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. The machine is in very good condition.
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
Over €250,000 has been invested in the machine’s modernisation since 2016.
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
