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Engineering the future
from Annual profile 2023
by bobstmedia
Fred Rostalski, an engineer at Bobst Bielefeld in Germany, received the prestigious BOBST Inventor Award for the “Method for determining print parameters of a print machine and test stand” (Smart GPS 2.0)
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BOBST Inventor Award 2022
At BOBST we leverage on an innovative culture. We are very pleased to reward this year one of our engineers based in Germany for his innovation that was patented. It makes things easier for printers and can directly boost their businesses.
The smartGPS automates the start-up process of CI flexo printers and eliminates waste by generating all the registration and impression settings offline at the plate mounting stage.
This innovation adds an integrated measuring 3D analytic system to the smartGPS functionalities, an exclusive feature that makes smartGPS technology unique by comparison to industry standard plate mounting solutions.
The process
It is automatic, easy to use and delivers the same print quality.
The print
Results in a substrate waste that averages 15 m.
The system
Virtually eliminating waste of ink, solvent and energy.
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The Graphic Positioning System or smartGPS, first introduced in 2008, is one of BOBST’s major pioneering innovations in the development of digitalized automation for the CI flexo packaging printing industry.
Always looking to further develop digital technologies for the advantage of the users, smartGPS has continued to be incrementally updated in terms of synchronizing the workflow with the new generation CI flexo presses and enhancing the performance.
SmartGPS
Setup of press in less than 6 minutes, instead of 30 to 40 minutes.
