Kongsberg with CorruSpeed increases 50 percent in corrugated finishing

CorruSpeed is the latest Kongsberg digital cutting and creasing innovation from Esko, which makes corrugated converters possible to cut, crease and perforate jobs without the need to change tools, boosting finishing productivity by up-to 50 percent. The newly launched ‘dual heavy duty unit’ means that operators no longer need to manually intervene in tool changes on Kongsberg digital cutting tables for those jobs that require creasing, cutting and perforation. The machine will automatically switch and use the right tool throughout the job, significantly ramping-up production efficiency.

The uniquely engineered design of a Kongsberg table is possible to exercise an unrivalled 50kg of down-force on corrugated materials from single to triple wall, without compromising speed or quality. The ‘dual heavy duty unit’ delivers better crease quality, even on materials with a high recycled material content. When combined with the Esko CorruSpeed tool, converters can cut and perforate corrugated substrates with die-cut like quality at full machine speeds of up to 100m/min, offering the ultimate short run digital cutting solution for corrugated applications. The CorruSpeed Tool is designed specifically for high-speed digital finishing of corrugated board and is unique in that it uses a static knife in combination with a patented knife foot design to simulate the effects of ejection rubbers in conventional die tooling.