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Digital Printing
Xeikon aims to shine
Van Gaever says, “An important step to bring Sirius technology to a new
era of productivity is realised thanks to Xeikon’s new EkoFuse technology:
a new fuser and a patented new crossflow cooling system add up to achieve superior print quality levels at market leading speeds.”
For the newly developed Sirius toner, Xeikon has changed the production parameters of the toner and has improved the charging kinetics properties by adapting the outer shell of the toner to cope with the higher engine speed.
With the SX30000, Xeikon is aiming at high value applications, usually featuring high coverage colour content on high-quality papers combined with superior quality requirements. Van Gaever says, “This can be in the book printing segment or high-quality direct
mail, but because of the versatility of the technology, it might also
be in retail and signage materials, security printing and other general commercial print. Furthermore, we are looking at customers who need higher productivity combined with lower running cost and a compelling overall TCO.”
Profitable business for customers
“We have been the pioneers of dry toner technology, and we continue to see opportunities to further enhance it and improve on it,”
Van Gaever says. “The technology has been named Sirius – after the brightest star in the night sky, and in reference to its role in helping people to navigate and set course in various cultures throughout history.
“We believe this platform will lead the way towards a profitable business for our existing and future customers.”
Xeikon says the Cheetah 2.0 technology for the new CX300 is based on the proven, scalable Xeikon press architecture that includes
five print stations and a full rotary process with a variable repeat length.
The dry toner printing process
can operate at a speed of 30-m/min. The web-width can vary between 220mm and 512mm wide, using
a LED imaging head operating at 1200x3600 dpi delivering, says Xeikon, offset/gravure image quality.
Xeikon has indeed been a pioneer
– it was one of the two original companies that launched digital printing back at Ipex in 1993. Its new Sirius technology promises to shine a light on new market opportunities. 21
bright with Sirius
The innovative developer will use new dry toner technology in its latest Xeikon SX30000 digital press.
Xeikon is unveiling its new generation dry toner technology Sirius for the graphic arts industry, which it says delivers higher speeds, reduced cost of ownership, and improved quality.
It will use Sirius in its latest Xeikon SX30000 digital press for the commercial print industry. The SX30000 will be launched and commercially available as of June.
Xeikon is also launching a new digital label press, based on its Cheetah technology, the CX300, this month.
By introducing the Power of Dry Toner campaign last year, Xeikon made it clear that it remains convinced of the power that dry toner technology brings to the graphic arts market – pushing its boundaries even further.
The company describes the Xeikon SX30000 press as an entirely new, robust, single pass duplex machine, powered by the new Sirius technology. It is able to run at a printing width of 508mm on a broad range of substrates at 30 metres a minute, producing 404 A4 pages per minute at an average speed increase of more than 50 per cent throughout the range of 40-350 gsm versus the previous platform.
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Setting new standard in dry toner printing
Xeikon has been allocating major resources since 2017 in order, it
says, to set a new standard in dry toner technology and develop a new platform for the graphic arts industry.
“The water cooled LDAs, with 1200x3600 dpi technology and
the single pass duplex, full rotary concept, have remained unchanged, as well as the 5/5 print station setup. Almost everything else has been re-engineered,” Dimitri Van Gaever of Xeikon says. “One of the things that really sets the Sirius technology apart is its ability to print on heavy substrates at high speeds.”
Van Gaever explains some of the core components that enable Xeikon’s Sirius to set a new standard. He says, “We have been working along four major axes: toner development, imaging technology, fusing technology, and media conditioning. This has resulted in more than 400 design changes and developments compared to the previous generation. All these core components have been redesigned and enhanced
to deliver superior quality, market leading performance, unequalled sustainability, widest application range and best-in-class TCO.”
Shining bright: Sirius new from Xeikon
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