Digifold is a new generation of four and six corner folding device for box
gluers and associated
machinery
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. Development began in the late 1990s, and was first exhibited at
IPEX 2002 trade show. A system using Siemens S7-200
PLC and Siemens Servo controllers was developed throughout the late 1990s, into the year 2000. It was the first system, in the box folding industry, to use
carbon fibre
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English
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as a construction material (used in the drive shafts), and advanced
aluminium
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(aluminum) alloys in the clamping devices. Although it was not the first servo driven backfolding system, it used advanced materials to improve speed and reduce cost over comparable systems (notably from Jagenberg, Bobst and others)
References
* Jez Abbott (30 May 2008
Morgana quadruples the speed of its latest DigiFold creaser-folder printweek.com
Morgana DigiFold infiltrates the CIA ProPrint, Jan 21, 2009
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