HEIDELBERG CutStar Generation 4 offers cost benefits and added productivity for printing labels and package inserts

The sheeter is now available on the market in its fourth generation. Compared to the previous generation, this latest version offers the advantage of the Push-to-Stop concept from HEIDELBERG, meaning it offers more automation, simpler handling, and easier maintenance. By taking automation to the next level, CutStar Generation 4 can save up to 50 percent on makeready times when integrated into the Prinect workflow. Extensive preset values for different substrates ensure significantly accelerated makeready times when changing materials. Manual adjustments such as format length settings are no longer required. For example, CutStar Generation 4 can be used in the pharmaceutical sector and in label printing to boost the production speed for thin substrates by 30 percent and considerably expand the range of uses for especially thin materials (films from 40 μm and paper from 30 gsm). This means HEIDELBERG is able to dependably meet a major market requirement, particularly in these segments. Two thirds of the systems that have been supplied so far are being used to print labels and packaging inserts. What’s more, the proportion of sheeters in use in the commercial printing sector has increased dramatically in recent months due to the associated cost benefits in paper procurement.