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Graphic Arts Systems
Commercial web printers use WPM's finishing systems to streamline production of high volume targeted communication and commercial direct mail products. Either directly from the web press or a pre-printed roll, WPM finishing components are used in series to complete a final product by performing such functions as perforating, gluing, folding, die cutting, imaging and finish cutting on a continuous web stream. WPM customers are some of the most sophisticated printers in the world who execute highly customized response marketing strategies and print communications that deliver results. They've come to rely on WPM for unsurpassed innovation that delivers reliability and total flexibility to get their finishing jobs from concept to execution, quickly and seamlessly. For more than 70 years WPM has delivered outstanding value to our clients and still today, the only company that offers a true systems approach to finishing bringing together innovative equipment, precision knives and dies and support staff experienced in the dynamics of direct mail production design and management.
About our Inline Finishing Systems
WPM is the World's leading supplier of Inline finishing Systems for the direct mail market. With customers in more than 30 Countries, and the only finishing supplier with facilities in the U.S. and Europe, WPM can design and support a finishing system to meet any product requirement from inlines for direct mail advertising, free standing inserts and cover production to very specific servo driven offline systems for variable imaging and invited media. WPM has been leading the industry with innovative finishing components that offer superior value and pressroom versatility longer than any other supplier. We take pride in the fact that WPM has introduced to market more of today's high speed finishing solutions than all of our competitors combined.
About our Offline Finishing Systems
WPM's design and engineering of complete servo driven offlines are used throughout the world for some of the most sophisticated finishing production requirements. Our offline components are made up of the same well built finishing components offered for all inline systems designed and manufactured using state of the art electronic servo motors, variable speed drives and register controls. We can design and support offlines in standard cutoff lengths or variable size repeat and no one knows more about tension control and paper handling than the WPM Support Team. WPM offline finishing systems can include such value added options as variable imaging towers, IR dryers and servo chill stands integrated as a single source purchase. We’ve built the largest offline system in the world encompassing 5 different repeats as well as provide offline stamp manufacturing for the country of Holland. These are just some of the examples of the innovative offline ideas at WPM.
About our Cover Production Systems
WPM custom designed Cover Systems provide the publication printer the opportunity to add value while eliminating the higher costs of finishing covers before the bindery process. The addition of a WPM Cover System delivers flats, stacked 2 and 4 pagers, 8’s and double gate covers… press finished, ready to go to bindery. Because it's from WPM, the system starts with the best built high speed rotary cutter in the business. WPM’s Revolution Rotary Cutter, designed with our exclusive DDR technology and combined with the latest Cutting development; QuickLock provides ultra fast knife changes for extremely fast product changeover. And all of our finishing components can be built with WPM’s exclusive Integrated Servo Design drive and control system providing unmatched tension control of the Angle Bars and Plow Towers. A WPM Cover System can be easily expanded to a complete inline finishing system with the addition of our exclusive "Flex" components, portable gluing, scoring, die cutting and slitting. Add a contour die from our Cutting Technology Division and finish imaginative products for your business.
About our Insert/FSI Systems
How can WPM add value to the Retail Advertising Insert (RAI) Market?
The RAI market traditionally uses wide web, short cutoff presses producing the classic square tabloid product. WPM offers these printers the ability to add value to the finished product to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Wide webs and double around plate cylinders allow WPM's Inline Finishing Systems a large paper portrait to finish. The WPM Revolution Rotary Cutter is an innovative departure from the traditional combination or tabloid folder in that it is capable of producing variably sized products simply by adding or subtracting knives from the cutting cylinder using our exclusive QuickLock knife technology. Any multiple of the press repeat can be cut to give an alternative head to foot dimension of the product. Furthermore, products can be finished to size, with bleeds trimmed on all sides, providing the best looking, finish trimmed, RAI products the industry has ever seen. To achieve even higher value, WPM's extensive range of inline finishing components including slitters, gluers, coaters, die cutters, perforators, plows, prefolders, and flexible components, can also be designed into the press arrangement for new and very unique formats. Be revolutionary… incorporate a WPM Inline Finishing System on your press and set yourself apart from the competition.
About our Press Components
WPM is the supplier of choice for Repositionable Gluers/Coaters, Pattern Perforators, Angle Bars and PreFolders by all of today's high speed press manufacturers. The addition of a WPM Remoist Gluer/Coater or Pattern Perforator adds instant value to any press for the application of remosit glue, scratch offs or fragrance or the production of specialty coupons, even stamps. WPM's Angle Bars and PreFolders offer additional ribbon capacity and the ability to plow or gate fold existing ribbons for exciting press folded products. Engineered to be a seamless match to the press, WPM's Press Components are designed to integrate the OEM press drive controls and features and backed by the WPM support group to ensure a professional start-up and operational training.
Converting Systems
WPM has been designing and manufacturing custom Rotary Die Cutters and Die Cutting Systems for the converting markets for more than 30 years. In fact WPM's core competency is die cutting. By leveraging our patented technology of the TruCutTM crush cut rotary cutting tools and precision built die cutting machinery as a complete system, our customers gain a distinct advantage over other systems not offering a single source supplier. Our flexible approach to cutting, using TruCut™ or Magnetic style cutting dies, allows our clients to maximize value. With custom designed system installations worldwide, WPM has gained experience in the production of folding carton, corrugated, flexible packaging, films, trash bags, and non-woven products. Our diverse capability allows WPM to blend innovation from our Graphic Arts and Sheetfed businesses, to provide modern systems like the VariCutterTM, which completely eliminates the need for cylinder changes in rotary tooling. Make WPM your first stop for all your converting needs.
About our Rotary Die Cutting Systems
WPM Rotary Die Cutting and Delivery Systems are designed to meet specific die cutting, scoring and/or embossing production requirements. Today, WPM designs and manufacturers converting systems for the folding carton, corrugated, flexible packaging, paper, films and non-woven markets. While every system is custom engineered to fit the application, every Rotary Die Cutting System starts with the opportunity to get the technically superior die cutting machinery along with the precision tooling together as a system from one supplier. WPM Die Cutting Systems are used in many of today's high profile converting operations cutting substrates as thick as 80 point solid fiber board and as thin as 1 mil films with the same precision control along with accurate… affordable tooling from WPM's Cutting Technology Division.
About our Folding Carton Systems
WPM Folding Carton Systems are designed for installation in-line with a printing press or as an offline for consolidated production operations and, we can design a modular folding carton scoring and die cutting production system to suit our clients specific needs. WPM rotary die cutting technology is engineered to fit the application and will dramatically improve die cutting results… and profits.! WPM TruCutTM dies provide high quality cutting and dependable results at lower costs than traditional machined dies leading to improved profits for WPM customers. Our unique cutting system provides endless opportunities for intricate die cutting, perforating, scoring, embossing or kiss cutting. Modular components and multiple stations allow for fast change over and die mounting and are all complete with the exclusive MicroTouchTM gap control shorting make-ready and extending die wear. Available in 22", 26", 32" and 38" web widths or we can build a system to match just about any web operation. Integrated with the finest, best supported drive technology and exclusive WPM DDR motors, our die cutting, scoring, perforating and embossing modules and delivery systems, combined with WPM TruCutTM die tooling are a system your company can count on to deliver!
About our VariCutterTM Die Cutting Systems
WPM's VariCutterTM Die Cutting Systems are designed to use multiple tooling in the same module and incorporate exclusive features such as variable repeat drives and variable web compensators to control the non-cut area of the tooling. Combined with WPM’s exclusive TruCutTM molded knife and die tooling or magnetic RP tooling, the VariCutterTM system is a cost efficient way to improve productivity. The distinct advantage of the modular design combined with the use of WPM's exclusive TruCutTM dies or magnetic RP die plates provides capability of programmable variable repeat without ever changing cylinders or modules. If desired, the VariCutterTM Die Cutting System is also capable of running solid tooling for fixed repeat. So no matter what your die cutting needs are… long or short run… variable product changes… multiple substrates, the WPM VariCutterTM Die Cutting System is the right choice.
About our Servo Die Cutting for Packaging
WPM is a leader in servo and variable drive technology. Our full line of Servo Die Cutters offers the ability to change cut lengths or match existing web motion by indexing to programmable repeat lengths. Designed using simple, menu driven controls that literally "tell the unit when to cut and at what length" requiring no mechanical changing of parts or tooling. This precise method of control takes full advantage of the exclusive WPM TruCutTM molded die system providing the ability to change cut lengths and shapes with a simple and fast die change. WPM’s experience in servo drive technology is unmatched and our "systems" approach of providing both high tech machinery and precision die tooling makes the Servo Die Cutter an excellent choice for the application of flexible packaging or pouch and bag production. WPM can design a very specific Servo Die Cutter to meet the production needs of any converting operation in web widths that range from 6" to 80".
About our Modular Die Cutting for Non-Wovens
WPM has been one of the leading manufacturers of Modular Die Cutters to the Non-Wovens industry for three decades providing a full range of precision built MicroTouchTM Rotary Die Cutters and our exclusive TruCutTM rotary dies as a matched system. Our modular units can be designed as a stand alone component or as an integral part of an existing die cutting application. As a stand alone unit, WPM can provide a base unit which can be independently driven and can include driven draw roll or nip wheels and waste stripping. Module changes are fast and easy and can be tooled up off line to improve make-ready time. As an integral part of an existing die cutting operation, we’re basically the piece in the middle… manufacturing the module to fit in an existing application. And because WPM supplies both the machinery and precision built TruCutTM dies, you can count on the systems accuracy, dependability and reliability delivering results to your converting application.