RAO & RAO/P

RAO & RAO/P
The NELA RAO/P is a fully in line capable automatic three-point register plate bender (RAO), or punch bender (RAO/P), for sophisticated automation and higher volume commercial printers. The NELA RAO/P offers all the benefits of a modern automated plate line at an affordable price with NELA technology you can trust. The NELA RAO/P can be used with automated sortation and stacking in addition to critical bend solutions.
Technical Features
- Automatic 3-point register
- For single and double-width offset plates
- Automatic plate in-feed configured to match your needs (landscape or portrait plate formats)
- Heavy duty, robust platform
- Push button operator interface
- RAO/P integrates punching and bending in one working step
- Cleaning and oiling of the punching tools before each punching process ensures the long life of the equipment and continuous burr-free and accurate register punching
- Siemens PLC
- Network capability
- Open integration platform for easy integration of new applications
- Customizable stacking options from single bin to large sortation systems
- Cleaning and oiling of the punching tools before each punching process ensures the long life of the punches and continuous accurate burr-free register punching
- Infeed configurations to work with any CtP device
- Can be configured for multiple plate widths
- Speed: up to 250 plates per hour
Model Variants
RAO/P T:
- Trims the printing plate
- Integrated plate shear/s
- For plates that require side or edge trimming or special applications
RAO/P M:
- Facilitates multiple bending layouts required by multiple press applications
- Multiple bending angles
- Multiple cut-offs
RAO/P Flexx:
- Flexible bend angles
- Different bending radius possible
- Fully automatic dual-radius changer, depending on the configuration on one or two plate edges
- Can be combined with M-Tech or plate shears
Options
- Intuitive, touch screen PC based operator interface including integrated diagnostics
- Integrated diagnostics
- NELA Service Wizard
- Integration into fully automated plate handling systems
- Additional punch tools
- *NELA Visualization – Allows remote monitoring
- *Plate Quality Management (PQM)
- *Variety of plate handling and sortation options
- *Page tracking
- “L” long cut off
- Bubble bend
- Dimple bend
- Z-bend
*Requires PC operator interface