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Ultrajet range, TexaJet water-based
sublimation inks, and the mild
solvent-based Marajet series. A new
low-migration ink was also launched,
the UV-curable Ultrapack UVFP range.
Further highlights included graphic
screen printing inks and UV-LED-curable
inks for container and label printing.
Marabu's UV-curable special effect inks
were shown on the new Sakurai Maestro
cylinder screen press.
IGT introduced a new printability
tester for the low end of the market, a
replacement for manual proofers and
hand rollers.
UV curing manufacturers were
demonstrating how energy efficient
and compact these systems have now
become. UV Ray showed its newly
developed Atom compact dichroic
reflector, which can be supplied with
water cooling. Atom adopts UV Ray’s
latest PF technology to enhance its
reflector characteristics. The company
also showed a compact and lightweight
chill roll with a dual chamber system
designed to allow semi-rotary presses to
handle heat sensitive materials.
Uv-Technik Meyer introduced its new
eStar UV curing system with reduced
energy consumption. It operates in
combination with the company’s new
EB 60 high efficiency electronic lamp
ballast. Also new was the UV Spectro,
which combines a spectrometer for
measurements in the 200-440 nm UV
range and a probe for measuring the
intensity profile under a medium-pressure
UV lamp or UV LED. The dose can
also be measured.
IST showed its MBS-6 range of energy
efficient UV lamp systems and on-line
energy measurement, covered in great
detail in the last edition of L&L.
UV LED is the current buzz word
in energy curing technology, and
Phoseon is at the leading edge of
these developments, showcasing both
air and water cooled products based
on its patented Semiconductor Light
Matrix (SLM) technology. Uv-Technik
Meyer showed its lightweight and
compact EDcure air-cooled UV-LED units
designed particularly for ‘pinning’ and
final cure in inkjet applications.
VISION SYSTEMS
This Drupa will be remembered for when
in-line spectrographic measurement
came of age. These systems measure
true color values, not just density
and register, using l.a.b color space
standards and delta E deviation. AVT
introduced its SpectraLab module for
both color and density measurements
as an optional add-on for the PrintVision/
Jupiter, PV/Argus II and the new PV/
Argus Elite system. SpectraLab can
INTELLIGENT INSPECTION
The new Spectral measurement camera
forms just one part of BST’s very interesting
QCenter ‘intelligent’ quality assurance system.
Rather than the operator selecting a
camera – linescan or spectragraphic for
example – Q-Center automatically chooses
the appropriate hardware and software tools
depending upon what part of the web the
operator wants to look at, and at what level
of detail. The operator uses a large Quad
HDTV touch screen monitor wall to control
functions such as zooming, selecting fields
of view, overview of the entire web width,
and other quality assurance tasks. QCenter
both selects a camera and automatically
positions it to bring the selected web viewer
onto the screen.
QCenter is fully modular, and can integrate
multiple cameras, image analysis functions
and additional lighting, all operated by the
central user interface.
be set to automatically measure
user-selected points anywhere on the
web, and on clear films can measure
color printed on either side of the web.
BST International launched its own
inline spectral measurement system,
QCenter.Spectral, developed in close
cooperation with instrument specialist
X-Rite to allow inline and handheld
color measuring systems to deliver
comparable results.
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