The Press & Sun-Bulletin in Binghamton, N.Y., the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel and the Plattsburgh (N.Y.) Press-Republican each selected ProVision Alliance plate punch/bender conveyors from K&F International for their plate production operations.

The Gannett-owned Press & Sun-Bulletin purchased two punch benders, capable of 250 plates per hour, for its three Kodak thermal platesetters. The newspaper’s integrated plate conveyor and management system will collate plates based on barcoding information generated by the newspaper’s front-end system, which will direct the plates to the proper press.

Tribune’s Orlando Sentinel, meantime, will install two ProVision punch benders capable of automatically producing plates for 50- or 54-inch webs. A third punch bender line will be solely dedicated to 50-inch web widths.

The three lines at the Sentinel will work independently producing plates from the newspaper’s conventional filmsetters.

K&F’s ProVision alliance benders can be configured anywhere from 55- to 46-inch web widths without the need to reconfigure existing parts or add extra parts, the company said. K&F said it’s sold 18 of the systems since it introduced the product at Nexpo ‘05.  

The Plattsburgh Press-Republican’s installation will consist of an Alliance Edge bender, which the paper purchased through K&F’s sales partner Foley, Torregiani and Associates, to finish plates from its ECRM platesetter. The Alliance Edge will produce plates up to 38 inches and register plates using a three-point electrical edge contact system matched to the platesetters.

Other recent K&F installs:

*The New Haven (Conn.) Register purchased two 140 Wide Gap Press Registrations lockups to convert its Goss Metro press to a 48-inch web, which will be installed in December.

*he Bakersfield Californian purchased 92 No Tool/Narrow Gap Press Registration lockups to convert its TKS tower to a 50-inch web later this year.