Easy-to-operate, our sheet feeders and stackers are the perfect complement for your printing and finishing automation needs. For nearly 20 years we’ve designed and built reliable, user-friendly, and low maintenance feeders and stackers in the U.S.A. (regularly under private label). Our equipment features heavy-duty thick gauge steel construction and is built with trusted name brand name components. Our material handling systems are in operation throughout the world by many leading graphics producers.
Our goal is to become your trusted partner and solution provider in the digital print and finishing industry.
Board Feeder
The first and essential building block of digital line automation starts with fast and efficient sheet feeding. IMC has a wide assortment of in-feeders and board loaders to suit your needs. Narrow to wide format, B size paper to large format signage, we have the right solution to fit your printing or finishing application.
We offer several processing options including pallet feeds, table feeds, board flipping, board draggers, alignment tables, print registration, and much, much, more. Contact us to learn how we can effectively service your unique needs. Let us help you increase your productivity throughput by automating your digital line today.
Board Stacker
Introducing our high-performance stackers and unloaders, designed to seamlessly complement the productivity of your digital printer or cutter. Our solutions can handle sheets up to 3200mm x 1600mm in size, offering versatility for portrait or landscape-oriented processes. With the capability to stack printed material right to the pallet from your printer or a vacuum plenum designed to remove cut-outs and the scrap matrix from your cutter, our stackers and unloaders are the top choice for streamlining your production line and increasing productivity.
Integrated Safety
IMC designs safety into every system.
We partner with top system manufacturers so that, with code integration, the entire system can safely shut down in case of e-stop or unexpected event.
- Multiple E-Stops are easily accessible
- Touch Controls with clear error code messaging
- CE Certified Systems
- CSA/UL Compliant Systems
PICKING OPTIONS
Feeders can utilize a variety of standard vacuum cups while the stacker can use vacuum cups or IMC’s Proprietary Plenums to handle cut boards or porous materials.
EDGE REGISTRATION
When accuracy is critical, edge registration is quite practical to align the front, trailing, and sides of advancing rigid and flexible sheets for any in-line digital cut or printing application. IMC’s alignment tables easily bring into line one or multiple sheets across in precise unison for accurate square feeding. An optional air assist table is available for suspending flexible materials on a cushion of air to help reduce friction during the alignment process. Fast and exact, Infinite Motion’s has the best alignment technology for your application.
LARGE FORMAT – UP TO 3.2M X 2.6M LANDSCAPE
IMC Pallet to Pallet Designs
To achieve success in the fast-paced and competitive digital printing and cutting markets which are facing labor shortages. Utilizing Pallet to Pallet systems and components is the most efficient method to enhance factory operations by reducing the frequency of worker touches with the media.
Utilizing automation presents a rapid means of enhancing efficiency and productivity. This advancement in technology is no longer considered “optional” but a critical must-have component, as automation tools are proven to elevate the performance of both the business and its employees.
- FLEXIBILITY – Our systems have the capacity to handle both heavy boards and large 2.6M x 3.2M (5′ x 10′) sizes.
- COST REDUCTION – Many of our pallet-to-pallet systems can operate with as few as 1 employee monitoring
- EFFICIENT – Our components can be mixed and matched to create and optimize the system layout you are looking for.
In addition to enhancing efficiency and productivity, automation plays a crucial role in addressing:
- Damage to media due to employee mishandling or fatigue.
- Repetitive motion injuries.
- Employee burnout especially for an aging workforce.
- A positive workplace culture promoting a healthier work-life balance.
Automation is an essential element for companies navigating a changing labor market.
Easy changeovers
To make job changeovers efficient and adjustments easy to manage, IMC utilizes quick-to-adjust mechanisms, slides, touch controls, and clear labeling and scales to help expedite the transition between different job setups.
And,
When transitioning from sheet to roll fed or flipping boards is necessary, the majority of our pallet-to-pallet automation modules are designed to be portable and are mounted on casters for easy roll-in and roll-out capabilities.
Vector Feeder/Stacker
Meeting the demands of graphic producers, IMC has developed a unique style of feeder capable of processing pallets of material reaching a full sixty inches in stacked height. Made to work for virtually any format size, the Vector Feeder employs a trolley and boom design to pick and place single sheets from the pallet to a digital printer, cutter or for any other board feeding application. Likewise, the Vector Stacker is the mirrored bookend to the Vector Feeder and is used to remove sheets from your process and re-stack directly back to a pallet.
Key Features
- Pallet Fed- 2 boards per minute
- 60” stack height
- Pallet to Pallet System Component
- Moveable when roll feeding is required
- CE Certified
Options include
- 1 or 2 material lanes
- Back or side alignment available
- Compatible with in-line board flipping
Materials
- Up to 3.2 x 1.6M (126″ x 63″)
- Maximum board weight 50lbs.
Vector Plenum Stacker – Coming Soon!
Gantry Feeder/Stacker
Our most proven and versatile pick and place systems, without a doubt, are our 2-axis gantry feeders and stackers. Through our parterned organizations, Infinite Motion Control has the largest installed base of gantry automation serving the Print and Digital Finishing markets in the world.
For a custom solution, please contact us.
Key Features
- Pallet Fed
- 3 Feeds per minute
- Fully Automated
- Allows Roll to Roll function
- Pallet to Pallet System Component
- CE Certified
Options include
- 1 to 4 material lanes
- Front and Side Alignment
- 50″ Stack Height
Materials
- Up to 3.3 x 2.65M (130″ x 104.3″)
Pallet to Pallet – IN ACTION
Semi-Automatic Board Feeder
Key Features
- Manual Load
- Auto-Align
- 1 to 4 Material Lanes
- Left or Right Justified
- CE Certified
Materials
- Up to 3.2 x 2.2M (126″ x 86.6″)
Semi-Auto board feeders are used to stage aligned materials for printing or cutting in a one-at-a-time manner. The operator manually places a board (up to four across) on to the Semi-Auto feeder and presses a “Ready” button. The boards are then mechanically aligned front and side.
When the printer or cutter calls for the aligned board(s), the boards are transferred automatically allowing the operator to “make ready” the next board in succession. The semi-auto feature allows the operator more flexibility to perform other print room or finishing functions because the boards are auto fed when called and does not require 100% monitoring.
BOARD FLIPPING
Our adaptable in-line board flipper module has been designed to efficiently flip boards individually before or after digital printing or before digital cutting. The portable nature of the unit allows for easy removal from the production line when flipping is not needed. This system processes boards one at a time, allowing for precise control over the number of boards processed and quickly adjusts for different board sizes with a maximum size of 5 x 10 ft. in landscape orientation.
There are two configurations for in-line flipping.
Vector style Feeder or Stacker with Flipper
For Cutting or Printing With or Without Edge Registration
Gantry Style Feeder or Stacker with Flipper
For Printers
SMALL FORMAT
Introducing our compact feeders and stackers designed for narrow format markets, offering easy portability and efficient performance with a maximum 12-inch stack capacity. Perfect for materials up to 32 inches in width, these machines ensure seamless sheet separation for optimal processing of light and flexible materials. Upgrade your production capabilities with our reliable and space-saving solution today!
Polar 750 Sheet Feeder
Infinite Motion Control introduces their new small format sheet feeder for the digital finishing and printing market. The Polar 750 Sheet Feeder features a Roll In/Roll Out portable design able to run a variety of materials up to a maximum size of 750mm W x 1050mm L (29.5 in W x 41.3 in L).
This fully automatic design feeds one sheet at a time from a maximum stack height of 305mm (12.0in) at a feed rate of two sheets/min. and features:
Suction cup technology- quickly adjustable to accommodate any size sheet.
Stack Guide-side brush guides ensuring consistent sheet separation.
Air Knife Separator-for hard-to-run static materials.
High Speed Feeder (HSSF) and Stacker (HSS)
Legacy Products – No Longer Available
The High Speed Sheet Feeder (HSSF) is the perfect solution for processing porous and non-porous materials under 32”W x 26” L (810Wx660L mm). This unique design employs suction cup pick devices that are typically used in high speed printing applications.
These suction cup pick devices extend when vacuum is applied to the open cup and quickly retract when the cup seals against the sheet. Double picking of porous materials is reduced significantly by using these devices.
The High Speed Stacker (HSS) is the offloading complement to the HSSF and too processes materials under 32”W x 26”L (810Wx660L mm). Easily configurable for any cut file, 16 independently controlled vacuum pick points extract the cut form from the scrap matrix and place cutouts on to an offload table.
Key Features
- For installed Kongberg Base
- Auto Loads
- Selectable Feeding parameters
Materials
- Up to 810 mm x 660 mm (32” x 26”)
