Drying, Curing & UV
UV Choice Printing brings “remarkable” savings and benefits to Adhesivos Orcajada
UV Choice Printing, available through KODAK FLEXCEL NX Print Suite for Narrow Web and enabled by the latest advanced plate surface patterning technology from Miraclon, is delivering significant time, ink and substrate waste savings for leading Spanish flexo tag and label manufacturer, Adhesivos Orcajada
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ver the past 12 months, the company monitored the performance of UV Choice Printing on its seven Omet UV presses that produce around 65% of
all its flexo printed tag and label jobs. Documented savings include: • •
Reduced ink consumption by over 20%;
Faster job changeover & set-up times of 15-20%; and
Significant substrate savings thanks to faster start-ups.
“The results are remarkable,” says Pedro Orcajada Montalban, owner of Adhesivos Orcajada.
“The impact on job changeover and set-up times are especially positive, at 15-20% faster. All this translates into significantly reduced substrate wastage and over 20% in ink consumption savings, which saves money and makes the process more sustainable. We’ve also reduced prepress times with much faster platemaking. “On press, KODAK FLEXCEL NX Plates also perform consistently, throughout the run and from job-to-job. The greater latitude on press means reduced operator interventions and fewer press stops for cleaning or color adjustments. Adding these benefits together with UV Choice Printing has proved a highly beneficial investment.”
GROWING WITH FLEXCEL NX TECHNOLOGY Adhesivos Orcajada is a longtime user of KODAK FLEXCEL NX Technology from Miraclon. “When we decided to upgrade our platemaking technology from analogue to digital more than 10 years ago, we tested and ultimately invested in a FLEXCEL NX System based on our first impressions and the overwhelming positive feedback we received from industry colleagues,” recalls Pedro. “From day one, we enjoyed a step change in stability on press, resulting in less dot gain, better highlights and consistent reproduction. Our customers were impressed with the positive
change, but even more so our production team, who welcomed the simpler, less stressful, and more consistent press production process. “Since then, we’ve established a close consultative relationship with Miraclon, so it was another collaborative approach when Miraclon selected us as a beta site for UV Choice Printing.” UV Choice Printing, enabled by advanced plate surface patterning technology and accessed through FLEXCEL NX Print Suite for Narrow Web, is specifically designed to deliver better performance and stability for label and other UV flexo printed narrow web applications across a range of substrates.
It optimises UV ink transfer and increases ink density by up to 15%, minimises on-press troubleshooting of quality issues, and delivers better reproduction of solids, fine lines, crisp barcodes and text at lower ink volumes. Other benefits are faster press set-up, reduced substrate wastage, and faster plate imaging times.
“IMMEDIATE IMPACT” OF UV CHOICE PRINTING José Sanchez Gallego, design & prepress manager for Adhesivos Orcajada, says: “UV Choice Printing made an immediate impact – literally from the first job. “With any new way of working, it’s vital to have the support of the production team, but in this
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