BFM brings fifty years of printing expertise to Düsseldorf

K 2025 takes place in the year of BFM’s 50th anniversary. The company, based in Solbiate Olona (Varese), specialises in the construction of flexographic printing machines, take-off units and winders for blown film extrusion lines. BFM will celebrate this milestone during the Düsseldorf exhibition, where it will showcase its new Sirio SG inline stack flexographic printing machine, a 6-colour, 1,600 mm wide unit. This versatile solution can be installed in line with blown film extruders or offline with unwinder and rewinder, while maintaining the same printing unit frame.

Among the key features of the machine is the seamless communication with extrusion and/or bag-making machines, made possible by the Bosch Rexroth Motion system and BFM’s integrated control systems, such as material anomaly detection and “mobile” automatic pre-setting. The Sirio SG Inline also ensures faster job changeovers and features a printing set-point already tested on the S-Plus models, solutions designed to reduce production waste. The machine is also available in extra-large versions with widths of 2,600 and 2,800 mm and print repeat lengths up to 1,200 mm.

The use of brushless motors with CtrlX automation platform, which moves the colour group composed of counter-roller, cliché and anilox, ensures compact design and high printing accuracy. Constant positional synchronisation between the different printing elements is guaranteed by the IndraDrive digital series, enabling accurate register control both at high speeds and during acceleration and deceleration. Initial register setting is quick and can also be carried out with the machine stopped, significantly reducing energy and material waste.

Machine flexibility is further enhanced by the adoption of a fully electronic positioning system: each colour group can be moved longitudinally and independently thanks to IndraDrive servo axes and MS2N motors equipped with multi-turn absolute encoders. These solutions result in a more accurate set-point, storable recipe management, and shorter reconfiguration times.

At the German trade fair, the company will also present additional systems from its portfolio, including printing lines for industrial bags with gusseting and embossing units, FFS lines, 6- and 8-colour gearless central drum flexographic machines, roll-to-roll stack-type machines, and winders for blown film.