Z408 Pi is an industrial large character printing system designed for coding with special pigmented inks. It is suitable for the heavy industry, especially for printing on metal tubes, sheets and beams, plastic pipes and bars and various products made of rubber. Z408 Pi plays a strategic role in the management of coding with strong pigmented inks. Z408 Pi manages 7, 16 and 32 dot NZP printheads with character height up to 120mm, which guarantee total ink circulation. Z408 Pi system offers excellent performances in harsh environments, ensuring a high-contrast coding of alphanumeric texts, expiry dates, counters, production batch and logos directly on flat, curved and irregular surfaces. The simple and compact console, with stainless steel structure AISI 304, is equipped with a 10,1″ full color touch-screen display, which lends itself to clear legibility and easy message programming. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PRINTING CHARACTERISTIC

Management of:

                      1 or 2 32 dots printheads
                      1 or 2 16 dots printheads
                      1 or 2 7 dots printheads

Up to 10 printing lines

Characters height from 5 to 120 mm (0,2″ – 4,7″)

Line speed capability up to 180 mt/min (591 ft/min)

Printing rate: up to 266 ct/sec

Up to 6800 stroke per message

Messages and logos storage: up to 4GB with expandable micro SD memory

Fixed and variable text fields types (automatic or external)

Available fonts: 5×4, 5×5, 6×4, 7×4, 7×5, 9×5, 9×7, 10×8, 12×10, 16×10, 24×16, 32×18 and TrueType

Logos, shapes and lines easy and quick creation through touch-screen display

Automatic date, time, offsets and expiry date multifunction

Incrementing/decreasing alphanumeric products counter up to 9 digits

Metric repeat print–message function

Customizable message repeat with single print start

Field orientation: 0°, 90°, 180°, 270°

Tower print function (Text rotation of 90°)

Coding throw distance up to 35 mm (1,37”)

BAR CODES

• 2/5 Industrial, UPC-A, CODE 39, EAN 13

CONTROL UNIT CHARACTERISTIC

• 10,1” TFT full color anti-reflection high contrast LED touch-screen
• Stainless steel structure AISI 304
• Printhead-console distance: up to 10 mt (33 ft)
• Support on rubber feet

GENERAL FEATURES

• Exclusive customizable user interface for single operator (functionality, language and alphabets)
• Intuitive user interface with graphic icons
• Innovative graphic editor with stretch and drag & drop
• User interface and virtual keyboard with foreign languages and alphabets
• Purge and calibration per single dot
• Message storage with file name
• Print parameters storage in the messages
• Message dimension check before print
• Multi-level access with login
• Real time throughput counter
• Online help and user manual with contextual photos and videos

INK SUPPLY SYSTEM CHARACTERISTIC

• Exclusive ink tank supply system for continuous ink circulation and agitation
• High-performance hydraulic circulating pump
• Stainless steel structure AISI 304
• Ink tank capacity: 12 lt
• Ink low level signal
• Dimensions: h. 950 mm x d. 346 mm (37,4″ x 13,6″)

PRINTHEAD

• High efficiency Solenoid technology
• High contrast coding with fast drying and high adhesion pigmented inks
• Stainless steel nozzle plate AISI 304
• High precision nozzles made of synthetic ruby
• Stainless steel structure AISI 304
• Teflon hydraulic connections
• Quick release hydraulic fitting (CPC)
• Product sensor with metric M12 connector
• Dimensions 7 dot printhead: 230 mm x 80 mm x 45 mm (9,0″ x 3,1″ x 1,8″)
• Dimensions 16 dot printhead: 230 mm x 80 mm x 85 mm (9,0″ x 3,1″ x 3,3″)
• Dimensions 32 dot printhead: 230 mm x 80 mm x 154 mm (9,0″ x 3,1″ x 6,1″)

EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS

• Serial connection RS232
• Ethernet interface for LAN 10/100 connection
• USB port version 2.0
• Sensor management for product reading
• System ready output
• Shaft Encoder input for variable speed production lines
• External alarm outputs for low ink level
• Parallel interface BCD, 6 bit
• Configurable I/O ports

ENVIROMENT/ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Temperature: from 5° to 40°C (40° – 104°F)
• Humidity: 0 – 90% (non-condensing)
• Single phase, 85 – 240 Vac, 50 – 60 Hz, 400VA
• Single phase, 85-240Vac, 50-60Hz, 800VA