RoboCELL - Technology for an Automated Prepress Department
The RoboCELL is the award-winning robotic system that offers a complete robotized prepress workflow. It provides robotic sleeve handling (RoboSLEEVE), robotic tape application (RoboTAPE), and fully automatic mounting (FAMM 3.0).
- Fully automated prepress department
- Highest plate mounting accuracy
- Complete more jobs in less time
- Eliminate tape waste due to spiral taping
- Eliminate sleeve damage and mishandling
- Reduce operator related press downtime
RoboCELL features
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Robotic tape application
The RoboTAPE is a game-changer patented solution for applying tape onto sleeves fully automatically and without any tape waste due to the spiral taping. The manual taping is eliminated, along with any related taping mistakes that cause press downtime.
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Robotic sleeve handling
The RoboSLEEVE is a robotic sleeve handling system. The RoboSLEEVE picks-up the first taped sleeve from the Tech Cart and then, within seconds it loads it on the mandrel of the mounting machine. When the plate mounting process is over, the RoboSLEEVE unloads the mounted sleeve and places it back on the Tech Cart.
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Fully automatic mounting
The FAMM fully automatically positions the plates with an accuracy of 2 microns. The plates are mounted in 29 seconds including a quality report.
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Tech Cart
The Tech Cart contains all the sleeves required for the job. After taping and mounting the sleeves, the robot puts back the mounted sleeve on the cart.
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HMI console
The HMI console is used to set up jobs and start the taping process. XML files can be loaded into the system for a quick start-up.
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Gripper tool station
The robot changes its gripper tool so that it can handle sleeves and bridges of different inner diameters.
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Safety fence
The RoboCELL is surrounded by a safety fence that provides protection to the operators while working on other tasks.
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Robotic tape application
The RoboTAPE is a game-changer patented solution for applying tape onto sleeves fully automatically and without any tape waste due to the spiral taping. The manual taping is eliminated, along with any related taping mistakes that cause press downtime.
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Robotic sleeve handling
The RoboSLEEVE is a robotic sleeve handling system. The RoboSLEEVE picks-up the first taped sleeve from the Tech Cart and then, within seconds it loads it on the mandrel of the mounting machine. When the plate mounting process is over, the RoboSLEEVE unloads the mounted sleeve and places it back on the Tech Cart.
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Fully automatic mounting
The FAMM fully automatically positions the plates with an accuracy of 2 microns. The plates are mounted in 29 seconds including a quality report.
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Tech Cart
The Tech Cart contains all the sleeves required for the job. After taping and mounting the sleeves, the robot puts back the mounted sleeve on the cart.
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HMI console
The HMI console is used to set up jobs and start the taping process. XML files can be loaded into the system for a quick start-up.
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Gripper tool station
The robot changes its gripper tool so that it can handle sleeves and bridges of different inner diameters.
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Safety fence
The RoboCELL is surrounded by a safety fence that provides protection to the operators while working on other tasks.
RoboCELL options
Additional taping tool
Additional taping tools can be added in the cell in a dedicated tool station area where the Robot can automatically change its tool and load one with a different density tape.
Additional Tech Carts
More Tech Carts can be added in the RoboCELL for taping and mounting sleeves for more than one job. Each Tech Cart is customized to the different inner diameters and repeats of the sleeves.
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Additional taping tool
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Additional Tech Carts
References
Best Technical Innovation for the EFTA Flexo Award 2023
AV Flexologic team received a second recognition for RoboCELL, by winning the EFTA Flexo Award. The jury stated that ''RoboCELL is the complete robotic prepress workflow. The jury wants to promote the mounting process, from start to finish. They see numerous benefits in doing so".
Winner of the FTA 2023 Technical Innovation Award
We have been recognized with the prestigious FTA Technical Innovation Award 2023 for RoboCELL, our latest prepress solution. After 8 years of R&D, we unveiled with the world our patented technology for a fully automated prepress. And now, in 2023, our RoboCELL was designated for its exceptional technical achievements, resulting in significant time saving in the prepress workflow, risk reduction (no manual operator intervention) and improved quality (seamless taping and no sleeve damage).
Bryce Corporation
“AV Flexologic is the global leader in prepress solutions. Period. Bryce partners with industry thought leaders and works with them to develop solutions the industry isn’t even thinking about yet. With the innovative RoboCELL, AV Flexologic has established an even larger lead over their next distant competitor.”
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