Universal Laser Systems CLP-100NI-NPRT manual RIBtype PRINTING DIES, Specifications

SPECIFICATIONS

RIBtype® PRINTING DIES

Universal Non-Porous Coders are designed to use Universal RIBtype® rubber type, printing dies which have a molded rib backing. The ribs on the back of the die snap into mating ribs in the RIBtype® Drum Cover on the print drum as shown in Figure 4.

Universal RIBtype® dies are available in many standard character styles and sizes. Dies are available in sets containing a combination of individual alphabetic and numeric characters or in sets containing numeric characters only. These character sets or “sorts” can be used to make up text messages and code numbers as necessary. RIBtype® dies are also available in “logo” form in which a complete text message is produced on a single piece of rib backed rubber.

Logo dies are much faster to change and normally produce betterFIGURE 4 print quality than individual characters due to their unitized construc-

tion.

FRICTION

BEARER

.007” - .008”

PRINTING DIE

DRUM COVER

FIGURE 5

Universal RIBtype® dies are manufactured to precision thickness tolerances which are very critical to the perfor- mance of these coders. When installed, the face of the printing die should extend only .007" - .008" beyond the radius of the Friction Bearers as shown in Figure 5. Us- ing dies that do not meet the design specifications will result in poor print quality and possible damage to the trans- fer roll.

Although there are several competitive rib backed die sys- tems available, it is very important to note that they are not all made to the same rib spacing or thickness specifica- tions and they are not interchangeable.

CODER MODELS DESIGNED FOR METRIC RIBtype® PRINTING DIES

Universal also offers Metric RIBtype® die systems for use in countries where metric character sizes are the standard. The Metric dies are thicker and the rib spacing differs slightly from the standard RIBtype® printing dies therefore the two versions are not compatible. To accommodate the differences, the print drums for Metric dies are machined to a slightly different diameter from the U.S. versions.

The coder model numbers on Metric coders will have a “-T” suffix and the Metric RIBtype® Drum Covers have a distinct pink color.

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