UV inks make gift wrapping more successful

The ability to add UV light during the operation of gift wrapping and printing, plus the application of some portable lighting systems, can greatly stimulate demand, speed up production, and diversify production lines. Shamrock, a company that prints packaging paper products, is a private company located in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Established in 1956, it produces over 300 different packaging gift papers, and also produces custom packaging. Supplies, upholstery, and other decorative products. According to Eddie Trogdon, the company's production manager, they have recently adopted UV shading technology in their production process, which has received good results and added many orders. Trogdon said: “At the beginning, we just applied a high-gloss catalyst coating to the packaging bag. The product was very popular. So we decided to invest in UV coloring glazing equipment on the main production line. This production line is producing A large number of gift wraps cannot be kept up to date with catalyst polishing methods, and UV coloring glazing technology can meet production requirements and diversify production lines. Once put into production, our products are sold well. Ultra-brilliant surfaces are loved by users and set a standard for all our on-site color printing.” Fast curing Shamrock has a total of four gravure presses for printing gift wrappers, in which one 8-color Cerutti printing Four 400-watt UV lamps were installed on the machine. Previously, it mainly relied on traditional water-based coatings or high-gloss catalyst coatings. But they soon discovered that the UV system filters and controls air-cooled bulbs through an optimized process, and has many inherent advantages for achieving high-gloss glazing. Although the use of a catalyst for gloss is better, it is a slower ink curing system because it cannot be stored and the temperature requirement is very high - about 225 degrees Fahrenheit, so every time it is on demand It is very troublesome to formulate the appropriate amount of paint. With UV, the brightness is better and the ink system is more stable. In fact, you do not need to consider the ink problem at all. The curing rate increases the production speed several times. In general, the use of catalyst coating, can only handle 400 feet per minute, but with UV can be processed 800 feet or more per minute. The user-friendly operation console controlled by the PC plays an important role in the optimization of the performance, and basically does not require maintenance. Prime UV can guide us how to maintain the equipment, how to replace the lamp, etc. The PC can track the system and the bulb to check the efficiency of each bulb, and it is also a means to check the temperature and energy output of each bulb. In addition, the Sun Coating UV glazing system is less wasteful and more efficient than the previous system. Because the UV ink is 100% solid, it can be completely attached to the substrate, with virtually no loss, and the amount of ink consumed per job is even lower. The portable system Shamrock recently purchased a portable system with a single light bulb from Prime UV to enhance the performance of UV systems (also from Prime) and use them on 4- or 5-color printers. The portable system is called The Handy Scan, which allows 600 watts of input power. It is mainly used for coloring glazing of small batches of products. It does not require the use of 8-color Cerutti presses, which greatly increases the diversity of the entire system. Sex. Experiments have proved that this is a very reliable system, and it is also a relatively efficient approach. Shamrock's process department is also very satisfied with the ability to print small-area spot colors now, which means that UV inks can be used to color specific spots on specific papers. Shamrock has grown from a very few employees and an old piece of equipment to a gravure printing company that employs 175 workers and handles about 2,000 businesses each year. With the successful installation of its UV shading coating system, they also intend to further expand their business scope. For more information, from: The Cerutti Group, Prime UV Systems, Sun Chemical Corp.,