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The ultimate in automatic gap adjustment

Wink’s SmartGap AUTOCONTROL system has an adjustment range of 80μm and enables individual adjustment on the left and right and simultaneous adjustment on both sides in steps of 0.5μm down to 0.1μm.
Wink’s SmartGap AUTOCONTROL system has an adjustment range of 80μm and enables individual adjustment on the left and right and simultaneous adjustment on both sides in steps of 0.5μm down to 0.1μm.
Wink’s SmartGap AUTOCONTROL system has an adjustment range of 80μm and enables individual adjustment on the left and right and simultaneous adjustment on both sides in steps of 0.5μm down to 0.1μm.

ADJUSTABLE anvil cylinders have become indispensable in modern label production because the smallest deviations in the narrow gap between the magnetic and anvil cylinder, determine rotary die-cutting success or failure, especially with the demands created by the variety of materials and ever thinner liners.

Wink’s SmartGap TOUCH hardware and software are designed so that extensions can be integrated rapidly and flexibly. Although the system already offers many automation features and advantages, it can achieve even more with the AUTOCONTROL extension.

This extension features a sensor bar that constantly monitors the die-cut material on the web and automatically adjusts the cutting depth to achieve precise cutting results.

‘The AUTOCONTROL extension represents the ultimate in efficiency because it reduces downtime, waste, material consumption, and make-ready times; and also enables documentation and evaluation of stored data and settings,’ says ROTOCON’s CEO, Michael Aengenvoort.

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