HPC – High Performance Counting

Counting Discs

More than 30 years of experience in series production of counting discs and several thousand discs produced speak for themselves.

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Flexible

  • Paper
  • Security papers
  • Plastics
  • Cardboard
  • Post stamps
  • Envelopes
  • Tax stamps
  • Self-adhesive labels
  • and much more …

each banded, cut or as a pile on a pallet.

Universal

  • Large area of application
  • Processing offset edges
  • Processing curl up / curl down edges
  • Processing curl up / curl down corners
  • Processing intaglio printing etc.
  • Corner counting or corner and side edge counting

Gentle

  • Soft counting disc profiles
  • Low counting discs diameter
  • Low immersion depth
  • Low deformation
  • No damages / marks

Highlights

Type
Application
Diameter
Remark
C1
30-70 g/m2  
Ø 112 mm
smallest size 9 x 32 mm (tax stamp)
C4
200-500 g/m2
Ø 158 mm
up to 500 g/m2
S6
40-200 g/m2
Ø 158 mm
side edge and corner counting, offset from -4 up to +4 mm
S7
35-150 g/m2
Ø 158 mm
as S6, but also for curl up edges  
S8
35-170 g/m2
Ø 158 mm
immersion depth 20 mm
S9
70-270 g/m 2
Ø 158 mm
edge counting up to 270 g/m2
Köster High Performance Counting Discs

Supply Range

Type
Part No.
Alternative Part No.
Diameter
R6,5
R6,5
KPN-A01-010-R
KPN-A01-010-L
10.0101046.R119.6
10.0101046.L119.6
119,6 mm
119,6 mm
V8
V8
KPN-A01-080-R
KPN-A01-080-L
10.0101046.R119.6/13V8
10.0101046.L119.6/13V8
119,6 mm
119,6 mm
V8 40gr
KPN-A01-081-R
10.0101046.R119.6V8_40GR
119,6 mm
V9
V9
KPN-A01-090-R
KPN-A01-090-L
10.0101046.R129.6V9
10.0101046.L129.6V9
129,6 mm
129,6 mm
V10
V10
KPN-A01-100-R
KPN-A01-100-L
10.0101046.R129.6V10
10.0101046.L129.6V10
129,6 mm
129,6 mm
V11
V11
KPN-A01-110-R
KPN-A01-110-L
10.0101046.R129.6V11
10.0101046.L129.6V11
129,6 mm
129,6 mm
V11 40gr
V11 40gr
KPN-A01-111-R
KPN-A01-111-L
10.0101046.R129V11_40GR
10.0101046.L129V11_40GR
129,6 mm
129,6 mm
V12
V12
KPN-A01-120-R
KPN-A01-120-L
10.0101046.R129.6V12
10.0101046.L129.6V12
129,6 mm
129,6 mm
V13
V13
KPN-A01-130-R
KPN-A01-130-L
10.0101046.R139V13
10.0101046.L139V13
139 mm
139 mm
V15
KPN-A01-150-R
10.0101046.R139V15
139 mm
C1
KPN-A02-001-R
10.0101046.R112/13_C1
112 mm
C2
C2
KPN-A02-002-R
KPN-A02-002-L
10.0101046.R129.6/10_C2
10.0101046.L129.6/10_C2
129,6 mm
129,6 mm
C3
KPN-A02-003-R
10.0101046.R119.6_C3
119,6 mm
S1
S1
KPN-A03-001-R
KPN-A03-001-L
10.010101046.R139S1
10.010101046.L139S1
139 mm
139 mm
S2
S2
KPN-A03-002-R
KPN-A03-002-L
10.0101046.R119.6/8_S2
10.0101046.L119.6/8_S2
119,6 mm
119,6 mm
S3
S3
KPN-A03-003-R
KPN-A03-003-L
10.0101046.R119.6/8S3
10.0101046.L119.6/8S3
119,6 mm
119,6 mm
S4
S4
KPN-A03-004-R
KPN-A03-004-L
10.0101046.R129.6/8_S4
10.0101046.L129.6/8_S4
129,6 mm
129,6 mm
S5
S5
KPN-A03-005-R
KPN-A03-005-L
10.0101046.R129.6/8_S5
10.0101046.L129.6/8_S5
129,6 mm
129,6 mm
S6
S6
KPN-A03-006-R
KPN-A03-006-L
10.0101046.R158/8_S6
10.0101046.L158/8_S6
158 mm
158 mm
S7
S7
KPN-A03-007-R
KPN-A03-007-L
10.0101046.R158/8_S7
10.0101046.L158/8_S7
158 mm
158 mm

Summary, complete delivery programme and details, see counting disc catalogue.

Description of the counting process with a counting disc

Our counting machines are used to determine the number of papers or similar materials in a stack. As with machines from Vacuumatic or GTS, counting takes place from the top or bottom sheet of the stack, depending on the construction of the machine. By means of vacuum a corner or side edge of this sheet is sucked onto a rotating disc, thereby separated from the rest of the stack and then led to the back of the disc through a gap. While the sheet is inside the gap a signal is generated and thus the sheet is counted. The counting disc works its way sheet by sheet through the stack. Depending on the division of the disc there can be sucked in and counted up to 6 sheets during one turn.

For paper with different stiffness, grammage or material there are different counting discs, as a 30 g/m² paper requires another treatment than a 300 g/m² carton. Also the maximum counting speed depends on the material to be counted. With our machines and discs the counting speed can be more than 300 sheets per second which clearly sets us apart from other providers.

The usual area of application of this machines and discs is security printing because here all the characteristics of this way of counting is demanded: Physical counting of every single sheet, speed, gentle on the paper, without leaving deformations or marks on the material. Due to the low depth of contact it is also possible to count banded products.