After installing the Diana Eye 55 inspection machine last year, U.S. based Utah Paperbox is capturing additional business with pharmaceutical and luxury products customers. The inspection device is the company’s first investment with Heidelberg and the first of its kind in North America.
Mike Salazar, Utah Paperbox Vice President of Operations, first saw the Diana Eye at drupa. He was intrigued with the device’s ability to provide 100% quality control of the entire image and all embellishments of every single folding carton.
At speeds of up to 120,000 per hour, each folding carton can be inspected before advancing to the folder-gluer. The combination of state-of-the-art camera technology and unique light-sources enable the inspection of the printed image, hot/cold foil applications, embossing, hologram images, spot coating and drip-off varnish patterns and metalized surfaces.
“When it comes to our other postpress equipment, we are not able to check everything on one piece of equipment,” said Salazar. “The capabilities of the Diana Eye are incredible. We can do it all: print quality, color, gloss and special coating effects, foil application, metallized surfaces, windowing verification – many processes that we had to hand inspect before. That’s really what drove me to purchase this machine for our business.”
