Slit, cut, crease, perforate, and fold all in one pass

The new Morgana DigiFold Ultra is a creasing/folding machine with full bleed trim capabilities. It can slit, cut, crease, perforate, and fold in one pass. It is robustly designed to complement mid-to-high volume digital and offset production presses.

Being exhibited for the first time at Drupa 2024, the DigiFold Ultra builds on the capabilities of the DigiFold Pro XL by adding the slitting and cutting functionality for full-bleed trim applications. High quality applications such as full-bleed 6 or 8-panel brochures become an easy task even for A4 (8.5”x11”) landscape finished formats.

DigiFold Ultra’s long sheet trimming capability is a strategic complement to the latest printing presses which now offer duplex printing on longer sheets. Rather of adding a free-standing guillotine for the trimming of 560mm long sheets, the Ultra allows customers to fully leverage the capabilities of their new presses, with its ability to trim sheets of up to 1,300mm.

The standard product comes with dual folding knives, one DynaCreaser, two slitting knives and one cross-cut knife. The Ultra maintains the high productivity seen on the previous generation Pro XL platforms – up to 6,000 A4 / 8.5 x 11-inch sheets per hour. There are also attachments such as the Trim Waste Conveyor Belt and BST-4000 Belt Stacker which make the Ultra suited for longer unattended production runs.

Commenting on the latest addition to the offline product range, Ray Hillhouse, VP Sales & Marketing for the Plockmatic Group Offline Business Unit, said: “The DigiFold Ultra maintains the high productivity speeds of the Pro XL platforms. Adding trimming and cutting capabilities means that we can automate even more stages in the production of the finished product. Helping to reduce the number of manual steps required in the print shop means less room for error. This is an affordable, robust, high-speed solution for businesses looking to reduce operator involvement and instead focus on activities that drive profitability and growth.”

Features of the DigiFold Ultra include:

• User-friendly user interface: key in media parameters and select from standard trim, crease and fold patterns or create custom jobs as desired.
• No need for external connections to computers.
• Save job settings for quick and easy production (unlimited)
• Loading capacity up to 200 mm / 7.9 inches
• Utilises latest technology with Plockmatic Group’s vacuum feed capability. Adaptive Fan Control automatically adjusts air flow for varying media sizes and weights
• Ultrasonic double sheet detection
• Up to 30 creases per sheet – avoiding image cracking or toner flaking on heavier media
• Full cross perforation available, plus up to five inline perforation/scoring wheels.
• Up and down crease in a single pass with the included DynaCrease and (optional) Static Creaser modules
• Equipped with both a belt-stacker for folded sheets, and a delivery tray for non-folded jobs
• Easy blade system allows for quick changes of blades without the need for any tools. Changing between different tools/blades can be done in less than a minute.

The Morgana DigiFold Ultra is available to order on the stand, with deliveries currently due to begin in June 2024.