The Tresu iCoat 30000
Danish surface treatment specialists, Vetaphone, and press manufacturer, Tresu, have combined to show the first example of a corona treater working on a sheetfed press line.
The Vetaphone VE1A-J has been developed to work with the Tresu iCoat 30000, which is designed to work inline with the B2 size HP Indigo 30000 sheetfed digital press. Single or twin coat modular units mean that the machine is capable of handling UV or water-based varnishes for folding carton applications from pharmaceutical to confectionery, cosmetics, electronics, promotional and giftware.
Kim Krintel, vice president of digital solutions at Tresu, commented, ‘We have an exclusive agreement with HP as its sole inline coating supplier and our long term working partnership with Vetaphone offered the perfect opportunity to develop complementary technology. Digital inks contain plastic molecules that need to be oxidised to improve adhesion. This facilitates downstream processing such as the application of metallic varnishes on high added value cartons.’
Ronni Nielsen, who managed the project for Vetaphone, said, ‘The partnership has been a major success with Tresu having a sufficiently open mind to make use of an unproven Vetaphone concept and turn it in to a working solution. The resulting product is the Vetaphone VE1A-J, the world’s first working inline Corona unit for a sheet fed press, capable of running at 96 m/min on the Tresu iCoat 30000.’
