Efficient Technologies

Printing

Main applications and potential benefits

Polymerizing inks and varnishes on paper, paperboard, metal, glass or wood
Electrotechnologies Benefits
  • Ultraviolet (UV)
  • Increased productivity
  • Low power requirement
  • Easily adapted to work with existing equipment
  • Only a slight increase in the temperature of printing supports
Drying and baking coatings and films (varnishes, paints, inks, polymers, glues, etc.)
Electrotechnologies Benefits
  • Infrared (IR)
  • Rapid heating, can be focused
  • Surface heating of thin films
  • Can be used in a vacuum or other controlled atmosphere
Drying inks and glues
Electrotechnologies Benefits
  • Microwave or high frequency (radio frequency)
  • High energy efficiency
  • Can be used with non-conducting materials
  • No temperature gradient (uniformity)
Reticulating inks (acrylate)
Electrotechnologies Benefits
  • Electron beam
  • Instantaneous drying
  • Suitable for surface heating applications
    (thin films)
  • Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
Treating industrial water/Recovering paints and treating ink discharges
Electrotechnologies Benefits
  • Membrane filtration
  • Lower energy consumption than traditional separation techniques
  • Compact equipment
  • Scalability
  • Can be automated
  • Can be used in combination with traditional separation techniques

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