XENNIA AND REGGIANI PRESENT REVOLUTIONARY INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTER
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Xennia Technology Ltd and Reggiani Macchine s.P.a. today announce the completion
of a full scale demonstration model of their revolutionary diagonal multi pass
digital inkjet textile printing system. This system enables reliable printing on
textile substrates in an industrial production environment at unrivalled speed
and with high quality.
The new system is based on proprietary technology of all partners involved in
the project. The first full scale version of Xennia's textile printing system is
based around Reggiani's wide, high accuracy belt-driven transport and
incorporates Xennia's inkjet modules, including the XenJet Auriga print engine,
XenJet Aquarius fluid controllers and XenJet Centaurus and Cygnus software.
This milestone is also important for Xennia's parent company TenCate in the
development of inkjet technology for textile applications in an industrial
production environment. The next step will focus on further developments in
order to introduce inkjet technology for coating and finishing processes.
"Our business environment is changing fast and cooperation in innovation is key
to speeding up the time to market. This new system is a fantastic example of
Xennia's module strategy working in practice," says Alan Hudd, Xennia's Managing
Director. "Using Xennia's robust industrial inkjet modules has made it possible
for the development team at Reggiani and Xennia to focus on application-specific
developments, based on proven technology, allowing a very fast development from
announcement of the concept in February 2010 to full scale process demonstration
only 4 months later. The motion system enabling continuous transportation of the
substrate through the printing machine in combination with a diagonal moving
multi-pass print pattern has been developed in recent years together with our
parent company TenCate. The introduction to the market of this important
solution in the textiles industry through Reggiani enables us to support our
projected growth in revenue from sales of modules and inks."
Antonino Tricomi, Reggiani's Business Development Director, comments: "Using
Xennia's inkjet modules has led to an incredibly fast development time for this
digital textile decoration machine; further improved from our previous
developments. We look forward to making a difference in the textile printing
industry by introducing this brand new digital solution to the market in record
time. Xennia has proven inkjet technology experience with 14 years in the
industry and their reliable modules allow for great flexibility in system
design."
Patented combination
The revolutionary and patented combination of continuous substrate movement and
diagonal printhead movement eliminates the banding issues that can occur with a
normal step and scan system, makes transport design easier and allows scalable
web widths. The system has a wide print carriage giving extraordinarily high
throughput even on very wide webs. The system can use printheads from several
manufacturers, allowing flexibility in printhead choice depending on application
requirements. This first demonstrator has 16 printheads, giving a throughput of
360 m² per hour. Xennia are currently developing a second prototype with double
the amount of printheads giving twice the throughput. Reggiani will commercially
launch the new production systems onto the market in early 2011.
Textile decoration inks
Parallel to the machine developments, Xennia is also developing its ink
portfolio for this textile application. Xennia's XenInx Amethyst reactive dye
textile decoration ink will be released for supply in September this year.
XenInx Amethyst offers excellent colour performance with high vibrancy and
extended colour gamut. It is an environmentally responsible aqueous ink offering
excellent print quality when printed onto cotton and other textiles and is ideal
for reliable use in Xennia, Reggiani and other systems. Fluid chemistry is a key
element of any new development. For industrial applications it is extremely
important that the inks used contribute positively to the reliability of the
total system. For this reason Xennia combines inks, software and hardware
knowledge in the inkjet solutions they introduce to the market.
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Editors Notes:
Digital pictures are on your request available via: media(at)tencate.com
For further details on Xennia and its products, please contact:
Dr Tim Phillips, Marketing Manager
+44 1462 705220
tphillips(at)xennia.com
For background and IR information on TenCate, please contact:
Mr Frank Spaan, Director Corporate Development & Investor Relations
+31 546 544 977
f.spaan(at)tencate.com
Xennia Technology Ltd is a major driving force in the world of inkjet printing,
with over 14 years in the industrial inkjet industry. As the world's leading
industrial inkjet solutions provider, Xennia has been instrumental in
revolutionising outdated manufacturing processes by creating reliable inkjet
products and processes for markets like textiles, ceramics, packaging, product
decoration, bio/healthcare and printed electronics. Xennia solutions comprise
research and development capabilities, printers and printing modules, software
and printing fluids. Xennia's headquarters, R&D and manufacturing operations are
located in Letchworth, UK, with regional sales offices in the USA and China. For
more information about Xennia, please visit www.xennia.com.
Xennia is part of TenCate, the specialist materials company, headquartered in
the Netherlands, which combines textile technology with related chemical
processes and material technology in the development and production of
functional materials with distinctive characteristics. TenCate is a global
company with revenue of circa ?1 billion, listed on the NYSE Euronext (AMX). For
more information about TenCate, please visit www.tencate.com.
Reggiani Macchine s.P.a., based in Bergamo, Italy, has been established for 50
years and is a global leader in developing and manufacturing of flat and rotary
screen printing machines for textiles. For more information about Reggiani
Macchine please visit www.reggianimacchine.it.
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