GEW will introduce its new IsoCure UV curing system at the European Coatings Show, Nuremberg 2009 and also feature its laboratory testing unit and SeeCure UV monitoring system. Designed for curing a wide range of coatings, pressure sensitive adhesives, silicone release, printing inks, sealants and cationic chemistries, IsoCure can also be adapted for use in many industrial applications and is optimised to provide up to 20% more UV output, while reducing energy consumption by as much as 30%.
UV systems manufacturer, GEW will introduce IsoCure to the USA Newspaper industry at MediaXChange 2009, Las Vegas. The system enables the use of UV curable inks and coatings on newspaper presses.
GEW has announced the further development of its e-Brick electronic power supply for wide web printing formats available with as much as 32kW of high frequency square wave power.
GEW has announced the development of its IsoCure system for UV curing of inks on web offset newspaper presses where cold-set inks are used. The system enables printing press capacity to be expanded and more efficiently used in the newsprint area so that presses can be run at times other than only at night.
Reducing the carbon footprint is very much the theme of the GEW stand at this years Labelexpo Americas where it will feature its e-System range of UV lamp heads with energy saving electronic power supplies that offer the combined benefits of more UV output, low running costs and reduced CO2 emissions.
With the launch of its IsoCure UV curing system for web offset applications, GEW has announced its intention to enter new market sectors of the printing and converting industries. Already a market leader in the narrow web sector, the company has its sights firmly set at diversification into both the newsprint and commercial web offset markets as well as coating and silicone release with a UV system they say will bring unprecedented savings to users.
Radiated and conducted heat can distort films in both the x and y directions during the printing process. This distortion can then go on to cause problems throughout the production cycle and in particular affect registration and die cutting. UV curing systems manufacturer, GEW (EC) Ltd. offers a number of ways to manage heat generated during the curing of inks and coatings on filmic substrates...
GEW, set to enter the wider web and sheetfed markets at drupa with its Iso-Cure system, has come from humble beginnings to establish itself as a leading supplier of UV curing systems. James Quirk reports.
Malcolm Rae, managing director of GEW, discusses how the company is addressing the challenges of new applications and technologies with its inert atmosphere curing system.
March 2008. How GEW is addressing the challenges of new applications and technologies with its inert atmosphere curing system that minimises the amount of oxygen at the surface of the ink or coating at the curing zone.
