gamut Printing (7 color fixed pallete printing, without Pantone colors). Optima, with its modern inking system and very stable dot shape due to Advanced Bounce Control is ideal for EGP. You may than benefit of:
no wash ups and therfore savings on time, ink and plate
coprinting of several designs at the same time
Environmental printing
The future of our kids is important to us. We designed OPTIMA to handle all enviroment-friendly technologies such as water based printing, paper or biodegradable materials printing, EGP or energy cured inks.
ULTRA Technology
UV or UV LED inks are broadly used mainly in label segment. For those who want to benefit from this technology in mid-web or wide-web segment, OPTIMA is ideal solution.
