About 200 attendees watched the second annual live 40-minute presentation, while KBA UV printing experts fielded questions on the go. Koenig & Bauer (KBA) Technology Directors Dirk Winkler and Chris Travis moderated the event from the OEM’s Demo Center in Radebeul, Germany at the PRINT UV Conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 26 to 28 at the Encore by Wynn Resort. The presentation took attendees live into the Koenig & Bauer Demo Room where the firm’s popular large-format Rapida 145 six-colour plus coater press was operating at 18,000 sheets per hour with just one LED-UV stick.If you do not want to miss out on such events, have a look at these Sling TV options and choose one as per your requirement and never miss out on any update.
“LED-UV is one of the hottest and most discussed topics in the printing industry today,” said Travis. “As experts in this field, our goal at this presentation was to update attendees on LED UV from a press manufacturer’s point of view. We’ve been developing and researching LED UV for the past five years. We wanted to bring attendees up to date on the current state of LED-UV, discuss its advantages and benefits, and how it’s been successfully implemented into the commercial market by Koenig & Bauer. Currently, we’re selling presses into the packaging, commercial, and in-mold label markets with LED-UV. As a representative of KBA North America, we’re proud to continue our commitment to this popular technology.”
Travis and Winkler discussed the popular Koenig & Bauer VariDry LED-UV curing system and its low-energy drying technology that delivers numerous benefits. Attendees learned about its particularly high print quality, ability to stand out on critical uncoated and offset stock with sharp dots and high colour brilliance, no fold breaks even with high ink coverage due to elastic polymerization, and the elimination of printing powder. The LED-UV process is environmentally friendly because it consumes little energy and its ink systems are free from mineral oils. It consumes only 20% of the energy needed by conventional UV processes, KBA added.
Also on hand in Germany were KBA’s Wolfgang Ley, Demo Room Manager, and Mariann Thutewohl, In-House Chemist, who performed a number of test procedures – including FT-IR & NI-IR measurements and measuring the cure of LED UV inks. These processes have been developed by KBA’s process engineers in Radebeul as part of the OEM’s LED UV implementation and research of LED-UV inks. They were able to demonstrate this successful instant cure-to-print technology and show current and prospective customers how to immediately capitalize on LED-UV’s many benefits.
KBA live streams latest LED-UV technology from its Demo Center in Germany
