Comments on: AVT, GMI, and the future of press controls http://www.swduncan.com/archives/2007/10/23/avt-gmi-and-the-future-of-press-controls/ Answers, Alternatives, Strategies Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:08:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://www.swduncan.com/archives/2007/10/23/avt-gmi-and-the-future-of-press-controls/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Steve Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:24:24 +0000 http://www.swduncan.com/archives/2007/10/23/avt-gmi-and-the-future-of-press-controls/#comment-407 Thanks Steve Your comments are very interesting and I agree fully with them. As you say there is a difference in current technologies in that AVT is video based and GMI spectral based and the two don’t link so separate approaches would be necessary. The key in future may be the development of a new type of scanning head that can provide inputs to both solutions. Also as you say the flexo market at this time has never gone for colour correction on press largely because of the problems with variability of plates and the structure of the press. I see the combined technologies more in the web offset area and possibly even moving into sheetfed as the pressure comes more for CIM with minimal staffing levels. This is obviously an area to watch with interest. Regards Andy Thanks Steve

Your comments are very interesting and I agree fully with them. As you say there is a difference in current technologies in that AVT is video based and GMI spectral based and the two don’t link so separate approaches would be necessary. The key in future may be the development of a new type of scanning head that can provide inputs to both solutions. Also as you say the flexo market at this time has never gone for colour correction on press largely because of the problems with variability of plates and the structure of the press. I see the combined technologies more in the web offset area and possibly even moving into sheetfed as the pressure comes more for CIM with minimal staffing levels. This is obviously an area to watch with interest.

Regards

Andy

]]> By: Erik Nikkanen http://www.swduncan.com/archives/2007/10/23/avt-gmi-and-the-future-of-press-controls/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Erik Nikkanen Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:12:48 +0000 http://www.swduncan.com/archives/2007/10/23/avt-gmi-and-the-future-of-press-controls/#comment-406 I agree with most of your comments. From my perspective, it looks like a poor purchase in the sense that AVT has bought a pile of technology which much of it has to be changed. They also bought a group of technicians who have not really come up with any reeally special technology and that group I doubt can be changed either. This is of course due to AVT's lack of knowledge of the fundamental colour control problem in offset presses. As for Flexo vs Offset, it is my opinion that offset has much more potential to be developed into a more consistant and predictable process than flexo, as far as colour control goes. If AVT was a bit smarter, they could have investigated the fundamentals of the problem before going ahead and purchasing an existing company. But as I have found out for over ten years, there is no interest in doing that. Best of luck to AVT. I agree with most of your comments. From my perspective, it looks like a poor purchase in the sense that AVT has bought a pile of technology which much of it has to be changed. They also bought a group of technicians who have not really come up with any reeally special technology and that group I doubt can be changed either. This is of course due to AVT’s lack of knowledge of the fundamental colour control problem in offset presses.

As for Flexo vs Offset, it is my opinion that offset has much more potential to be developed into a more consistant and predictable process than flexo, as far as colour control goes.

If AVT was a bit smarter, they could have investigated the fundamentals of the problem before going ahead and purchasing an existing company. But as I have found out for over ten years, there is no interest in doing that.

Best of luck to AVT.

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