Polytype Printer
Kazuko Rizza
Polytype is a Swiss manufacturer of Polytype UV flatbed and roll to roll printers in 2.5, 3.5 & 5 meter widths for the graphics and industrial graphics markets. Polytype also distributes the SwissQprint Nyala, Impala & Oryx UV flatbed/roll printers.
Polytype is a worldwide company and in addition to grand format digital UV printers offers newspapaer, rotary and packaging printing presses as well as converting solutions for film, plastics and paper. Polytype has been a market leader in innovation and engineering in the printing equipment markets since 1904.
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The Polytype Printer Part # 209340 UV Curing Lamp Bulb has an arc length of 10 inched and is a compatible replacement UV lamp that works well Polytype UV systems. The 10 inch lamp bulb has an output power of 400 WPI and exceeds OEM standards of UV curing bulb performance. The lamp bulb works well for the following part number:
The process of UV curing is a method where high-intensity UV rays helps in immediately drying or curing coatings or inks in the printer. The process of UV curing involves light instead of heat. This enables the ink to dry and harden in an instant. UV curing is a better option to traditional curing uses heat as the traditional method uses solvent and contains a risk of environmental pollution. The result of UV curing is higher productivity, lower production costs and better printing quality.
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"Polytype America is proud to introduce the swissQprint Nyala 2 UV printer to the North American market." states Jim Cain, Director of Sales-Digital at Polytype America. "The Nyala 2 is the perfect solution for the discerning customer who needs the highest quality and production capability."
McKenzie Clark has become the first UK company to install a five-metre UV-curable Virtu RR50 wide-format digital printer from Swiss manufacturer Polytype in a bid to increase its throughput and expand its product range. The award-winning platform will be instrumental in satisfying a range of anticipated projects in 2012 thanks to its excellent performance across several media, including the non-PVC alternatives the company provides.
"2012 is set to be the busiest year since the Millennium effect of 1999 and we are delighted to be installing the Virtu RR50 ahead of the increased sales activity that we anticipate next year," comments Graham Clark, managing director of McKenzie Clark. "The Virtu RR50 is an award-winning, high-capacity, flexible machine which produces output of the very highest quality, a combination which is crucial to our business model. It will enable us to take advantage of the exciting opportunities surrounding the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Queen's Golden Jubilee, while continuing to satisfy our core clients with the great service they have come to expect."
The 24/7 set-up at McKenzie Clark will take advantage of the Virtu RR50's ability to produce 2,160sq m of print per day in high-quality mode, or double in billboard mode, increasing the company's actual capacity to a potential 6,500sq m/day. The company's sophisticated online workflow system incorporates Dalim ES, Dalim Twist, Xinet and Caldera, which will drive the machine, allowing file and colour management and pre-press demands to be managed efficiently. This integration offers clients a fast and efficient way of uploading files and providing approval, meaning that their high standards of reproduction can be accurately matched with the output from the Virtu RR50 and McKenzie Clark's other machines.
"McKenzie Clark has a fantastic reputation for producing innovative, high-quality print for an impressive customer base, and we are thrilled that they have chosen Virtu to fulfil and further that position," says Sylvia Muhr, sales director Europe for Polytype's Virtu business unit. "The company will produce many demanding, high-profile projects during the Olympic year and we are certain that the Virtu RR50 will stand up to the challenge."
Also important during the selection process was the ability of the Virtu to output on non-PVC materials with the same excellent quality. Environmental concern is enshrined within the company's operation, with McKenzie Clark offering a non-PVC alternative for almost every substrate, as well as a collection service to ensure that obsolete displays are reused or recycled. Adopting Polytype's Virtu technology allows the company to fulfil its commitment to reducing landfill and working with more sustainable materials.
The Virtu RR50 has won both the EDP Award for best machine over 3.2m wide and the International Forum Product Design Award, acknowledging the five-metre UV-curable engine's ability to print exceptional quality onto almost every substrate imaginable. Available with four- and six-colour ink sets, the machine can output to three 1.2m rolls simultaneously or a single flexible roll weighing up to 750kg. Unique to the system is the linear drive motor, which improves stability and helps the Virtu achieve its renowned accuracy of reproduction.
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At the //wifag users Meeting (June 26-27,2014), there was a clear focus on looking forward: Representatives of newspaper printers from Germany, Slovakia and Switzerland learned about the range of technical opportunities for newspaper production that are arising from //wifag's reorganization.
The host of this year's meeting was Ringier Print Adligenswil AG, near Lucerne, one of the largest newspaper printing facilities in Switzerland. In addition to daily newspapers (Blick, Neue Luzerner Zeitung), customer newsletters for Migros and Coop and a number of trade, party, church and special interest newspapers are produced here. Ringier Print Adligenswil last modernized its machinery with WIFAG Evolution 371 rotations in 2009.
However, attendees were mainly interested in the increasing technological breadth of WIFAG-Polytype Technologies AG, where digital printing, coating and laminating was recently merged with the rotation machines area. Thanks to its proprietary expertise in the areas of software, print head control, web threading and drying as well as inks and materials, WIFAG-Polytype Technologies AG can now offer a complete range of both traditional and digital production solutions. And such solutions should, emphasized CEO Jrgen Karlsson, be devised in collaboration with customers.
On the first day of the event, participants at the user meeting following the welcome by Kurt Hegele (CEO of Ringier Print) and Hugo Haymoz (Head of Customer Services //wifag) were able to learn more about Ringier Print Adligenswil .
Hugo Haymoz opened the second day of the meeting with information about the new organization of the service area. All of the service areas of the former WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG, Polytype Converting AG and the Digital Printing business area of Polytype AG have been merged into WIFAG-Polytype Technologies AG. The aim of this merger is to promote the transfer of knowledge of the respective technologies (offset, digital, converting) in order to be able to utilize a broader resource basis. As Haymoz emphasized, "All contacts, services and products will remain the same. Service agreements and contracts will also be taken over and continued unchanged."
Next, Pascal Clemencon (Technical Sales) introduced the results of the "gloss coating for newspapers" trial series. In these trials, the coating was rolled over an anilox roller onto the printed newsprint in the conventional manner. However, because of the raw structure of the paper the coating flows into the "valleys" and from an angle of approx. 60 degrees the coating effects disappears completely behind the "hills". As a result, this process is not suited for producing high-quality gloss. At most, it helps with the abrasion protection of the printing ink.
Carsten Salomo (Digital Competence Center project manager) then showed an alternative option for coating using digital printing technology. Even spot coating is now possible with inkjet printing. //wifag already provides the corresponding print modules with print head control and color provision for Steinemann AG.
"Thus, a module can also be integrated seamlessly into newspaper rotation machines," said Salomo, who also provided an overview of the current state of technology with regard to inkjet printing. In particular, the personalization of newspapers, as Bernd Zipper discussed, will require more flexible printing processes. For example, the same newspaper run can include text that remains the same (offset printing) and personalized content, such as horoscopes, specific articles, addresses, etc. (digital printing).
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