Cron was founded in 1992 and is now the leading manufacturer of UV-CTP systems with research, manufacturing, distribution and support centres in China, USA and Germany. There are now over 2000 Cron CTP systems installed worldwide. This is because Cron output is consistent, maintenance is simple, thermal lasers are guaranteed for 3 years and service is reliable and local.
Choice of thermal or UV-CTP
The most commonly used CTP systems use thermal lasers, therefore thermal CTP plates. UV-CTP uses UV lasers and is used with UV-CTP plates or even conventional positive PS plates, with generally lower operating cost than thermal, due to lower plate costs. Cron offers you the choice.
WHY CRON 46-INCH SERIES CTP SYSTEMS?
The imaging drum
Cron’s drum surface is smoother than any other CTP drum. The plate is automatically gripped by integrated clamps, and held firmly by a triple vacuum system which automatically adjusts for various sizes. Drum with self-regulating counterbalancing system rotates at up to 1200rpm without any noticeable vibration. There is no expensive “laser head” unit. Data passes through short individual fibre channels to the self-focusing optical scanning head, mounted on a magnetic levitation rail. The lasers are guaranteed for 3 years or 200,000 plates. When eventually a laser diode needs replacing, the machine will operate on the remaining lasers without loss of quality until the new diode is installed. Cron individual lasers can be replaced by a local engineer at a small fraction of the cost of a replacement laser head on traditional CTP systems.
