Inkjet & Digital Printing
TEC LIGHTING TO SHOWCASE FIRST DOUBLE-SIDED UV COATER AT ON DEMAND 2011
Monday 21. March 2011 - Will Interface inline with any digital press
TEC Lighting today announced that they will be offering a technology introduction of the industry first double-sided UV coater. The XB18 18-inch wide double-sided UV coater is engineered to interface inline with every popular digital press in the marketplace. The technology exhibit is designed to precede the launch and release, scheduled for early Q2 of this year. The company will also be exhibiting the XC14 MINI UV coater, which offers the industrys smallest production footprint, and the XCF18 18-inch wide automated feeding UV coater. TEC Lighting will be exhibiting in booth #2325 at the ON DEMAND 2011 Exposition, being held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (March 22-24) in Washington, DC.
TEC Lighting Quote
“The XB18 UV coater is the first to apply UV coating to both sides of a sheet of paper in the same amount of time and effort as coating a single side,” notes TEC Lightings Daniel Jacob Hodhod. “This feature alone enables users to produce the same amount of jobs in half the time, without having to handle the sheets twice. It also offers on-the-fly shifting between single sided and double sided coating for even greater production flexibility. And the coatings can be varied. For example, a production manager can choose a satin coating on one side of the sheet and gloss on the other. We believe another groundbreaking feature of the XB18 is its ability to go inline with any digital press. It offers the digital market Inline UV duplexing, something the offset world has benefited from for years.”
Availability
When released, the XB18 will be available through TEC Lighting and their current dealer network. The XB18 is scheduled to be introduced with handfed, auto-feeder, and inline model options. Though the first models will be available with 18-inch width capacity, 40-inch models are scheduled for future release dates. The XB18 is patent pending technology.