Vianord Engineering Presents Vianord Freedom 5 Flexographic Plate Making System

CARROS, FranceVianord Engineering, a world-leading supplier of innovative flexographic plate making systems for conventional and digital plates, is presenting the new Vianord Freedom 5 fully automated flexographic plate making system.

The Vianord Freedom 5 enables users to quickly expand their capacity and ensures profitable operation thanks to its attractive price, low maintenance costs and very high degree of reliability, according to the company.

Riccardo de Caria, president of Vianord Engineering, said, “The Vianord Freedom 5 offers converters and repro houses the opportunity to respond flexibly to changing capacity requirements and to quickly expand their plate making capabilities with a reliable system which can count on the experience built on more than 100 installations of Easy-to-Plate systems. Our customers benefit from an outstanding quality, great reliability and an attractive price.”

The new high productivity plate processor is coupled with 14 dryer drawers, two independent light finishers sections and 18 stacker positions for ready-to-print plates.

Reliable components, extensive tests prior to delivery, and a high degree of standardization ensure that the system operates reliably right from day one, according to the company. Spare parts and maintenance packages can be purchased along with the system.

The Vianord Freedom 5 can deliver up to seven thin flexible-packaging ready-to-print flexographic plates every hour, which translates in 56 finished plates every production shift, of eight hours.

The Vianord Freedom 5 is based on the successful Easy-to-Plate platform, of which more than 100 systems have been ordered to date. The first Easy-to-Plate system has been in plate making service since 2013.