PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2020

LABELLING PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 05/20 www.petpla.net 39 integrated in the printer housing or located in separate housings, depend- ing on the type of substrate; glass requires a primer. Final UV curing is housed within the bloc. The skid-mounted system is equipped with a central ink supply and automatic bottle exchange mechan- ics, ready to be connected to filtered compressed air and electricity sup- plies. It is controlled by PC and PLC and equipped with a central opera- tor console and interface for imaging and control software. Internal trans- portation is connected to a conveyor system. The machine works without opera- tor intervention and adjusts auto- matically to different bottle diam- eters, defined in the control unit and released for production. DecoType Compact’s colour spectrum is the same as the DecoType Lab. DecoType Performance Dekron says that its rotary Per- formance machine brings industrial speed and scale to digital decoration. The machine has been designed from the ground up around the Dekron Printing Systems Duo technol- ogy; it can incorporate up to 24 units, which means 48 printing sta- tions are available. It has been developed for 24/7 operation and is capable of process- ing up to 24,000 glass or 36,000 PET containers/h, depending on bottle and decoration specifica- tion. Dekron says that it combines traditional labelling machines’ high output with the flexibility of digital printing. The heart of the system is a carousel table. Printing Systems Duo units are mounted side-by-side on the turret and equipped with a quick connec- tion frame for fast changeover and to facilitate offline maintenance. Ink supply is located on the turret. Pre- treatment (which depends on the substrate) and final UV curing can be integrated into the printer housing or sepa- rately located. Control is by PC and PLC; imaging and control soft- ware is accessed by a central operator console and interface. Clean- ing is automatic. Performance uses specially-for- muated UV inks; pretreatment and UV curing is integrated. It features the same colour range as Lab and Com- pact, controlled by Print Server. www.krones.de DecoType Lab DecoType Compact DecoType Performance