All segments of the printing industry must be able to adapt to rapidly changing market requirements. Printing houses are looking for solutions that help them achieve the high degree of flexibility required for adapting all processing steps involved in the production of complex and individualised print products: printing, sorting, supplementing with inserts, stacking and individual design. The XTS linear transport system offers maximised flexibility and allows a variety of different products and/or processing steps to be handled in one integrated workflow.

• Flexible production in terms of format, lot sizes and processing steps depending on system design
• On-the-fly product and format changeovers during operation
• Prompt, individualised processing of the print product enabled by software support
• No manual intervention required for processing different quantities or sizes of print products
• Reduced maintenance times (e.g. replacement of chain drives for sheet transport in conventional transport systems)

All demands of the various print market industries are perfectly covered with the scalable drive solutions from Beckhoff, starting with the compact servo terminal and ranging to the EtherCAT AX8000 and AX5000 Servo Drives. The servomotors series AM8000 are available in seven sizes with standstill torques between 0.5 Nm to 104 Nm. The One Cable Technology (OCT) combines power and feedback in a single standard power cable reducing installation time and costs. Servo, stepper and DC motors are controlled with motion drive terminals, which are easily integrated into the Beckhoff I/O system offering low-cost drive solutions. Drive Technology