Print 05: New product analysis of hybrid/UV inks (1)

Editor's Note: The once-a-year print 05 show is a grand event for the printing industry. It is like a treasure house of knowledge and technology. It is waiting for us to dig it up. It is like a glass of aromatic wine, waiting for us to taste it, and let us stop at it. . This week, Bison International Consulting will present you with print 05 hybrid/UV ink new technology and new product topics for two consecutive days. I hope you can find the topic you are interested in.

In this PRINT 05 exhibition, we will find a unique feature, that is, a lot of new hybrid inks and UV printers suitable for the actual production size emerged at this exhibition. Some small format UV printers were exhibited at the show, including the KBA 20-inch Genius 52 UV printer.

Ryobi exhibited a two-color, two-color printing machine with a coating machine that can be double-sided printed with AdPhos/Eltosch's UV curing machine, as well as a hybrid UV ink. The new DI machine direct plate printing machine. According to Tim Kirby, domestic sales manager at xpedx Printing Technologies (Lenexa, KS), the 758P double-sided press with interdeck light curing units can use all types of UV inks. The Ryobi 755 is a five-color printer with a UV coating unit, an interdeck dryer in a fifth unit and a UV curing unit. Kirby praised chemical embossing printing as flawless and could really attract the attention of consumers.

On a variable format web press equipped with Kodak's Versamark continuous inkjet printing system, we can also see AdPhos/Eltosch UV drying equipment. AdPhos/Eltosch's near-infrared dryers can be used with continuous, piezoelectric and thermal bubble inkjet printers that use glycol or water-based coatings. According to Domenic DiRenzo, this near-infrared light has a higher penetration than ordinary infrared and hot air dryers. With only one inch of space, the near-infrared dryer can be mounted on lithographic and rotary presses or other equipment.

Below we choose to introduce some highlights such as hybrid/UV products to everyone at the show.

Nordson introduced the QuadCure system, which combines heat dissipation technology to meet the need for fast curing inks in high-speed UV printing. Airflow Sciences Corp, a well-known engineering and manufacturing company, designed an ultraviolet lamp with our-part reflector. Nordson also has its own Primarc UV curing lamp production line.

Grafix LLC can provide infrared, hot air, UV and integrated drying systems for various types of presses. The company's hybrid UV packaged drying product features a docking station and a central converter, thus ensuring maximum flexibility. With this docking station, users can easily move the UV interdeck unit between the press units. When printing graphics on metal foils or metal surfaces that have been subjected to rolling, it is necessary to print a layer of opaque UV ink. We can use this drying equipment to cure UV inks and then print them. Other subsequent color inks.

Since its merger in 2001, Eltosch Corp, 38 years old, is now AdPhos/Eltsoch. Here are some of the company's new products:

* EcoDirect A traditional hot air dryer for large printing presses

* LightGuide Standard UV lamps produced by this supplier are basically water-cooled. The UV lamp can be replaced without any other tools. Each UV curing device can change positions: inside the printing unit, the end of the printing press or the drying unit.

* TwinRay UV device for heat-sensitive substrates. The system does not generate infrared thermal energy nor does it require a cold air dryer or other additional print cooling equipment. Users can use two UV lamp tubes (two different wavelengths of UV lamps) to emit UV light that penetrates into a solid material and cover (opaque white or black primer ink).

* WhiteCure UV This type of lamp has a very strong penetrating power. It can penetrate a very thick layer of pigment or a white ink layer to reach the surface of the substrate.

* PowerCube This product is targeted at ink-jet print-on-demand UV-curable inkjet lithography and web presses. This lightweight instant curing UV lamp can be used to cure inks on any substrate.

Day Intl's auxiliary products for hybrid/UV printing:

* UV 8200 Eclipse A blanket made of EPDM as a surface material that is said to resist problems commonly encountered in UV printing such as blanket expansion and embossing.

* Varn Hydro Solv A water-miscible cleaner that is said to rapidly dissolve oils, rubbers, UV inks, and soy inks, and it also removes aqueous and solvent-soluble enamel.

* Varn PolarSolv is a cleaning agent designed specifically for cleaning UV inks on ink rollers and blankets.

* Varn Safety UV Cleaner A powerful UV ink cleaning agent that does not contain SARA or ethylene glycol (EB).

Bttcher America (Belcamp, MD) Chameleon Dual-use Offset Roll