The Omega system comprises a 1,000 mm unwind unit with automatic reel lift, a splicing table with clamps, a base capable of mounting a corona treater, specially designed static elimination units, a flexographic coating head with a fume extraction cover, a 700 mm rewind system and the capability of operating up to 150 meters per minute.

The Omega system is capable of UV curing a primer such as the Topaz material, drying a water-based primer (i.e., the Sapphire product) or, if needed, a drying system for solvent-based primers sometimes used on filmic substrates.

Yorkshire, UK based A B Graphic International Ltd trades globally and is best known for its line of inspection, slitter and rewinders. Although offering standardized products, A B Graphic International Ltd is also known as a totally integrated design and engineering facility offering equipment designed to meet specific and unique tasks.

States Tony Bell, Sales Manager, “When we were approached by our customers to provide them a cost effective means for applying a specific top-coat primer prior to adding variable data with the Indigo digital printing unit, we adapted our Omega product to meet this need”.

The system is designed primarily for use off-line but can be adapted for use in-line after almost any web printing press to meet the high productivity demands of those printing short runs and just in time orders for labels, tags and tickets.