“Oasys trade-in machines available for sale”

Oasys are pleased to advise they have the following Oasys trade-in machines available for sale.

These units will be fully refurbished and will be supplied with a six months comprehensive guarantee from Oasys. If you are interested in receiving full Technical information and financial details please contact Sales Director, Paul Holloway. (Contact details below)

OTS3-9 (TS60) FULLY AUTOMATIC TWINSTACK LAMINATOR (1992)

OCP203 SEMI AUTOMATIC COMBINED GUILLOTINE & 3-UP PUNCH PRESS (1999)

2 X OHS100 HOT STAMP - SIGNATURE PANEL AND DECORATIVE FOIL STAMPING (2007)

Also we would be pleased to discuss any requirements you may have on the Oasys range of new equipment too.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Main Tel: +44 1462 480933

“Oasys launches new range of precision high speed Collators”

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENT ON OUR FULLY AUTOMATED COLLATOR RANGE, NOW INDICATED AS THE OCL 610 SERIES, IS THAT THEY HOLD +/- 0.15mm REGISTRATION TO PRINT MARK PER COLLATED SET – THAT MAKES THEM PROBABLY THE BEST IN THE WORLD …… Colin Stokes “Technical & Service Director” at Oasys comments “I have to say we are extremely proud of our achievement on these machines …it certainly justifies our concentrated efforts on this line over the last 12 months….already orders are being handled for 4 of these units this year with several more pending.”

Improved air knife….

Improved de-ionised air flow core splitter, we now utilise an advanced air direction blade which helps to correctly focus the de-ionised air flow onto the top of each stack of core material to aid in reducing static and preventing multi core in-feed.

Improved sensor mounting…

The core in-feed sensor units are now mounted in-between two roller assemblies, these rollers help to keep the core sheets flat as they are registered by the sensors which then co-ordinate the servo drive mechanism to precisely move the core sheets. By processing the core material through these rollers whilst simultaneously sensor registering the core sheet we help to maintain the correct focal length of the sensor operating system ensuring a more accurate detection procedure is obtained. (Picture shown indicates TOP and BOTTOM sensor reading positions)

Improved vacuum pick up…

Core sheets are now vacuum picked up at both the “front” and “rear” of the sheets, this helps us to ensure a continuity of core feeding and has helped us to reduce downtime created by multi-sheet pick up particularly when processing thin core materials in conjunction with RF inlay materials.


Clamp plate installation…

Once the core sheets have been precisely located in the “X” plain and prior to “Y” movement along the bed of the machine we now activate a clamp plate to ensure that there is no possibility of the sheet moving during the “X” to “Y” gripper handover. This facility is particularly beneficial when RF inlays are being processed to ensure that an effective vacuum is gained in station 2 when the RF inlay is being presented onto the machine bed.

Ease of core sheet changes…

The datum edge for sheets moving into the machine in the “X” plane of the machine has been moved to the core in-feed station side. This makes any mechanical machinery adjustments that are necessary to cater for a range of alternative core sheet sizes much easier and quicker to implement.

Enhanced “Y” movement…

The complete accumulation of the core movement in the “Y” plain is now activated by gripping the core sheets very close to their front edge rather than pushing the sheets from the rear edge. This enhancement has been particularly beneficial in gaining increased operational consistency on thinner core materials.


Improved registration facility…

Probably the most significant advancement incorporated on the new range of machines is to provide a means of registration to within +/- 0.15 mm per collated set. The key advancement has been made by re-registering the core sheets whilst they are traversing between stations 3 and 2 and then between stations 2 and 1.


Rotary trim upgrade

The overlay / core trimming unit has been re-designed to incorporate two rotary blades into the action. The first blade effectively trims the core and overlay and the second trailing blade ensures that there are no hanging threads of core or overlay material left on the edges of the cut pieces.


Chlorine gas extraction facility

The OCL 610 series are fitted with chlorine gas extraction units and appropriate filters so the corrosive and mildly toxic chlorine gas can be effectively removed from the ultrasonic welding areas. This feature ensures that the constituent parts of the machine are not attacked by the chlorine gas and then secondly a secure means of cleaning and dispersing the fumes is obtained.

Core only process

To facilitate the collation of none overlay “set” constructions the OCL 610 series can now be operated as a “core” only process machine.

Oasys Technologies links up with Verilion, Moscow . . .

Oasys Technologies are pleased to announce they have signed a distributor agreement with Verilion in Russia. Verilion are based in Moscow and have served the Russian card market for the several years. As such they have now assembled a widely experienced Commercial and Technical team to meet the growing demands of the region. With the launch of the new "Competitively Priced" Oasys range of card body production machinery, and the increasing growth in this region, Oasys believe that they have now brought together a successful combination of proven reliable machinery and local professional Commercial support.

"We are very much looking forward to working with Vladimir Kharitonov and his team at Verilion to further develop our sales activities in Russia. Vladimir is well known in this region and we are delighted to have him on board as our exclusive distributor. Of key importance to us has been the ability to partner with a local organisation focussed on serving the needs of the quality orientated card manufacturers and to provide local support to our increasing customer base in this growing market place," comments Paul Holloway, Oasys Sales Director.

Oasys Technologies provide full "Turnkey Solutions" for the manufacture of card bodies covering a wide range of investment levels, catering for start up solutions through to high speed fully automated lines.

The scope of the machinery covers...

* Magnetic tape application to web or sheet substrates

* Collation units; Manual, Semi automated and Fully automated solutions

* Lamination machinery - Twin stack and Single stack facilities with electrical or oil heating solutions, specialised RF Contactless card solutions

* Card Punching; A wide range of solutions covering standard ISO cards, double gift cards and the mini card requirements

* Guillotine units for single edge or double edge trimming to print marks

* Hot stamping for the precise application of hologram and singature panels

* Hot roll machines for the direct application of signature foil and magnetic tape to ISO cards

The contact point in Russia being Marochkin Vitaley who can be reached at;
marochkin@verilion.ru or market@verilion.ru and
Tel:- +7 (499) 263 1928 or Fax + 7 (499) 263 1876, www.veriliion.ru

The contact point in UK being Paul Holloway

Oasys Technologies links up with Viva Graphic India . . .

Oasys Technologies are pleased to announce that they have signed a distributor agreement with Viva Graphic in India. Viva Graphic are based in Mumbai and have served the Indian card market as the Atlantic Zeiser representative for the last 10 years. As such they have now assembled a widely experienced Commercial and Technical team to meet the growing demands of the region. With the launch of the new “Competitively priced” Oasys range of machinery, and the increasing growth in this region Oasys believe that they have now brought together a successful combination of proven reliable machinery, and local professional Commercial and Technical support facilities.

“We are very much looking forward to working with Mr Parikh and his team at Viva Graphic to further develop our Sales activities in India. Mr Parikh is well known in this region and we are delighted to have him on board as our exclusive distributor. Of key importance to us has been the ability to achieve local Technical service and support to our increasing customer base in this growing market place” comments Paul Holloway, Oasys Sales Director.

Contact Mr VIDHYUT PARIKH - VIVA GRAPHIC - Tel:- + 91 22 2876 4339 - Cell:- + 91 93242 07160

Mail:- Vidhyut@vivagraphic.net

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MUMBAI 400 063,
INDIA

The affordable, practical card production system from industry leader oasys technologies

Oasys Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of a unique range of competitively priced card production machinery targeted at card manufacturers looking to minimise their investment for quality machinery from a reliable machinery supplier who has an established track record in the global card industry.  This practical range of high efficiency machinery would suit either entry level new manufacturers or as an expansion option for card manufacturers seeking to move on to a system having a substantial output at an efficient low cost base.

The initial range of machinery focuses on the key areas of sheet Lamination and card Punching.

For further details on this new range or any other machines within the Oasys portfolio please contact sales@oasys.uk.com, or call + 44 1462 480933.

Oasys provide two complete ISO card body production systems; one for US, another for the UK

Oasys are pleased to announce that orders are currently being completed for two large scale card production facilities. Oasys has been active over the last few months in putting together complete high speed production lines for NEW card manufacturing plants, one start up facility in Chicago USA and another in North West England. The customers for both these facilities will be making press announcements of their own shortly when additional details can be released.

Colin Stokes Technical Director at Oasys comments. "It has been our ability to provide a complete high speed card production solution that positioned Oasys for these orders. Our proven track record for consistent high levels of performance and our ability to be flexible and meet demanding expectations is well known throughout the industry. To enhance the local service and support in the USA that Oasys provide we have re-located Chris Sale into Chicago on a full time basis. We are really pleased about the progress we are making in the Service side and our continuous efforts to launch new products".

For further details on Oasys please contact sales@oasys.uk.com, or call + 44 1462 480933.

THE CONTACTLESS PATH IN CHINA

As a means of introduction, the Author has been involved in the Card manufacturing industry within the Chinese market for the last twenty years. During this period the market has demanded increasing levels of quality, increasing levels of choice and most importantly the very highest in technology specifications.

One project in particular has been centred on the Second Generation National Identity Card Project. A colossal undertaking particularly when these cards need to be circulated to some 900 million people living in an area that is daunting in demographics.

Not only has the Ministry of Public Security striven to achieve this but they have taken on board the undertaking of this task at the fastest rate possible and with the very latest contactless card technology.

Key to their success has been their management capabilities and the fundamental desire to have the product 100% manufactured and processed in China. The Ministry of Public Security have equipped themselves with probably the World’s largest facility to make high quality RFID contactless inlays and subsequently to convert these inlays into the very highest specification RFID card products.

For reasons of security we are unable to disclose specific details on the materials and technology that is utilised within this application or indeed on how the card is specifically personalised and distributed. However, what has to be fully appreciated is that all the raw materials are sourced within China. The Ministry of Public Security have also selected a number of prime sub-contractors all based within mainland China to assist them in this undertaking and they have also focussed on dealing with a number of key machinery suppliers after many years of research tests and trials being undertaken.

From the Author’s point of view the rise of the Ministry of Public Security reflects the rise of the Chinese Culture. Their attitude towards negotiations, problem solving and the pursuit of best practise is an example to us all. Around eight years ago, through his involvement with the contactless card industry, the Author was very active in introducing the benefits and principals of RFID technology. This involved working with a team of people to introduce the very basic principals of producing transponders, and indeed incorporating these transponders into an ISO card body. At this time RFID within the card industry was only just starting to develop, typical examples at that time being centred on Mifare technology with the Korean and the Brazilian market being the major centres of application.

Following many years of continued dialogue the Ministry of Public Security were able to present a very confident path to the most senor politicians within China and gain approval for the project to go ahead on a national scale. By this time the Author had moved from a product technology role into a machinery supplier role. Subsequently, Oasys Technologies Ltd, a UK company specialising in the machinery to produce the very highest levels of contactless card bodies, was selected by the Ministry of Public Security to be their exclusive supplier of process equipment to handle collation, lamination and guillotining of the National RFID contactless card product.

Within a very short space of time the Ministry of Public Security then established a base of Chinese inlay sub-contractors as well as building their own purpose built facility to produce inlays and also convert the inlay product to the ISO RFID card format material.

As a measure of their determination and their pursuit of excellence, in terms of IC module yields, minimal reject rates for all materials and an ever increasing demand to produce more products, the Ministry of Public Security are now achieving probably the World’s leading National ID Card product.

Clearly, this task is significant in terms of scale and size when you consider that other, in theory, far more developed countries, are still debating whether or not to introduce a very basic National ID Card programme and indeed wondering how to fund such an undertaking. The Chinese on the other hand, have moved swiftly and effectively to ensure that in their case the very latest technology is being used and that the project is professionally and financially managed.

It is true to say that the organisations who have been involved in this project have all benefited from the technological push that the Ministry of Public Security have demanded. Machines have had to be made more efficient, throughput has had to be increased and yield loss has had to be minimal.

Oasys Technologies Ltd has risen to this cause. And whilst the journey with the Ministry of Public Security is very much ongoing, and indeed, whilst there have been periods where the negotiations have been “challenging’, solutions have always been found, compromises reached and the most optimum way forward established.

What is also significant has been the strength factor that this specific application has also given, to not only the Chinese sub-contractors involved in the project, but more specifically it has created a very general awareness amongst the Nationals of China that they are involved in one of the Worlds largest RFID applications and that they are gaining access to the very latest technology.

As such, the acceptance levels for other applications of RFID technology in a very diverse wide range of applications, is now happening. Projects spinning around, transportation, banking, logistics and identification are now in place where once again the very latest RFID technologies are being incorporated.

We hope that this short summary gives you an indication of the scale and magnitude of what has been undertaken. Should you wish to receive any further details on Oasys Technologies Ltd, or indeed to contact the Author please do so by using the following contact points.

Oasys Technologies Ltd

Oasys E-mail Address: sales@oasys.uk.com

Oasys partner in China:

Tianjin Gsight Technology Co Ltd

Main Tel: +86 (22) 280 32660

Email address: echo@gsight.com

Global supply of the OCL600 series

Oasys recently announced the award of a contract to supply one of the largest corporate card manufacturers with automatic collation equipment to be installed throughout their worldwide manufacturing sites. This activity very much reflects the continuing success of the OCL600 range of high-speed collation machines that Oasys offers. With the unique precise print to print registration process, combined with consistent output at high speed the sales of the Oasys OCL 600 range of machines continues to set the standard for high quality card collation.

Commenting on the recent success Colin Stokes, Technical Director at Oasys says:
"Oasys has pioneered the area of precise automated high speed collation, as the card manufacturing community strives to reach higher levels of output and accuracy from their machinery suppliers so the OCL 600 machine range comes through as the natural machine of preference."