by Paul Beliveau and Henry Mossell, FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. Fujifilm Dimatix's Inkjet Technology Integration team worked closely with a team of end user manufacturing engineers to develop and deploy 5-color (white, black, cyan, magenta and yellow) UV-curable inkjet printing on a 10'' by 12" ABS part. The challenges and solutions of ink selection, part pretreatment, creating an … [Read more...] about UV-Curable Single-Pass Inkjet Printing of Plastic Parts
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Report: Growth Expected for Inkjet Print Technology
Plastics Decorating Anticipated growth for industrial, digital inkjet print technology for production in functional, decorative and packaging printing sectors remains strong and buoyant, according to a survey and report produced by I.T. Strategies for InPrint USA: The Industrial Print Show. Seventy-four percent of survey respondents felt that the packaging sector has the … [Read more...] about Report: Growth Expected for Inkjet Print Technology
Tech Watch: KBA-Kammann’s K20 Series Decorating Machines
Edited by Lara Copeland, contributing editor, Plastics Decorating As the successor to the K1 series, the new K20 series from KBA-Kammann USA, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is suitable for decorators of plastic promotional items with their short print-runs and frequently changing article shapes and artwork. Introduced at the K 2016 Show in Düsseldorf, Germany, the K20 series … [Read more...] about Tech Watch: KBA-Kammann’s K20 Series Decorating Machines
Advancements in Inkjet UV LED Curing Technology
by Scott R. Sabreen, The Sabreen Group and Dene Taylor, Ph.D., SPF-Inc. Digital UV inkjet printing on three-dimensional plastic products is "ready for prime time." Advancements in UV LED curing technology overcome many curing problems associated with traditional mercury vapor lamps. UV LED lamps are superior for curing low-viscosity UV inks on non-wettable, heat-sensitive … [Read more...] about Advancements in Inkjet UV LED Curing Technology
Inkjet Surface Decoration – Market Overview and Challenges
by Debbie Thorp, business development director, Global Inkjet Systems Ltd. Decorating objects using inkjet technology is not a new application – we've seen printers on the market for several years. The small-format, semi-desktop flatbed scanning devices that print such promotional items as USB memory sticks, lighters and key chains have been successful, but have tended to … [Read more...] about Inkjet Surface Decoration – Market Overview and Challenges