The Company
Welcome to B.MATIC
Innovators By Passion
THE BEGINNING: The Roots of an Idea
Thanks to his family’s experience in the printing industry, Sergio Bertasi founded B.MATIC S.r.l in 1986, and in a short time developed a series of tab inserting machines and devices designed primarily for the sheet stacks of printing presses. Numerous requests came from important customers throughout the Italian industry.
Once a firm reputation had been built, it was the customers themselves who demanded the supply of new sheet-counting machines for stacks and reams so that the quantity of sheets could be checked anytime. Other manufacturers of such machines were already in the global market, but Mr. Bertasi decided that the company’s future pointed to that direction, so B.MATIC began to develop an original and innovative technology to stand out from the competition and revolutionize the market.
Dual System Technology
In 1992, the first “Protec” sheet counter was invented and presented based on the world’s unique technology renamed “DualSystem” capable of counting and dividing even thick sheets without deforming the edge, directly from the ream. One of the key features of this technology was the counting of sheets from the top true to the bottom, which enabled us to introduce the second decisive innovation.
Some of these old models have been imitated by some of our competitors: for B.MATIC this is nothing but a source of pride because it is a confirmation of our technological foresight.
Dreamers at Work
PACK MOVER: the 100% Automatic Sheet Counter
In the early years of the third millennium, the company’s production facility moved to a new and larger plant in tune with B.MATIC’s growth in the global market.
It was during those very years that the world’s first “PACKMOVER” sheet counter capable of counting, picking up and moving reams of sheets directly from the stack was designed and built.
The PackMover was also the first machine capable of automatically feeding additional machinery for the cutting, binding and wrapping stages. Other operations, such as sheet checks, inserting underlay and cover, punching and wrapping in cellophane, are also possible.
This product represented the ultimate solution for those who need to count and sort large volumes of sheets for finishing or bundling operations as in the security printing industry.
Nonstop technology development and refinements have brought our systems to the stability and reliability that can only be achieved with decades of experience.
ADR32 Technology
ADR32 Technology: the Power of the Future
A further leap forward occurred in 2015 when the ADR32 Technology was introduced : this represents a redesigned and enhanced version of the Dual System.
The features that had distinguished the previous technology were confirmed and improved such as the gentleness on the sheet that allows counting without bending and scratching the edge for a sheet range up to 800 GSM . However, the real innovation achieved with the ADR32 was. The counting speed increased to a maximum of 3000 sheets /min.
The New Protec Models: from the ADR32 PackMover to the Twin Head
Along with the new ADR32 counting head, the new Protec ST and CM ( or mini) single-head counting machines are also introduced, including ad hoc solutions for major sheet problems. A few years later, a new dual-head counting model specifically designed for counting value cards and security documents, the TwinHead.
In 2018, the implementation of ADR32 technology on the PackMover model made the unique model presented 10 years earlier more competitive.
OCS Technology
F320 Feeder with OCS Technology: a new world opens up
Already in the first decade of 2000, B.MATIC was developping counting solutions for different sectors such as packaging. Thus began in 2013 the production of Friction Feeders for counting small format sheets, credit cards, envelopes, and cards such as those of small packaging.
OCS Technology is not only innovative but is completely revolutionary in the field of friction flakers and feeders because format change and belt replacement has become a matter of seconds and no longer time-consuming and tedious.
A complex electronic system aids the stripping so that the machine is not only moving parts but also counting them while doing so, thanks to the use of encoders and inverters. Later models were introduced with variable data reading and printing systems as well.
