Tresu introduces enhanced coating kit, iCoat for HP Indigo 30000

Denmark-based Tresu Group has introduced a flexo coating system specifically designed for integration into a digital sheetfed folding carton printing line, even as it showcased the iCoat 30000 coater at the HP stand at Labelexpo Europe, designed for the new HP Indigo 30000 digital press, following an agreement with HP. The iCoat 30000 coater uses industry-standard UV or water-based varnish to deliver the coating.

27 Sep 2013 | By PrintWeek India

Demonstrating live the capabilities of the iCoat at the HP stand, Tony Krab, key account area responsible digital coating solution at Tresu, said, “HP needed a kit that would enable its customers in the carton market to convert small volumes with short lead times and variable information associated with digital with the ability that will offer full and spot UV or water-based coating features, productively, in a single printing pass.” He added, “The Tresu iCoat 30000 as well as the digital sheet coater showcased at the Tresu stand does exactly that.”

The flexo coating system is powered by Tresu’s ancillary innovations, which enables automated control of ink flow. The new F10 iCon ink supply system is capable of ensuring flexo ink pressure, viscosity and temperature control in central impression (CI) flexo printing machine. Constant viscosity of the system ensures stable ink density on the printed substrate, while constant pressure prevents air infiltrating the anilox chamber.

Krab informed that the iCoat 30000 coater is equipped with quick changeover mechanisms for sleeves and plates that reduce setup time, allowing a large number of different jobs per shift.

“This platform provides a single-pass alternative to labour-intensive sheetfed or CI-printing situations and allows converters to deepen customer relationships by becoming a single-source packaging supplier,” said Krab.