ImagesMagUK_September_2020

PF DTG PRINTING www.images-magazine.com 48 images SEPTEMBER 2020 Adelco: OvalJet Adelco is bringing the OvalJet to the UK, having taken on the distributorship for the high production direct-to- garment machine. “OvalJet incorporates the latest technology and is a viable alternative for high volume DTG print with complete workflow management,” comments Adelco. “It’s designed in an oval shape similar to a screen printing press with the dynamic capabilities of 100% digital application.” The company reports that the OvalJet allows a single operator to print 180-220 pieces per hour using a single ink set for all substrates. It adds that the machine offers “considerable print cost savings” and “closes the gap between digital and conventional screen print”. According to Adelco, the third generation printer’s cost per print is already helping customers in the US to take market share on runs that range from 1 to 600 pieces. The OvalJet prints six colours plus white and offers automatic barcode scanning, inline smart curing, and dot- for-dot pretreatment. “The resin-based foundation (pretreatment) is digitally printed to match identically the printed image. This patented process eliminates the square box, staining and smell associated with other pretreat processes,” says the company. The machine also uses a “unique, patented process” to offer integrated neck label printing with no additional handling required and no decrease in print speed. “This innovative, patented solution enables mass customisation, with 100% variable print,” notes Adelco. Schulze: KN-800 Drying Tunnel The KN-800 Drying Tunnel has a 45cm wide conveyor belt, an adjustable feed and is suitable for drying DTG inks. Offering a maximum temperature of 220°C, the dryer reaches its operating temperature in approximately four minutes. Measuring 69 x 161 x 113cm, the KN-800 is equipped with long- life ceramic heaters with a 50cm intake and 50cm outlet. It has a heating width of 45cm, heating length of 64cm and a maximum throughput height of 8cm. Action Engineering: Face mask pallets for Kornit printers Action Engineering has developed face mask pallets for Kornit Digital’s direct-to-garment (DTG) printing machines. According to the US manufacturing company, different styles of face masks need different pallets to do a full-face print, and so it has created three face mask pallets specifically to use with Kornit machines. The Kornit Style Form Fitted Pallet is designed for form-fitted masks with a chin seam; the Kornit Style Flat Pallet is designed for flat- fitted masks with no chin seam; and the Kornit Style Universal Face Mask Pallet is designed to be used for small prints on either flat or form-fitted face masks. Custom face mask pallets are available with a four-piece minimum. The OvalJet DTG printer Screen Print World: M&R DS-4000 Digital Squeegee The M&R DS-4000 Digital Squeegee offers production rates of 400+ prints per hour and, by printing on top of a screen printed underbase, enables a wide array of fabrics, including synthetic materials and performance blends, to be printed digitally. Users can screen print the white onto a dark garment using a traditional automatic screen print press and dry the ink with a spot curer, before moving the garment to the DS4000, mounted in the same press, to digitally print an image on top of the now dry screen print white, explains UK distributors Screen Print World. The M&R Maverick is also available. This features a dual-shuttling platform plus two digitally-controlled heat presses to flatten garment fibres and heat the surface prior to printing. Its 12 industrial-grade print heads – six for white ink, plus cyan, magenta, yellow, black, red and green – deliver a wide colour gamut, while agitators in the white ink supply tanks and an entire ink recirculation system ensure “consistent results and trouble-free operation”. The KN-800 Drying Tunnel reaches operating temperature in four minutes The M&R DS-4000 Digital Squeegee promises production rates of 400+ prints per hour The Kornit Style Face Mask Pallet from Action Engineering