Windmöller & Hölscher Heliostar GL – 8-Colour Rotogravure Printing Press

Used Heliostar GL, manufactured in 2007 and modernised in 2016, for flexible packaging and converting applications.

Technical Specifications

• Printing units: 8 colours, configuration 8+0
• Maximum web width: 1,020 mm
• Maximum printing width: 1,000 mm
• Print repeat range: 450–1,050 mm
• Drive: electronic line shaft
• Trolley system for print units
• Gas-heated drying
• One set of printing cylinders included

Unwinding, Rewinding and Web Handling

• Turret unwinder and rewinder with flying splice and reel lift
• Maximum unwind reel diameter: 1,000 mm
• Maximum rewind reel diameter: 1,000 mm
• Rewinding cores: 76 mm and 152 mm
• Web edge guiding
• Corona treatment
• Automatic ink viscosity control

Register Control and Inspection

• BST camera / web inspection
• Regi-Star 20 register control upgrade, 2016
• IPQ Check Pro 100% print inspection, installed as part of the 2016 modernisation

2016 Modernisation – Heliostar S Drive Retrofit

The gravure-cylinder drive was upgraded with Heliostar S components. The documented scope includes:

• Gravure-cylinder drive motors and upgraded inking-roller drives
• Cylinder chucks with adapters, drive supports and chuck sensors
• Gravure-cylinder bearings
• Sidelay register components, drives and safety guards
• Mechanical mounting parts and electrical accessories
• Technical documentation