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Laszlo Nemeth and Denes Varga Receives the Golden A' Design Award for Oktoflex Premium Flexographic Printing Press in Manufacturing and Processing Machinery Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Laszlo Nemeth and Denes Varga for manufacturing and processing machinery design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Manufacturing and Processing Machinery Design category for Oktoflex Premium Flexographic Printing Press by Laszlo Nemeth and Denes Varga, designed for Varga-Flexo Ltd.. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Oktoflex Premium Flexographic Printing Press
Oktoflex Premium is a flexographic printing press designed for printing on reeled materials such as paper, BOPP, PET and polyethylene films. The press offers a printing width of 500 to 1200 millimetres and a printing speed of up to 450 metres per minute, and it works with solvent based or water based inks. The machine is built from more than 22,000 parts. Ergonomically arranged control panels and audit areas are integrated into the housing with high contrast, so two operators can work with clear access. The proportions follow the golden ratio and symmetry.
About Laszlo Nemeth and Denes Varga
I am a design generalist. I love all aspects of design. From typography to industrial design, from sketching, to the engineering, from the first brainstorming to the final delivery of a product such as packaging desinging and service design and the ecological consequences of our work, or user experience tests and measuring... so everything. I like people and I like critics. I always want to understand what is the secret of good design. I found that the best thing is the "bad critics", because it helps us. We must focus on it. People hold the answares to make something better. So I always focus everybody, and I am open mindened and trying to understand how people thingking about good or bad.
Award Record
With this recognition, Laszlo Nemeth and Denes Varga is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Manufacturing and Processing Machinery Design Award
The A' Machinery Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing good machinery designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to machinery designers, industrial designers, machinery manufacturing brands and machinery manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include conveyors, robotics, injection molds, 3D printers, CNC machines and packaging systems. Awarded machinery designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/machinery
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/110802
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/110802
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!110802
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/269911
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://vargaflexo.com/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Oktoflex Premium Flexographic Printing Press
- Function
- Flexographic Printing Press
- Category
- Manufacturing and Processing Machinery Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Colors
- Lavender, Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Gainsboro and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Varga-Flexo Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Laszlo Nemeth and Denes Varga
- Country
- Hungary
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #110802
Credits
- Team
- Laszlo Nemeth senior industrial designer and Denes Varga ceo
- Image Credits
- Varga-Flexo Ltd, 2020; Varga-Flexo Ltd, 2020 Video Credits: Varga-Flexo Ltd, 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The OKTOFLEX PREMIUM flexographic press is the result of a thoughtful and comprehensive design-based product development project. The final design reflects the 27 years of experience accumulated by Varga-Flexo Ltd. The objective of the design was to find an optimal connection between man and machine in regard to its operation, handling, maintenance and servicing. This formally, visually and functionally integrated system was created in accordance with the principles of Industry 4.0.
- Inspiration
- There were no inspirations. We used the golden ratio and the ergonomics rules, and we made lot of symmetry for getting more harmonic results.
- Research
- The reason for the development Within machine builders in general the same trends can be observed. The productivity, quality, and reliability of machines are similar and high, so manufacturers are increasing the automation of their machines, using Industry 4.0 solutions, and focusing on an ever-higher level of design. Design tools have become indispensable. This is also true in the field of industrial software, and now includes the design of related services with a special focus on service. Without design, there is no truly successful product in the industry either.
- Challenge
- The purpose of the design The goal is to implement a designed casing machine type, the appearance of which is in line with the high technical content and quality represented by our machines. The feeling of performance and quality can only be authentically conveyed with design tools and high aesthetic value, for this purpose we have designed our new machine. Within the printing industry, we want to offer a slightly forward-looking and attractive alternative for customers.
- Realization and Technology
- The machine consists of more than 22,000 parts, not including electronics. We use wide range of materials and manufacturing technologies.
- Operation and Interaction
- In this industry it is all about optimal human machine collaboration. An industrial software is really good if it is almost invisible during use, so it is not a problem to use at all and the operator does not even think about the software itself, but can focus hundred percent on his or her job. The ergonomically arranged and clearly structured control panels together with the audit areas were neatly and with high contrast integrated into the housing. The system comes across as being generally very user friendly.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in 2015 in Budapest Hungary and finished in January 2019.
- Specifications
- MAIN PARAMETERS Printing width: 500-1200 mm Printing length: 300-900 mm Printing speed: 300 / 450 m/min Maximum reel diameter: 900 / 1000 mm Ink system: Solvent based, or Water based Materials: Reeling materials: PapEr, BOPP, metbopp, gbopp, pet, metpet, cpp, pa, hdpe, ldpe Operators:2 peolpe - a foreman and an assistant printer
- Keywords
- flexo, flexographic, printing, press, Varga-Flexo, oktoflex, premium, lasky
