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

In addition, i-Web systems require the flexibility of numerous hot-connect groups where different machine modules are regularly connected and disconnected depending on specific printing projects. Flexibility to accommodate frequent product changeovers with minimal downtime are non-negotiable demands in advanced commercial printing and mailing applications. “The EtherCAT I/O and drive systems from Beckhoff already had the technology in place to implement the real-time communication and hot-connect capabilities that i-Web needed without compromise,” Petersen added.