At Labelexpo Europe 2019 (September 24-27, Brussels Expo), BALDWIN Vision Systems (BVS) was co-located at the show with AMS SpectralUV, another Baldwin Technology Company. Along with well-established color and inspection solutions for the printing industry, BVS showcased the latest additions to their product portfolio—including Guardian RTM, a new real-time quality monitoring and reporting tool, and significant new capabilities for the ColorTrack software solution.
2018 saw industry leaders QuadTech, PC Industries, and Web Printing Controls strategically united to form the new BALDWIN Vision Systems. The resulting combination of businesses and technologies represents the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio available for print process automation, inspection and related services.
The company showcased Defect Management Solutions and Color Management Solutions. These include Guardian PQV 100% Print Inspection, which eliminates every defect with a more efficient, accurate, data-connected inspection workflow. PQV provides complete print quality verification from prepress through production, reporting, and archiving for perfect runs. With Guardian RTM Real-Time Monitoring, printers can track and compare many different production metrics. Press managers can monitor changes as they happen, and make highly-informed decisions about print quality, defect management, and even operator-to-operator performance. Guardian OLP Offline Proofing & Inspection focuses on pre-press proofing and pressroom quality control. Graphic-Vision 500 Series Web Viewing Systems quickly find defects such as mis-registrations, streaks, voids, and fills. For high quality, high accuracy inspection requirements—such as pharmaceuticals, security and banknote—BVS provides solutions that meet the most exacting standards, with features including sequential data verification, bar code decoding & grading, custom lighting and more.
At Labelexpo Europe 2091, BVS also offered an early preview of a new defect management technology, which the company will launch fully at drupa 2020 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
While, ColorTrack “color expert in a box” software facilitates fast, accurate press-side correction of ink formulations. ColorTrack seamlessly integrates with ink recipe software to not only simplify workflow, but also dramatically reduce the number of ink corrections needed to achieve accurate, optimal color. InkWeigh eliminates trial and error by weighing and tracking ink corrections at the press for each client, each job. It also Optimizes and reduces leftover storage, and ensure full traceability. DeltaCam provides accurate inline spectral measurements, reducing waste and ensuring all printed products are within your customers’ color specifications.
BVS also introduced its new ColorTrack Analytics software, which is designed to help printers deliver consistent, accurate color quality and customer reports—no matter what facility, process or materials are used to produce the printed product.