Feeders

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!

Large Format Feeding – up to 3.2 x 2.6M

Small Format Sheet Feeding up to 1.0 x 1.0M

Ancillary Equipment

• Scissor lift

Having started with small format feeding in 2005, we have moved into machines that cover the Large format boards frequently used today require automated loading and unloading to maximize throughput and eliminate damage to the media as a result of manual handling.

Our automatic board feeder loads media from the pallet stack onto the cutter table and our automatic board stacker unloads the cut boards from the cutter table and onto a pallet.   

The automation is seamlessly integrated to the cutter providing continuous maximum throughput.

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. As its name implies, the Pivot Feeder employs pivoting motion to pick and place single sheets from the pallet to a digital printer, cutter or any other board feeding application. Likewise, the Pivot Stacker is the mirrored bookend to the Pivot Feeder and is used to remove sheets from your process and re-stack back directly to a pallet.

Key Features

1. 1 Pallet Fed
2. 2 60” stack height
3. 3 Back Alignment

Options include 

• 1 or 2 material lanes
• Alignment Table ( Option )
• 90 Degree take-off

Materials

•     Up to 3.2 x 2.2M (126″ x 86.6″)
• (STAR)  Pallet to Pallet System Component
• CE Certified

Key Features

1. Manual Load
2. Auto-Align
3. 1 to 4 Material Lanes
4. Left or Right Justified

Materials

• Up to 3.2 x 2.2M (126″ x 86.6″)
• CE Certified
• Semi-Auto Board Feeders

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.

The High Speed Sheet Feeder (HSSF) is the perfect solution for processing porous and non-porous materials undre 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 because the pick action is almost instantaneous when the cup touches the sheet and does not allow a vacuum to penetrate the sheet being picked to the sheet beneath.

   Key Features  

1. For installed Kongberg Base
2. Auto Loads
3. Selectable Feeding parameters

Materials

• Up to 200mm x 280mm  (8″ x 11″)