Xeikon has announced its PantherCure LED series, a new family of inks for use with Panther technology. The PantherCure LED inks come with new waveforms, software and optimised screening.
Xeikon’s Panther Technology, introduced in 2017, is based on UV inkjet and addresses specific end-use markets, focused on labels across industries such as chemical, durable, cosmetic and premium beer labels. All these applications benefit from certain durability such as scratch, scuff, and rub resistance and a glossy tactile look and feel. UV inks tackle all these requirements.
The ink series delivers a long list of benefits:
– Wider application range: LED curing generates less heat exposed to the substrate. More heat-sensitive substrates can be used with a water-based cool-down process.
– A broader colour gamut enabled to address more brand colours.
– Increased image quality by introducing a new screening, waveform and ink, delivering consistent UV curing throughout the time.
– More sustainable option: eliminates waste of mercury bulbs
– Improves the Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE).
– LED provides 10 times longer lifetime and reduces maintenance, with lamp replacement every 2000 hours for a mercury lamp versus 20,000 hours for LED.
– Eliminating downtime related to starts-and-stops due to warming-up and cooling-down of the mercury bulb.
-LED ink curing requires less energy for the same speed thereby decreasing the overall energy consumption, having a direct impact on the total operating costs.
– The in-depth curing of LED light results in better ink-to-substrate adhesion.
Combining these new elements (ink, screening, waveforms and software) reduces ink consumption by 30% on average, depending on the content of the job.
The new inks are available on newly manufactured Xeikon PX3300 and Xeikon PX2200. Starting in 2023, current customers of prior models of the Panther Press, Xeikon PX3000 and PX2000 will be eligible for field upgrades.
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