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Highlights

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Flexible and productiveFor print jobs with added value

Packaging printing has always been one of the core competencies of KBA-Sheetfed. It is at the same time a future market. The combination of packaging and digital print, however, is still in its infancy. Against this background, we have made it our mission to develop an inkjet press which will also satisfy the demands of brand manufacturers under the changing market conditions of the future. Not simply another inkjet press for the mainstream, but one capable of delivering print jobs with added value. The most productive and most cost-efficient hybrid printing system on the emerging market for digital packaging printing: The KBA VariJET 106.

The packaging market faces some major challenges: Only a tiny percentage of all packaging products retain their design for more than a year. The number of different versions of folding cartons for identical products continues to grow unabated. Selling thrives on targeted, sometimes fast moving campaigns, and the packaging is the only medium for communication between the product and the customer. Here, you might need to add details of a competition to a folding carton, while elsewhere there is some quite different aspect which awaits pro-motion. With the VariJET 106, you are optimally prepared for all future trends.

At the same time, the VariJET 106 presents you and your customers with a whole host of new opportunities: You can offer infotainment packaging which links consumers with the virtual realms of the Internet. You can produce folding cartons with local references or for different distribution channels within one and the same region. The production of seasonal packaging vari-ants is one of your simplest exercises. Or what about target group specific packaging? The packaging transports the character of a brand name and encourages new purchases. There are practically no limits to the creative possibilities. And you are ready to real-ize the packaging designer’s innovative ideas.

The VariJET 106 is furthermore able to combine the strengths of digital inkjet with those of classic offset printing and inline finishing. Coating, cold foil transfer and printing before the inkjet unit, coating, printing and die cutting thereafter – all processes can be inte-grated flexibly to match your individual job structure. For print jobs with added value, for the packaging of the future. Join us on this exciting journey.

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Principal features

PostTreatment: Between print and conversion • Single and multiple coatings

Further options: Perfect finishing • Offset printing with conventional

Rapida printing units • Screen printing with KBA Rapida RSP

106, including drying • Inline conversion – e. g. with KBA

Rapida RDC 106

Drying: Efficient and ecological • Energy saving IR/hot-air drying with

VariDryBlue

KBA VariJET 106A few of the highlights

Cutting-edge console technology: Made by KBA • ErgoTronic console with touchscreen

for intelligent and straightforwardhandling

• Integration into the KBA managementsystem LogoTronic Professional

AirTronic delivery: Full preset capabilities • Aerodynamic gripper carriages optimize

air flows and avoid turbulence • Sophisticated Venturi system provides

a stable supporting air cushion

Digital print: Personalized and individualized production • Water-based inkjet printing • Seven colours to cover an extended

colour gamut, 1,440 dpi • Printing heads can be replaced by the

operator • Automatic cleaning of the printing heads • Technological solution to compensate

loss of individual jets • Substrate transport by way of a suction

belt to ensure an exactly definedclearance to the printing heads

• Printing of board and flexurally rigidmaterials in offset quality

• Xerox® aqueous inks intended to meetrequirements of food-safe packagingapplications e. g. Swiss Ordinance

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DriveTronic feeder: Dedicated drives for ultimate ease of operation • DriveTronic feeder for continuous,

stepless pile lifting with automaticspeed compensation for board

• Ultrasonic double-sheet detector

DriveTronic SIS (Sensoric Infeed System):Simply ingenious • Patented KBA sheet infeed system • Gentle sheet positioning with

maximum alignment accuracy • Integration into automatic format

setting eliminates all need foroperator intervention

Data workflow: Ideally automated • Efficient print job organization for

optimum data management • Integration with external MIS systems

(open interface) • Prepress workflow provided by Esko

PreTreatment: Improved foundations for special substrates • Corona treatment with KBA corona unit • Application of primers, including drying

Print options: For unique products • Pre-printing of opaque white • Offset printing with conventional

Rapida printing units • Cold foil transfer with ColdFoil Micro,

Optima or Infigo

Why Xerox as a partner for KBA VariJET 106? • Market-share leadership in

digital printing technologies • Innovative integration of

advanced ink development,jetting technology, imageprocessing and process controls

• Expert in digital workflowautomation enabling greaterproductivity and profitability

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The best of two worldsFor the packaging of the future

With the VariJET 106, you are ideally equipped to produce the packaging of the future. You can combine the best of conventional and digital print with various forms of inline product refinement. As a modular system, the VariJET 106 can be configured exactly the way you require for your particular production needs.

If your business demands • Personalized and individualized print products, • Constantly perfect print quality, and • Finishing also for ultra-short runs

The following technical features answer your call • Modular integration of upstream and downstream processes

into a single press line • Combination of digital print with proven modules of the

Rapida platform • Perfect register accuracy thanks to inline production • Inkjet system in cooperation with a leading partner from

the field of digital printing

Benefits at a glance • Cost reduction through economically efficient production

of ultra-short runs • Sparing of resources • Reductions in storage costs and waste • Absolute flexibility with regard to test packaging and new

designs or campaigns • Faster response to market demands: Adaptation of packaging

at the last minute • Economical production of packaging with high regional

and seasonal diversity • Print on demand for optimization of the supply chain • Suitable for industrial production, irrespective of run lengths • Customer ties through individual and personalized packaging

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Long runs

Long runs

B1 and B2, medium runs

B1 and B2, medium runs

Short runson demand, variable, personalized

Short runson demand, variable, personalized

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KBA VariJET 106 Technical data

Technical data

1) Printability is also influenced decisively by the flexural rigidity of the substrate.2) Dependent on individual processing parameters, e. g. the inks and substrates used

Sheet formatMaximum 750 x 1,060 mmMinimum 540 x 700 mm

Print formatMaximum 730 x 1,050 mm

Substrates 1)

Standard 0.2 – 0.6 mmGripper margin (speed-dependent) 10 – 15 mm

Production speed2)

Maximum 4,500 sheets/h

Pile height from floorFeeder 1,250 mmDelivery 1,200 mm

Highly precise sheet transfer to the digital printing unit

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KBA VariJET 106from the Koenig & Bauer Group

Texts and illustrations refer in part to special features not included in the basic press price. No parts of this publication may be reproduced in any way without the manufacturer’s permission. The manufacturer reserves the right to carry out modifications without prior notice. Version: 04/2016-e

For further information please contact the sales department at:KBA-Sheetfed Solutions AG & Co. KGFriedrich-List-Str. 4701445 Radebeul, GermanyPhone: +49 (0)351 833-0Fax: +49 (0)351 833-1001kba-radebeul@kba.comwww.kba.com

Printed in Germany