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IR Dryers – Productivity and Safety. ACCCSA Technical Presentation Cartagena , Columbia 2014. JB MACHINERY. S • I • M • P • L • Y Delicious Color & Graphics. GENERAL. IR Drying & UV Curing Sentinel™ & VisionMaster™ KleenPlate ®. ®.
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IR Dryers – Productivity and Safety ACCCSA Technical Presentation Cartagena , Columbia 2014
JB MACHINERY S • I • M • P • L • Y Delicious Color & Graphics GENERAL IR Drying & UV Curing Sentinel™ & VisionMaster™ KleenPlate® ® KleenPlate® & ColorCure® are Patented http://www.jbmachinery.com/patents.html
So why dryers?... The Benefits MAXIMIZED PRODUCTIVITY • High Speed Printing, Die Cutting and Finishing In a Single Pass. • Improved ink on-press stability OPTIMIZED QUALITY • Improved color brilliance and quality through dry trapping. • Minimized (or eliminated) tracking, marking, smearing and ghosting. • Significant reduction of waste. ALL THAT & SAFETY • Sentinel – Automatic Sheet Detection System. • VisionMaster – In-Press Dryer Inspection & Monitoring System
IR Dryer Water (Vehicle) & Amines Binder Pigment Ink delivered to board from anilox cells Water (volatiles) evaporate Ink cells flow together Continuous ink layer Top Liner Bottom Liner 10,000 sheets/hr on 1600 mm cylinder = 80 milliseconds of dwell time when exposed to Final Flexo Dryer 5,000 sheets/hr on 1600 mm cylinder = 160 milliseconds of dwell time when exposed to Final Flexo Dryer
IR Spot & Width Zone Control For Modular or Fixed Frame Configurations Cassettes easily removed for maintenance and rotation 6 inch/152mm cassettes
S • I • M • P • L • Y Delicious Color & Graphics IR Drying & UV Curing Sentinel™ & VisionMaster™ KleenPlate® KleenPlate® & ColorCure® are Patented http://www.jbmachinery.com/patents.html
Sentinel™ - automatic sheet detection system • If Sentinel Light Curtain is Broken: • Instant Dryer/Press Shut Down • Dryer Disabled • Global dryer reset at control panel Instant dryer/press shut down if light curtain is broken Sentinel-ASD VisionMaster™ Combined shroud Prevention – not detection!!!!!
VisionMaster™- in press dryer inspection/monitoring • Real-Time dryer inspection/monitoring • DVR Incident history review • Global dryer reset at control panel, without entering machine!
Top Printer Case Studies: White Top • 3-Colors Webbox/Pigs Ears: Before Dryers - 4,000 sph / After Dryers – 14,000 sph. • Representing a 250% Increase in Productivity • 4-Color VierJahreszeiten Wine Box: Before Dryers - 8,000 sph / After Dryers – 18,000 sph • Representing a 125% Increase in Productivity
CEMSA Case Study CEMSA installed a dwell station with integrated JB Machinery Final Flexo Dryer on their their 3 color RDC. Run Condition Before Dryer • One Pass three (3) colors – 4,000 sheets/hour • Stopping EVERY 20 minutes to clean plates and due to marking of the anvil cover - for a total of 20 minutes DOWNTIME every 20 minutes!! • 50 Production hours to yield 100,000 sheets. Run Condition After Dryer • One Pass three (3) colors - 5,240 sheets/hour • Stopping every 33,000 sheets (6.3 hours) for 20 minutes to clean anvil covers and plates! • 20 Production hours to yield 100,000 sheets. An overall increase in productivity of more than 150% Payback based on added press time for Pizza Hut job ONLY < 5 Months!!!!
Top Printer Case Studies: Semi-Coated SEMI-COATED • 3-Colors: Before Dryers - Not possible / After Dryers – 12,500 sph An Increase in Product Offerings and New Market Oppotrtunities 618 Flexo Folder Gluer installed with two (2) JB Flexo Dryers, after print stations 2 & 4.
Color Sells Printer Converter took his customer’s graphics from box on left to box on right. Within 3-months Saint Arnold beer sales doubled and SO DID THE PRINTER CONVERTERS BOX SALES! Before After
JB MACHINERY S • I • M • P • L • Y Delicious Color & Graphics Thank you for your time! Questions? KleenPlate®‘Winner’ – 2012 AICC Innovator of the Year ® R • I • C • H Graphics