The Omso Servotube high-quality combined machine for printing tubes and sleeves becomes even more technological. High-technology upgrades open up new and interesting application fields. Servotube137 has been one of the Omso best sellers for the combined flexographic and silk-screen printing of laminate or extruded round-section items, such as tubes and sleeves, for more than 10 years. Flexible configuration, high speed and reliability are key factors of the machine success in cosmetic, food and body care fields.

The flexographic printing gives photographic quality prints while the silk-screen printing is ideal for high-covering and bright colour backgrounds, captions and texts. Flexographic printing and silk-screen printing follow each other during the machine production cycle based on a 24-spindle round platform. In order to meet market demands that, in addition to decoration, require other important features of the final product, Omso designed modular solutions that can be implemented in the machine with an exceptional freedom configuration and an easy integration.

Detection of joints by camera

Laminate tubes and sleeves have a closing joint. This product feature should be considered and managed during its decoration. In fact, in some cases the printing on the joint should be avoided as it can cause the colour tone variation and jeopardise the final printing result damaging the image perception and the product prestige.  In order to meet this need, the joint detection system with camera has been developed for Servotube137.  Through the camera and dedicated software the joint is detected ensuring the chance of positioning the decoration with high precision and repeatability and assuring an impeccable and reliable printing result.

Anilox lacquering unit

We know how important the lacquering is in the decoration. Not only for giving brightness and durability to printing. A clever use of the lacquering can change the product perception. Thanks to the soft-touch lacquer the substrate touch sensation is changed. The glossy lacquer enhances its colours and brightness while the matt lacquer improves its elegance and refinement. Finally, the pearl lacquer gives a unique luxury effect. The Anilox lacquering unit, designed for Servotube137, keeps a calibrated and continuous lacquer thickness on the whole tube/sleeve surface. The greater thickness control and calibration permits a continuous lacquering process even at 200mm printing heights or higher.

Digital UV-ink head for printing the variable data printing

The standard industrial traceability of products is a key factor and a valuable tool of competitiveness for our customers. For this reason, the variable data printing has been implemented, equipped with digital UV-ink head and an independent system for generating serial numbers and QR Codes connected to the machine software. The digital head station is perfectly replaceable with a flexographic printing head or a silk-screen printing head, keeping the configuration flexibility that has always characterised the Servotube machine unchanged.

These innovations improve the chances of Servotube machine configuration and customisation, according to Omso attitude to design printing solutions meeting customer needs easily and comprehensively.