Excelitas Acquire Phoseon Technology

Integration Technology introduces a whitepaper that gives an overview of the properties and behaviours of LED curing technology and how they vary from conventional Mercury curing lamps.

The printing of furniture edge bands with single-pass UV inkjet has been proven for many years, with Agfa’s Altamira Design PID inks meeting all needs. A variety of other decorative interior parts can greatly benefit from inkjet printing with the same Agfa ink set too.

In this episode, Frazer talks to Steve Lister, Sustainability Consultant for HH Global about his experiences in print, packaging and retail, where he believes sustainability is heading and the future of printing.

Phoseon Technology, the leader in UV LED curing solutions, announced an agreement with Vinsak Group to integrate Phoseon UV LED light sources into printing presses for the narrow web flexographic market.

Phoseon’s UV LED curing technology is ideal for the UV curing of inks in digital inkjet, screen, flexographic and other printing processes.

UV LED curing technology continues to replace older mercury-based UV technology because it brings sustainability, reliability and productivity to printers and converters.

Phoseon Customer Saves More Than 70% on Energy Costs with Nexus ONE™ UV LED Curing.

Developer of UV LED solutions Integration Technology today announces the launch of its United States-based sister company, Integration Technology America, Inc (ITA).

Buskro card personalization systems, with LED curing from Phoseon Technology, have resulted in peak operational performance and sustainable benefits.

UV LED opens the door to new revenue opportunities with the ability to print on heat sensitive and thinner substrates, offering increased profitability for printers and converters.

By investing in UV LED curing, Monson Fruit Company has experienced both improved accuracy and packing line speeds, along with enhancing overall printing of their fruit packaging labels.

UV LEDs light sources allow digital printers to gel or freeze UV ink droplets quickly before they have time to spread out (referred to as drop or dot gain). The process of freezing ink droplets between print heads is called pinning.

The compact UV LED curing light sources offer advanced capability and increased production speeds for coding and marking applications. The LEDs are instant on/off, so the UV is only on when ink curing has to occur.

In the digital printing area, UV curable inkjet inks are a perfect fit for printing on thick polymeric substrates as well as printing directly onto pre-shaped objects such as bottles, tubes or cups.

UV is sometimes shrouded in mystery, but this doesn’t need to be the case – this paper from Integration Technology aims to outline the basic elements of UV technology, why you need to know it, and what you should be asking. Once armed with this foundational knowledge, a bespoke UV provider that understands how UV interacts and integrates with each stage of the printing process will take you the rest of the way.

While UV-curable inks boast excellent adhesion properties, a primer still comes in useful when printing on particular substrates. Some substrates are notoriously difficult to make ink adhere too. Take for example metal, glass, ceramics or polypropylene, which can be used for numerous applications, including decorative printing, direct-to-shape printing, or marking & coding. To ensure superior bonding of UV-curable inkjet inks to challenging media, dedicated digital primers can save the day.

When Central Valley Labels switched to printing using Phoseon UV LED solutions, it discovered that it could cut production times in half, reduce unproductive downtime and save money on maintenance and energy.

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are solid-state devices that produce light when an electrical current is allowed to flow from the positive (anode) side to the negative (cathode) side. Like other solid-state devices, they have a very long lifetime if used properly. If engineered correctly, these semiconductor devices last beyond 40,000 hours of operating time unlike traditional UV lamps.