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Envelope / Direct Mail Products

Narrow web flexo plate mounters for envelope / direct mail printing

Envelope printers and direct mail printers and converters choose Heaford products for their exceptional build quality, ease of use and the improved production efficiencies they generate. Solutions are available to solve every challenge.

Protect your sleeves and your operators whilst achieving clean cuts/joints on your flexo plates and tape with our range of cutting systems
Apply tape faster, more precisely and more consistently with our range of operator friendly tape holders and applicators
For manual mounters without motorised cameras, LED display showing positional data in the X axis significantly aides operator set-up negating the need of a tape ruler

Envelope – Manual

ELS Range

A range of traditional mounters with manual camera positioning. Ideal for start-ups, smaller converters, single/dual press operations, or as a first video mounter.

  • Simple to operate & maintain
  • Facilitates high mounting accuracy
  • Minimal training requirement
  • Low investment cost
  • Multiple /sleeve types to suit W&D + Smythe presses
  • Also available in cylinder version
  • Web widths up to 880mm(34.6”)
  • Repeat from 155mm(6”) up to 914mm(36”)

Associated Products

  • Sleeve exchange unit
Protect your sleeves and your operators whilst achieving clean cuts/joints on your flexo plates and tape with our range of cutting systems
Apply tape faster, more precisely and more consistently with our range of operator friendly tape holders and applicators
Press manufacturers are working tirelessly to reduce start up waste through accurate pre-setting. We have a range of solutions to match your mounter to your press pre-setting system
For manual mounters without motorised cameras, LED display showing positional data in the X axis significantly aides operator set-up negating the need of a tape ruler
Significantly reduce job set up and repeatability when mounting multiple plates. Plate positions can be input, taught, or imported. Recall or edit jobs quickly from the database of stored jobs

Envelope – Semi Auto

FTS Range

The award-winning FTS range has become the model of choice for global label & envelope converters. Heaford’s patented game-changing design is arguably the fastest mounter on the market. The ideal choice for label & envelope converters who want a rapid repeatable process.

  • Fastest mounter on the market
  • Extremely simple to operate
  • High mounting accuracy
  • Minimal training requirement
  • Fast ROI
  • Mount for multiple presses on the same mounter
  • Multiple / sleeve types to suit W&D + Smythe presses
  • Also available in cylinder version
  • Web widths up to 900mm(35.5”)
  • Repeat from 155mm(6”) to 875mm(34.5”)

Associated Products

  • Sleeve exchange unit
  • Tape application unit
Protect your sleeves and your operators whilst achieving clean cuts/joints on your flexo plates and tape with our range of cutting systems
Apply tape faster, more precisely and more consistently with our range of operator friendly tape holders and applicators
Press manufacturers are working tirelessly to reduce start up waste through accurate pre-setting. We have a range of solutions to match your mounter to your press pre-setting system
For manual mounters without motorised cameras, LED display showing positional data in the X axis significantly aides operator set-up negating the need of a tape ruler
Significantly reduce job set up and repeatability when mounting multiple plates. Plate positions can be input, taught, or imported. Recall or edit jobs quickly from the database of stored jobs

Envelope – Semi Auto

FTS 1100 Medium Web

Medium Web converters can now enjoy the same speed, accuracy and simplicity of the award-winning FTS range, which has set the benchmark for global label and envelope converters.

  • Fastest mounter in the industry
  • User-friendly and simple to operate
  • Consistently delivers high mounting accuracy
  • Quick learning curve with minimal training
  • Offers a speedy return on investment (ROI)
  • Specially designed to avoid plate damage
  • Versatile configuration to accommodate multiple presses on a single mounter
  • Suitable for all sleeve types
  • Supports web widths up to 1100mm(43″)
  • Covers repeats from 300mm(11.8″) to 1068mm(42″)
  • Available in manual camera and automatic camera versions
Protect your sleeves and your operators whilst achieving clean cuts/joints on your flexo plates and tape with our range of cutting systems
Apply tape faster, more precisely and more consistently with our range of operator friendly tape holders and applicators
Press manufacturers are working tirelessly to reduce start up waste through accurate pre-setting. We have a range of solutions to match your mounter to your press pre-setting system
Faster job set-up and elimination of operator errors in job set up with our barcode scanner and associated software to generate job cards & read barcodes for automatic entry of mounting co-ordinates via your company network
Automatically generate QA reports with images of mounted plates by colour along with positional data and variance (actual position v programmed position), Stored electronically in PDF format

Envelope – Automatic

AutoMounter Range

Delivers accurate mounting first time every time, independent of operator skill level or competence. Fully automatic plate positioning and laydown. Eliminates press downtime caused by poorly mounted plates and generates fast ROI.

  • Perfect register every time
  • Reduced press waste
  • Improved productivity
  • Automatic image recognition
  • No need for special register marks or bearer marks
  • Multiple /sleeve types to suit W&H + Smythe presses
  • Also available in cylinder version
  • Web widths up to 840mm(33”)
  • Repeat from 150mm(6”) up to 810mm(32”)

Associated Products

  • Sleeve exchange unit
  • Tape application unit

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