Stork premieres laser engraver Helios 6010

Stork Prints has launched the worlds first direct laser engraver that can produce sleeves for flexo, letterpress and rotary screen printing.

The Dutch firm is targeting the Helios 6010 (pictured), unveiled at this week's Labelexpo Europe in Brussels, at label printers that use hybrid presses.

It uses a CO2 laser to image negative areas for letterpress at up to 178lpi and flexo sleeves at up to 152lpi.

For rotary screen, the Helios 6010 images welded nickel RotaMesh cylinders, with the cylinder print-ready as it comes off the machine.

Cylinders up to 720mm wide, with a diameter up to 385mm and a weight of up to 50kg can be handled, while RotaMesh screens up to 762mm wide can be imaged.