i-Web Puts the Finishing Touches on Modular Web Finishing Systems for Commercial Printing

All i-Web machines are highly modular—every individual machine module must be “hot-connectable” and easily tested on i-Web’s and the end-user’s plant floor in a “plug and play” manner. Another critical requirement for the system redesign was to ensure easy remote service on i-Web machines with the added capability to configure and troubleshoot everything via an external connection. “The turning point in our search happened when i-Web received a significant order for a machine that required top end functionality that we just weren’t able to accommodate with the existing controller, fieldbus and drive system we used at the time,” recalled Williams. “We were already highly motivated, but at this point we had a concrete deadline we simply had to meet.”